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Hi Shortscale, been a while since I've posted here. Life has been very busy.

I've accumulated some new gear in the past couple years and have been getting back into doing music/band stuff now that I finished up with school and have been in a stable career for a while.

Here's my most recent acquisition: a 2006 Fender Telecaster 'Custom' in IBM from the AVRI series. I made a direct 1:1 trade of my Fender AVRI Jaguar for it from some dude on thegearpage -- he seems to be as happy with the trade as I am! I really didn't have any need for the Jaguar since I have a Jazzmaster, and to me the Jaguar just seems like a 'worse' JM in just about every regard. No offense meant to you Jag fans out there.

Anyways, the Telecaster is nice and simple, has a comfy, moderately-thick neck with 7.25" radius, and a robust Fender tone. It and my Jazzmaster sound great together and I think that the other guitar player in my band will be playing it when I'm rocking the JM. I would highly recommend the AVRI series to anyone looking to get a nice Fender, as they can be easily found used for <$1200 and are probably the best production model Fender makes before getting into custom shop stuff.

Pics with it standing by my Orange Rocker 30 and 212 cab: Bonus pic:

That's a beautiful tele - my favourite colour of the '62s. I don't even mind the gold one.

What he said ^ . I really like all 3 guitars

Very very nice setup! I'm rocking the orange cab myself. Is yours closed back?

Yep, closed back. Oranges are pretty unusual amps, especially for me coming from usually playing a Fender Twin. My tastes have changed and I like playing with some grit to my mostly clean tone.

Aeon wrote:I made a direct 1:1 trade of my Fender AVRI Jaguar for it from some dude on thegearpage -- he seems to be as happy with the trade as I am!

That dude is me and yes I am really happy with the trade. Jaguars are my favorite guitars (no offense taken by the 'worse' JM comment). Glad you're enjoying the Tele. It looks great up against the Orange!

johnnydeformed wrote:

Aeon wrote:I made a direct 1:1 trade of my Fender AVRI Jaguar for it from some dude on thegearpage -- he seems to be as happy with the trade as I am!

That dude is me and yes I am really happy with the trade. Jaguars are my favorite guitars (no offense taken by the 'worse' JM comment). Glad you're enjoying the Tele. It looks great up against the Orange!

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You are a patient son of a bitch, if nothing else.

Great looking Tele in a classy color. I'd love a bound Tele -- so pretty.

I like pictures in this thread. Generally.