Grading A ’61 Gibson Melody Maker & ’62 Junior

By Pete Prown · Vol. 26, No. 1 · November 2024

A hands-on comparison of two JFK-era Gibson "student" solidbodies — a '61 Melody Maker D and a '62 Les Paul/SG Junior — exploring how these once-affordable axes hold up as players and collectibles decades later.

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