American Originals, '50s & '60s:

They look like they have some cool & different features, a 9.5" fingerboard radius for one.
Any opinions on these? Anybody have one?

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Originally Posted by Cogs

They look like they have some cool & different features, a 9.5" fingerboard radius for one.
Any opinions on these? Anybody have one?

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I'm trying to avoid them, because I don't need any more GAS than I've already got :D

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Originally Posted by Cogs

They look like they have some cool & different features, a 9.5" fingerboard radius for one.
Any opinions on these? Anybody have one?

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I have the American Original 50s Tele. It's gorgeous and plays extremely well. If the Strats are the same, I bet they're killer.

Hey Pete- is it the white blonde? I'm eyeballing a couple AO Strats in that finish, but I can't get over the orange necks. The '56 AVRI Strat is probably closer to what I want but they are becoming hard to find.

Butterscotch; the one that replaced the AVRI '52, but with a 9.5" board.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ws9y0s4r41...ngle.jpg?raw=1

Note: there's supposed to be a photo there, but all of a sudden my dropbox-hosted images aren't appearing. Here's the link instead.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ws9y0s4r41...sTeleAngle.jpg

https://imgur.com/l0Dd6XO

The photo is visible, Pete. And what an exceptionally fine example it is.

I do wish those AO Stratocasters offered a wider selection of finishes though -- say, Cimmaron Red and Shoreline Gold for the '50s model with Burgundy Mist Metallic and Lake Placid Blue for the '60s version.

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Originally Posted by phantomman

The photo is visible, Pete. And what an exceptionally fine example it is.

I do wish those AO Stratocasters offered a wider selection of finishes though -- say, Cimmaron Red and Shoreline Gold for the '50s model with Burgundy Mist Metallic and Lake Placid Blue for the '60s version.

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Thanks Roger. So weird that I can't see my own pic. I'm glad others can at least.

And yes, a shoreline gold 50s model = drool.

what's weirder is I could not see the pics in here but if I opened them up in another window I could. nice tele.

I could definitely stand something like that in 9.5, most are 7.25

Oh dang, flat head screws & all.
The 9.5 radius is a big plus imo. Cimmaron or even Dakota Red would be cool

Sherwood Green.

Ever since I saw that Elite Strat on Elderly Instruments, I've lusted after a Sherwood Green Strat/Tele.

good thing they didn't have any strats or precision basses in Ocean Turquoise Metallic or I'd be a goner.