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Old January 14th, 2008, 10:36 AM   #21 (permalink)
Grin'n'pick
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Originally Posted by Jellecaster View Post
I like mine:





But they only made seventy-five of them.
Jellecaster's one is certainly the nicest new one I've seen. I have a normal thin skin which I adore, although I'm agreement that there probably is no difference in quality between a good standard run AV52 and a good thin skin (or bad example of either - there will be gems and duffers for both). Not all the thin skins had the 9.5" radius fingerboard radius, you can get them with 7.25" as well. Unless you want the added protection of a poly under layer I would recommend the thin skin just because it is (arguably) closer to the original specs and is rarer. My thin skin hasn't got the pumpkin shade finish, despite what the dodgy white balance on my digital camera would have you believe! Get a good AV52, of any age, and I'd imagine you'd have yourself a very fine Telecaster.

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