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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:06 pm
by cobascis
Yarko wrote:
robroe wrote: used AVRI IBM for only 699. thats a fuckin deal.


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I will buy that if someone shows me where it is.
It's in Oregon.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:13 pm
by Yarko
cobascis wrote:
Yarko wrote:
robroe wrote: used AVRI IBM for only 699. thats a fuckin deal.


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I will buy that if someone shows me where it is.
It's in Oregon.
I'll find out if they would ship it to Canada. Can't drive outside of this country.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:31 pm
by serfx
Yarko, i think i saw one at avenue guitars yesterday in that colour, though i may be mistaken, but it would be worth the trip to whyte ave to have a look.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:31 pm
by taylornutt
cobascis wrote:
Yarko wrote:
robroe wrote: used AVRI IBM for only 699. thats a fuckin deal.


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I will buy that if someone shows me where it is.
It's in Oregon.
Do it! Don't wait or it will be gone. If you have the green, go for it. I don't need another Jag, but I would buy that IBM Jag just for the color.

Here is my AVRI Jaguar I got on Used Guitar Center from New York.

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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:11 pm
by Yarko
serfx wrote:Yarko, i think i saw one at avenue guitars yesterday in that colour, though i may be mistaken, but it would be worth the trip to whyte ave to have a look.
But the AVRIs at Avenue is so damn expensive, last time I checked they were $1800ish. And I just missed a white one on kijiji for $1,000 last week. I will check my back account and maybe go for it.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:20 pm
by serfx
i say snake the one online..
do it!

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:04 pm
by robroe
just do what i did. call the fucking manager and say I SAW THIS SHIT ON YOUR WEBSITE AND I WANT TO BUY IT NOW. HERE IS MY CC NUMBER. FUCKING SEND ME THAT SHIT.

the manager will be like DUDE AWESOME OK

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:14 pm
by Yarko
I just called and they said it was Japanese and that's an alright price for a Jap Jag but I don't feel like changing the pickups in it.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:26 pm
by taylornutt
robroe wrote:just do what i did. call the fucking manager and say I SAW THIS SHIT ON YOUR WEBSITE AND I WANT TO BUY IT NOW. HERE IS MY CC NUMBER. FUCKING SEND ME THAT SHIT.

the manager will be like DUDE AWESOME OK
+1 again. Exact same scenario I went through. Both salesman and manager acknowledged the price was too low but I didn't give them time to correct it.

I wouldn't let a pickup swap kill the deal. AVRI pups aren't that expensive.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:26 pm
by benecol
Yep, and only an 'alright' one. Forget it and move on.

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:20 pm
by dezb1
stilwel wrote:White Jaguar with Tort guard.

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This

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:04 am
by robroe
how the fuck is it japanese ?
it says fuckin USA right in the description

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:17 am
by benecol
... and now I look at it, it's got the mute, which none of the Japanese Jags did, the case is the one you get with an AVRI, and I'm fairly sure that there's never been a Japanese Jag finished in IBM.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:18 am
by aen
robroe wrote:just do what i did. call the fucking manager and say I SAW THIS SHIT ON YOUR WEBSITE AND I WANT TO BUY IT NOW. HERE IS MY CC NUMBER. FUCKING SEND ME THAT SHIT.

the manager will be like DUDE AWESOME OK
Same with me and my twin reverb.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:19 am
by taylornutt
Call and ask if it says Made in Japan or Crafted in Japan on the back of the neck. If it doesn't, it's an AVRI. That's how they figured mine was. My AVRI Jag came with a mute, so if the Japanese Jags don't they might be wrong about. Most of the sales staff at Guitar Center no absolutely jack about Jaguars. They can't even tell you about the pickup switching.

Do Japanese Jaguars come with hard cases? That case looks exactly like my AVRI Jag case.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:59 am
by Yarko
Thanks, I will grill them about it tomorrow.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:47 am
by stewart
it's definitely an AVRI, or i'm a monkey's uncle.

*picks fleas off*

*possibly*

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:49 am
by benecol
CAUTION: UNRELIABLE ADVICE: it could also mean someone's sanded it off. The only reliable way to tell is to look and see if there's a circular rout under the bridge where the plunger for the mute goes: if so, it's American.

There are, of course, other ways to tell - if the headstock decal is on top of the finish rather than below it, it's USA (but this is easily faked too), or you can whip the neck off and see if the fingerboard is slab (USA) or veneer (Japan), or look at the neck stamp. But no guitar shop monkey is going to take the neck off for you.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:00 am
by stewart
if it was a japanese jag in IBM it'd most likely have a matching headstock and i'm pretty sure the guard and pickup covers would be stark white. i vote, somewhat vicariously, do it.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:09 pm
by NickS
Yarko wrote:
robroe wrote: used AVRI IBM for only 699. thats a fuckin deal.


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I will buy that if someone shows me where it is.
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