My first guitar was a 1959 Melody Maker, bought new.
Here's my problem with the theory that the one at Chicago Music Exchange is like the Melody Maker or Junior/Special bursts:
1. This is definitely a 1959 or 1960 body. The narrow headstock puts it in that era.
2. All Melody Makers were only two-color sunbursts in 1959 and 1960. Junior and Special sunbursts were never three-color, they only exist as two-color sunbursts prior to 1961 and not at all afterwards in the SG shape.
3. All Melody Maker sunbursts, pre- or post-1960, were not sunburst on the back side. They were single color brown mahogany stain. Likewise with Junior/Special sunbursts.
4. Even the later three-color Melody Maker sunbursts had a narrower red and brown band and a larger yellow area than the one at CME. Dozens of examples on gbase. But this is really beside the point since this one has a 59/60 era body.
Beyond that, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.