For a guitar that was specifically created and aimed at beginners, the Gibson Les Paul Junior has been embraced by many professionals since it first saw the light of day in 1954. Gibson had no idea it had created a rock ’n’ roll benchmark that would still provide inspiration for players – and guitar makers – everywhere some 70 years on.
Later in that decade, Gibson changed the Junior’s ‘dress’ with a new double-cutaway version, which certainly has its fans and, as on the ES-335, that extra cutaway gave full access to the fingerboard, as well as increasing the unsupported length of the neck, of course.
