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HE NEW Lukas Nelson Signature Les Paul Junior is a replica of the “student model” 1956 Les Paul Junior singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson purchased in 2013 and has been playing ever since with his band, Promise of the Real. That guitar was recommended to Nelson by longtime Neil Young tech (and owner of Vintage Instruments Rental in northern California) Larry Cragg, and this dead-nuts recreation of it aims to capture the tone and playing feel of the original.

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