I have had a continuous love/hate relationship with my thinskin AV '55 tele. I decided life is to short for gear that I even hate only some of the time. Listed it for sale/trade last night.
Someone offered me a 2000 '52 AVRI tele for trade. How are these guitars? I feel like I've generally heard good things about AVRI stuff
Looking at reverb the earlier ones like this seem to sell for less than newer ones. I feel like value wise its a fair trade, especially because my tele needs a tone pot replacement, has had the jack replaced with electrosocket, has quite a bit of wear and chipping in the finish (as to be expected with the "think skin"), warped pickguard, obnoxiously sticky neck that I've gone over with scotch brite, etc. (all this bluntly detailed in my listing)/ TBH I have no idea why he wants to do this trade. He also expressed that if I didnt trade he would try and sell his tele and give me the cash asking price
The notion of having some cash is nice, but still having a tele would also be nice. If I liked it
What says GGF?
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Maybe your just not a Tele guy. I say cash in and get a different guitar all together. But I love Tele's so what do I know.
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ibenhad wrote:Maybe your just not a Tele guy. I say cash in and get a different guitar all together. But I love Tele's so what do I know.
Oh I know I'm a tele guy, I just have a funny relationship with this particular tele lol
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More of a lateral move IMHO. If you're not bonding with the AV55, the AVRI 52 is not that different. The neck on the 52 is slightly bigger but overall they're in the ballpark of each other. I know is tempting to get rid if something you don't like, but I'd wait to sell and get a completely different Tele.
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I’m starting to get fed up with my actual fenders. Sketchy hardware. Glossy necks. Meh pickups. Bad tuners. Iffy switches. Heavy bodies. Thick finishes. Soft frets. Etc.
I declined the trade. I have two people trying to sell their guitars to buy from me and a thirdd that said he's probably interested when hes back in town this weekend
Surprised I'm getting this much interest... I kind of roasted the shit out of the guitar in my advertisement and extensively detailed everything wrong with it
Guitars: 2018 Gibson Les Paul Standard | Fender American Pro II Stratocaster | PRS S2 Mccarty 594 | PRS S2 Vela Semihollow | PRS CU-22 | PRS CE24 semihollow
spawnofthesith wrote:I declined the trade. I have two people trying to sell their guitars to buy from me and a thirdd that said he's probably interested when hes back in town this weekend
Surprised I'm getting this much interest... I kind of roasted the shit out of the guitar in my advertisement and extensively detailed everything wrong with it
I prefer to buy from sellers that are honest so I can see why you're getting interest. Good on ya for being accurate.
BroSlinger wrote:I’m starting to get fed up with my actual fenders. Sketchy hardware. Glossy necks. Meh pickups. Bad tuners. Iffy switches. Heavy bodies. Thick finishes. Soft frets. Etc.
Warmoth makes a MUCH better fender.
Whatever Fender is using to finish their bodies is gross. I tried a road worn Tele last Winter and it felt plasticy and cheap.
I have 0 complaints about the poly finish on my am. Pro II strat
The chipping nitro on the thinskon isn’t an issue to me, that was one of the selling points for expedited natural relicing. The finish on the neck drives me crazy though.
The guitar plays quite nice actually, baseball bat neck profile isn’t my favorite but it’s fine, and the tone is phenomenal. But I’ve just been fighting so many other elements that I’m just a bit fed up
Dave wrote:Tom, look for an old 03-06 Fender Highway 1 Tele. Brilliant guitars and pretty much what you're looking for.
Guitars: 2018 Gibson Les Paul Standard | Fender American Pro II Stratocaster | PRS S2 Mccarty 594 | PRS S2 Vela Semihollow | PRS CU-22 | PRS CE24 semihollow
BroSlinger wrote:I’m starting to get fed up with my actual fenders. Sketchy hardware. Glossy necks. Meh pickups. Bad tuners. Iffy switches. Heavy bodies. Thick finishes. Soft frets. Etc.
Warmoth makes a MUCH better fender.
Whatever Fender is using to finish their bodies is gross. I tried a road worn Tele last Winter and it felt plasticy and cheap.
My Pittmans have spoiled me.
Shit dude even my MJTs have spoiled me. Fuck a buncha Fender. Nope.
