Aerodyne quandary.......

If the neck is right you’re at least 51% there...

Get it.

 

A few things;

* The MIJ Aerodyne offerings (Strats, J-basses) are top-notch, high quality guitars.

* I personally love them.

* They hold their value well.

* I owned an all-black Aerodyne J-bass a few years ago, and only parted with it because it was too pretty.
(It was so shiny and gorgeous, I hated the thought of leaving fingerprints on it. So I spent more time waxing and buffing it than I did actually playing it.)

and,

* If you decide that you want to sell it some day, please PM me.
I live just a hundred miles south of you, and I would gladly make the drive to acquire such a fabulous guitar.

 

They are very nice. Asthetically awesome, good neck feel, pickups (in the tele at least) seemed good, another example of high quality Japanese fenders. Like Sparky2 said, they hold thier value well.

 

I've played the tele and bass Aerodynes and loved almost everything about them. I think the strat is the coolest looking one. Like most MIJ guitars they are top notch in quality. The 7.25 radius doesn't work for me however so I've never purchased one.

 

I had a black no-pickguard Aerodyne for a while. It was a really nice guitar. I remember putting cream pickup covers and knobs on it for a different look and just enjoyed playing it. I decided to swap the cream plastic parts back to black when I decided on a whim to sell it (which I still regret!). I used my multi-tool and slipped a cardboard backer from a legal pad under the tool before prying the knobs off like I have done a million times.

I went to put the new knobs on and very nearly crapped myself when I saw a shallow dent where I had pried each knob off! I am pretty gentle with my guitars and was surprised how easily the basswood had dented as I hadn't pried hard at all, they just eased off with a single motion.

That's when I did my first CA drop fill repairs on a guitar and thankfully they turned out perfect and the new owner was very happy with the guitar!