Les Paul Jr. Tribute DC Reviews

[Rob]

There is a horribly awkward picture of me playing it. No, I will not so don't even ask.

With white knee socks?

[uwe]

I would have never said a word. 

[Granny Gremlin]

With white knee socks?

LOL, no it wasn't October and I have never worn lederhosen.  Just a jetlagged goof playing a plastic Italian bass in a German bunker while sitting on a stool that was much too high. 

[Pilgrim]

LOL, no it wasn't October and I have never worn lederhosen.  Just a jetlagged goof playing a plastic Italian bass in a German bunker while sitting on a stool that was much too high.

I have a strange mental image of this occurring in one of the bunkers above Omaha Beach in the movie The Longest Day.

[uwe]

Me and Jake were getting along fine until those guys with the napalm flamethrowers came!

[slinkp]

Time for a double pickup LP Special DC bass, I think.

If they made one I would buy it in a heartbeat. And if it played as well, I'd sell the one I have.
Wonder how much extra they would charge.

[morrow]

They did a run some years back . Shape was slightly different , but close .

[Granny Gremlin]

They did a run some years back . Shape was slightly different , but close .

Yeah the LP DC, later renamed the Money bass in the next model year.  Carved flame top, much higher price, diff animal IMO.  Too blingy for me anyway (flame looks so gauche to me). 

[ajkula66]

Yeah the LP DC, later renamed the Money bass in the next model year.  Carved flame top, much higher price, diff animal IMO.  Too blingy for me anyway (flame looks so gauche to me).

There was another version after the Money Bass, and it was short scale as opposed to long scale on the $B. I believe that it was released around a decade or so ago

Here's one on my (fairly) local CL

https://allentown.craigslist.org/msg/d/reading-2011-gibson-les-paul-jr-bass/7257286736.html

I wouldn't pay anywhere near $1200 for it but it would make for an interesting project bass at lower cost, IMO.

[uwe]

That sounded nothing to write home about. Bit more thuddy than an SG Bass, otherwise unremarkable. Didn't feel like the LP Junior basses of yore either, way too much wood.

The DC/Mon(k)ey basses were fine instruments in contrast, versatile yet unmistakably Gibson, double octave, ergonomic, good cutaway access. The unusual both-ways-trussrods in them with a nut that could not be screwed off were a bit tricky if you were not accustomed to them (like I was), they were never before and never again used with another model. Even Gibson custom service did not know they had used them on this model. 

And don't forget the "tone plate" in'em. You neither saw nor heard it, yet it was miraculously there ... 

[ajkula66]

That sounded nothing to write home about.

I'll take your word for it since I've never played one.

The DC/Mon(k)ey basses were fine instruments in contrast, versatile yet unmistakably Gibson, double octave, ergonomic, good cutaway access.

The two that I tried did seem nice, but the neck profile was a no-go for me. Other than that, the used ones were an excellent buy until fairly recently.

[uwe]

Yes, they had a modern neck - I guess that went with the ergonomic focus they had. By their looks, they were also not really aimed at all-out-rock players, but a more sophisticated clientel.

[ajkula66]

By their looks, they were also not really aimed at all-out-rock players, but a more sophisticated clientel.

A swing and a miss... like the original PRS bass which was a stunning instrument (IMO) that no one ever played apart from Robbie Shakespeare....

[slinkp]

Those older jr shorties looked interesting but what I want is exactly this modern "tribute" model plus a bridge pickup. I think I could get just about any sound I need out of that.

I suppose if I could get hold of the pickup, I could have somebody mod it. Would be expensive, but maybe worth it to me.

[Dave W]

"No one needs a bridge pickup" -- Dave