1965 Gibson SG Junior Cherry, Excellent, Original Hard

Offered for sale;

Used 1965 Gibson SG Junior serial number 356631.

This guitar is in excellent condition, neck and frets are fine, cosmetically showing some “nicks & marks” here and there, the expected patina for an instrument of its age that has been played but not abused.

Born with a Stop Tailpiece wrap around bridge. At some point a Tune-O-Matic bridge and separate Stop Tailpiece was professionally installed. It has since been professionally restored back to the single wrap around Stop Tailpiece bridge/tailpiece (non-original).

Most of the date codes on both pots are visible: 137642[x] and 13764[xx]. The solder appears to be virgin except for the ground buss to the bridge.

The SG Junior was a simple version of the SG introduced as a student-level guitar in 1961 (as the SG/ Les Paul Junior). The SG Junior used a single P-90 pickup and single-piece bridge/tailpiece. Starting in late 1965, a vibrato tailpiece was made standard.

Features include an all mahogany body and neck with a rosewood fingerboard. Dual cutaways, single P-90 pickup, volume and tone controls and pre-batwing pickguard.

The basic simplicity of this straight ahead design contributes greatly to the personality of these juniors. Less is more!

These iconic instruments have had many notable players including but not limited to: Tony Iommi, Angus Young, Derek Trucks, and Jeff Tweedy.

Own a piece of solid body guitar history!

Original hard shell case included.

GUITAR SPECS:

Year: 1965

Serial number: 356631

Body: 1 piece mahogany

Neck: 1 piece mahogany

Finish: Cherry

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale Length: 24.625”

Number of Frets: 22

Pickguard: Pre-batwing

Bridge: Born with Stop Tailpiece wrap around bridge. At some point a Tune-O-Matic bridge and separate Stop Tailpiece was professionally installed. It has since been professionally restored back to the single wrap around Stop Tailpiece bridge/tailpiece (non-original).

Tuners: Kluson

Pickups: 1 P-90

Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone.

Most of the date codes on both are visible: 137642[x] and 13764[xx].
Virgin solder except for the ground buss to the bridge.

Width at Nut: 1 5/8”

Radius: 9.25”

Weight: 6.6lbs

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