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Thanks, that makes sense I guess.
Could you please shed some light as to why this price hike doesn't this apply to the AVRI 57/62?
The AVRI 62 I tried felt just as good as the AV 65. Different, yes, but at least on par, both had (if I'm not wrong) a 7.25" board, yet the AV65 are priced well over the AVRI, which seem to go for a very reasonable price.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/202071/nco
The whole American Vintage ethos was to nail that particular model and year in terms of neck profiles and sound. That's why we have all of those pure vintage pickups to choose from now...59's, 65's etc. The flash coat nitro finishes on the American Vintage line is also really thin, and resulted in even more vintage vibe (sometimes the finish wore too rapidly, with many models arriving with finish issues to stores).
I recently tried a lefty 60s Original Strat used in GG Glasgow but it was underwhelming.. lefty pots wired backwards = no taper, trem arm stripped , damage to lower bout and nothing special sounding grey bottom 65 pickups.
I can’t really see these new guitars being groundbreaking but a lefty Fiesta Red would be worth a look… would still have to beat my Highway One tho.
av- vintage accurate, pure nitro, model year specific pickups. Mostly highly select woods
The avs were a huge leap forward over avri in my view, the aos are a downgrade
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