Sold off a fair amount of old gear and this arrived to scratch my Tele itch. It's an American Original 60s Thinline Telecaster and first impressions are really positive. It came down to either this or the 60s Tele in Fiesta red, but went with this in surf green and I'm very glad I did. Really liking the tone, slightly warmer than other Teles I have played:
And here it is amongst the rest of my electrics (minus a used Charvel I bought on here that's currently in for a bit of fret TLC).
L-R:
2008 PRS SC250 bought from here last year from Bluesy Dave (I think!). Lovely special order one piece maple top. It's since had a new wiring harness and a set of
@OilCityPickups humbucker sized P90s. IIRC it's a Mighty 90 in the bridge and a Smooth 90 in the neck, but I could be wrong. One more thing to come is some black pickup rings, which I think will make the pickups pop a bit. They sound awesome.
2019 Gibson Les Paul Standard bought after I sold on my 2017 R8. As much as I wanted to I couldn't get on with the VOS finish. Always wanted a tobacco sunburst LP and this is ace - looking like the QC and pricing has become much better since the Gibson turnaround. Like the pickups, but currently trying to decide whether I want to go coverless and maybe chuck something a little hotter/Slashier in there.
Fender American Original 60s Thinline Telecaster.
Fender Custom Shop 1959 Strat NOS Chocolate 3TSB Came with a mint pickguard, but switched out for the tortoiseshell one and aged white plastics for now. Favourite part of this is the compound 7.25-9.5" fingerboard with clay dots and vintage tall frets. A dream to play.
Very happy with the collection at the moment and looking forward to getting the Charvel SoCal back from surgery. Picked up on here for a good price and it has such a nice neck. Candy Apple Red at the moment, but considering a refinish, maybe even a slight relic job and maybe some new pickups.
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@chris78 what was the grumbling about? I must confess I kind of missed the whole AVRI bit as I was a bit of a latecomer to Fender I was all about the humbuckers in my younger days...
Part of the thing that attracted me to the series was the nitro finish. As far as I know it's the only nitro outside of CS?
FWIW, the only issue I've seen with the AOs are some heftier weights. The AVs were almost universally light.
Love the Tele colour scheme