Why do Les Paul jrs cost so much?

[bbottom]

Their really isn't much to them yet you can't find a new one for less than $800.

[clockwork green]

I guess suggesting a Collins is out then. I got lucky and got mine on a MusiciansFriend blowout sale for $550 new. There is really something special from guitars that simple. If you really think it's the guitar for you, don't let money get in the way.

[Hemisaurus]

because people will pay it.

[VOLVO)))]

I like dem dere reach around bridges!

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[The Shocker]

Gibson prices are all out of whack.  Melody Makers are around $500.  Guess I'll post this baby again:



Best $150 Guitar evah!

[Baltar]

Because Gibson is run by capitalist pigs.

[Ranbat]

Because Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson CEO, wants you to have a better perceived value of your instrument.

[inductorguitars]

I like reach arounds!

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FTFY

[justinhedrick]

Gibson prices are all out of whack.  Melody Makers are around $500.  Guess I'll post this baby again:



Best $150 Guitar evah!

deaner, what's underneath that pick guard? any routes or anything?

[VOLVO)))]

That's a cute guitar....

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[The Shocker]

Gibson prices are all out of whack.  Melody Makers are around $500.  Guess I'll post this baby again:



Best $150 Guitar evah!

deaner, what's underneath that pick guard? any routes or anything?

I don't recall any routes, but I'll check this evening.

Aww Sunn, thanks.  You know I'll send it to you at some point so you can play with it.

[Chovie D]

I dunno. The vintage ones seem to be relatively cheap.
Right now I know where I can buy a 1965 Gibson Melody maker for $800. a 60's gibson for $800....wowza!

same with starts. i can buy a 70's strat for about $1200 or i could buy a new replica of a seventies strat for $1400..doesnt make any sense does it?

[Jake]

Yeah, but...

Melody Maker is not really a Les Paul Jr.

I'd venture to reason the Melody Makers are not as expensive is because they're less desireable instruments in the marketplace.

[RacerX]

Gibson prices are all out of whack.  Melody Makers are around $500.  Guess I'll post this baby again:



Best $150 Guitar evah!

deaner, what's underneath that pick guard? any routes or anything?

I don't recall any routes, but I'll check this evening.

Aww Sunn, thanks.  You know I'll send it to you at some point so you can play with it.

You fools talkin' 'bowt "routs" or "routes"?

[Hemisaurus]

I went up Route 66 to get a new bit for my router to route out a cable channel for my router.

[Chovie D]

Yeah, but...

Melody Maker is not really a Les Paul Jr.

I'd venture to reason the Melody Makers are not as expensive is because they're less desireable instruments in the marketplace.

for sure! but even the Paul Jrs I see , the creamy old vintage jammies are reasonable..like $1K or so.


was in a band with a guy with a newer Jr. and man i gotta say it was a really nice guitar. no clue what he paid but it couldnt have been much as he was a cheap unemployed  thrifty kinda guy.

[RacerX]

I went up Route 66 to get a new bit for my router to route out a cable channel for my router.

Nah, that's where you're wrong: A router (the woodworking tool) "routs"; it does not "route". A wireless router (PC/modem connection) routes.

[Volume]

Yeah, but...

Melody Maker is not really a Les Paul Jr.

I'd venture to reason the Melody Makers are not as expensive is because they're less desireable instruments in the marketplace.

I love this guitar. It's the cheapest guitar I've bought and it's been my main recording guitar for two albums.



It's a Melody Maker, but the guy I bought it from modified it to look more like a Jr.

[Hemisaurus]

Yeah, but...

Melody Maker is not really a Les Paul Jr.

I'd venture to reason the Melody Makers are not as expensive is because they're less desireable instruments in the marketplace.

Whats the diff? I see Gibson make Melody Makers in all their shapes for about $500. Can't you just add a second pickup?

[justinhedrick]

Yeah, but...

Melody Maker is not really a Les Paul Jr.

I'd venture to reason the Melody Makers are not as expensive is because they're less desireable instruments in the marketplace.

Whats the diff? I see Gibson make Melody Makers in all their shapes for about $500. Can't you just add a second pickup?

it's the body of standard melody maker thinner? i personally like melody makers for their "cobbled up in wood shop" look.

[Hemisaurus]

Dunno, that's why I asked, I thought the Melody Maker was the Jr

[The Shocker]

The headstocks are different.  Anything else. 



Haven't had a chance to look under the pickguard on my SG JR copy.  Will get to it at some point...

[liquidsmoke]

Epi Paul Jrs cost almost nothing 

On that note, although I should just replace mine with a higher quality instrument, who makes the cheapest usable replacement bridge with individually adjustable saddles for intonation? Mine is never properly intonated. The 2 screws do not cut it.

[neighbor664]

o

[clockwork green]

Saw this today.  AXL is the Chinese company that bought out VHT...but for $500 you get a LP jr with a Fralin pickup, TonePro's bridge, and assembled in the US (odd choice of Hayward).