NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

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NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by gishuk » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:45 am

A few years ago when I started building guitars I told myself that from now on if I saw a guitar I wanted I would just build it. Well that had worked well for a long time, building various things I wanted, Starcasters etc, but I have fallen off the wagon of no new guitar purchases in a big way :fp:

I saw this and just had to have it, its a 1965 Pelham Blue SG Junior, all original and in a funky floral Gibson case. Its actually the first Gibson I've ever owned as Les Pauls are not really my thing, but this guitar is incredible. I'm somewhat blown away by the range of tones from just a single pickup, and its so light and well balanced and really effortless to play.

These are just camera phone pics, on a sunny day I'll crack out the proper camera and take some decent shots but for now these will give an idea of how it looks. Now need to get back onto the build not buy wagon :D

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by panoramic » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:48 am

jellies, that is a really nice one man. Is the neck a bat or a thinner one?
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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by marqueemoon » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:51 am

That’s pretty awesome, and I am a not normally an SG fan. Let’s see the case.

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by gishuk » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:53 am

The neck feels no thicker really than my 60s Jazzmaster neck for reference, so I guess thats a the thinner side.

Heres the case, not original to the guitar but pretty funky.

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by panoramic » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:54 am

i'm a big fan of that case! how strange
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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by gishuk » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:56 am

It looks like cloth but its a tolex kind of thick vinyl. Its very weird and very 1970s :D and totally amazing.

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by leokula » Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:50 am

Old pelham blue is the best... and the guitar is smoking!
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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by LossyShades » Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:53 am

Whew, love the guitar AND the case. Nice pickup.

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by Trout » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:13 am

Sweet mother 😳
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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by BoringPostcards » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:37 am

Gorgeous SG. Amazing score! GAS inducing.
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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by thenewromance » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:38 am

Super cool. Congratulations!

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by Squirrel » Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:04 pm

Oh, that's lovely. I had the chance to buy a bog-standard cherry-finished one for something like £1650 at a guitar show a few years ago and I was a complete idiot for not doing so. Also, that case: is my memory correct that it's from some weird range of limited edition cases that they made for a couple of years in the early '70s? I think they were called Artist Series, or something like that?

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:38 pm

Hell yeah!! That guitar's gorgeous!! I don't blame you for biting the bullet. Aged Pelham Blue is pretty much up there with aged Lake Placid Blue. Maybe even better on the eye.

That case is great too. Really unusual but very, very cool.

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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by antisymmetric » Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:14 pm

That's very cool- I'm usually of the build-not-buy persuasion too, except for when I come across certain irresistable cool/old things, and that one would have suckered me in for sure. Spot on in all ways. :-*
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Re: NGD! Pelham Blue SG Junior

Post by Hiwatt Bob » Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:59 pm

It’s beautiful! Congrats. That would look amazing on my SG wall...

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