2004 “Junior Special”: Blonde over mahogany, $SOLD @ Reverb

[topekatj]

No affy. In.ter.est.ing. Ain no BCR. I’d love to play this one.

https://reverb.com/item/58321411-hamer-usa-les-paul-junior-2005-blonde

[burningyen]

Based on the COA it has a 4xxxxx serial number but was completed January 4, 2005. Looks like a nice one despite the ding.

[Hbom]

That seller had a nice Korina Jr. too. It sold in an hour. 2k.

[hamerican gigolo]

Very nice & so is the price... 😀

[Hbom]

I thought about it. But I'm down sizing so I messaged a friend. It sold before either of us could make up our minds. They don't last long on the open market.

[DaveL]

In keeping with my history of making snap irrational decisions, I grabbed it...     

I liked that it was pretty clean (other than that ding of course) might clean that up but we’ll see       I’ll do a catch and release with some of my other p-90 guitars once it arrives and all is cool.     

 

    

[topekatj]

4 hours ago, DaveL said:

In keeping with my history of making snap irrational decisions, I grabbed it...     

I liked that it was pretty clean (other than that ding of course) might clean that up but we’ll see       I’ll do a catch and release with some of my other p-90 guitars once it arrives and all is cool.     

 

    

Let us know how you like it! OTOH, referral/finder dibs!

[mirrorimij]

Specs are slightly different than the BCRs……..no thinner headstock or strip tuners.

They ALL shipped with the Wilky I think Greg swapped those per customer request with vintage or repro vintage.

Nice guitar.  Not many of those.

[topekatj]

Hey @mirrorimij: The seller of this guitar also had a nice Korina Jr. listed that sold, albeit it was a two piece body.

Not to threadcrap on, um, a thread I started 😉, but how common were one piece body Korina Jrs.: Most, half, some or a few? Not many Korina Jrs. come up for sale period and they aren’t usually one piece bodies.

Thanks 

[DaveL]

And here’s my question mirrorimij..   the finish on this is “tv blonde” but it’s different from what we usually see on the 90’s p-90 specials.  (The more green, mustardy ones).  Is this a different finish?   Love it, whatever it is...    

 

EDIT:    Arrived safely,  looks great.   Aside from the ding it’s really clean,  nicer than I was expecting...   thanks topkatj for the post    Dibs hereby granted     

 a little burnt from the workday...  pics and tone report coming soon.        

[scottcald]

1 hour ago, DaveL said:

And here’s my question mirrorimij..   the finish on this is “tv blonde” but it’s different from what we usually see on the 90’s p-90 specials.  (The more green, mustardy ones).  Is this a different finish?   Love it, whatever it is...    

 

btw:  it’s in transit.  NY to NH is pretty quick.  Hits tommorrow.    (Wed)

Congrats!

[mirrorimij]

Regarding the finish……they all seemed to vary batch to batch as far as color, transparency etc.  I think it was just the recipe that day.  It was probably mixed and shot as a one off instead of part of a batch.

As far as Korina body pieces …..one piece was always desired if possible but two piece was allowed.  You shouldn’t see more than 2 piece body on transparent finish.  It is difficult to find large Korina boards without defects.  I have a Korina Standard with a one piece body and only 2 or 3 others of those exist.

I’m changing my answer…….that finish looks totally opaque.  Maybe a special request?  I’m not sure but it’s a little out of the range from others I’ve seen.