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Hector Spector · January 15th, 2008, 01:53 PM

I bought a '62 Custom Telecaster "thin skin" model and was so blown away by it that I went back to look at (and put money down on) one the thin skin '52 reissues. I played 6 different ones and finally went with a 7.02 lb model that was just dreamy.

My point to that was that even the 5 I didn't go with seemed better than any AVRI I had tried in the past year, not just in sound but in feel and especially looks. I don't know that I would contribute that entirely to an all nitro finish, but there is something about those guitars that do seem like finer instruments.

The shop (Music Machine Guitars) does set each one up themselves when they get them, and all of the AVRIs I played were at Guitar Centers (whom I doubt does that on all their guitars), so that may factor in. Still, they just seemed nicer. Granted, they are a little bit more $$$, but I found they were worth it.

January 15th, 2008, 01:53 PM	#45 (permalink)
Hector Spector TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 36	I bought a '62 Custom Telecaster "thin skin" model and was so blown away by it that I went back to look at (and put money down on) one the thin skin '52 reissues. I played 6 different ones and finally went with a 7.02 lb model that was just dreamy. My point to that was that even the 5 I didn't go with seemed better than any AVRI I had tried in the past year, not just in sound but in feel and especially looks. I don't know that I would contribute that entirely to an all nitro finish, but there is something about those guitars that do seem like finer instruments. The shop (Music Machine Guitars) does set each one up themselves when they get them, and all of the AVRIs I played were at Guitar Centers (whom I doubt does that on all their guitars), so that may factor in. Still, they just seemed nicer. Granted, they are a little bit more $$$, but I found they were worth it.