The original shortscale guitars; Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, Musicmasters, Jaguars, Broncos, Jag-stang, Jagmaster, Super-Sonic, Cyclone, and Toronados.
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Noisy Cat
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by Noisy Cat Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:56 pm
My first ever USA guitar – this one's a keeper!
Got it for £700 completely stock and in near-perfect condition, if a bit grimy in places.
I've removed the mute and given it Mojo pickups, a Staytrem bridge and arm, and a Fender Pure Vintage tort guard (replacing the awful stock one).
Also gave it a good clean, oiled the fretboard and strung it up with my usual wound-G 11s.
First picture is stock; the others are after my mods.
NickS
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by NickS Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:43 pm
Looks pretty good from the pics - what year?
dots
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by dots Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:12 pm
fantastic. the quality of those parts is unmatched, from the pots to the pick guard.
Noisy Cat
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by Noisy Cat Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:13 pm
NickS wrote: Looks pretty good from the pics - what year?
2000, if I remember rightly from when I had the neck off a few weeks ago.
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by benecol Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:34 pm
Miss my old AVRI Jag - am sorely tempted to get another one day. HNGD.
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by Fakir Mustache Fri Jul 31, 2015 4:35 pm
lol, I was going to say the stock guard is one of the prettiest I've ever seen, but tastes do vary a lot it seems
NickD wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:44 pm plopswagon wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:05 pm
Fuck! My car runs on Tubes!
When you press the accelerator past halfway it doesn’t actually go any faster, but the engine noise distorts
Thomas
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by Thomas Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:50 pm
That is a lovely thing right there. Very nice.
meltedbuzzbox
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by meltedbuzzbox Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:38 pm
thats a great price on an AVRI
SherwoodJim
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by SherwoodJim Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:51 pm
Bargain price! It looks great, congratulations
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by timhulio Sat Aug 22, 2015 11:07 pm
Congrats on the new guitar. Great price on an AVRI Jag too!
This may be contentious, but I vastly prefer the original tort. It's just got more depth to it. It's also closer to real vintage stuff. Here's my old '69 Jaguar:
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by paul_ Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:44 am
Noisy Cat wrote: Got it for £700 completely stock and in near-perfect condition
That's a fine deal no question. It's technically possible to score one for that equivalent value secondhand in the US on occasion, but rare... even here exactly what you paid would be impressive (about a 30 quid equivalent more than the MIJ '65 Mustang was).
Aug wrote: which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote: fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
