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    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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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    Quote Originally Posted by Cogs View Post
    They look like they have some cool & different features, a 9.5" fingerboard radius for one.
    Any opinions on these? Anybody have one?
    I'm trying to avoid them, because I don't need any more GAS than I've already got
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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    Quote Originally Posted by Cogs View Post
    They look like they have some cool & different features, a 9.5" fingerboard radius for one.
    Any opinions on these? Anybody have one?
    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.

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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    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.

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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

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



    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


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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    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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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    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.
    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.

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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    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
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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

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

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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

    Sherwood Green.

    Ever since I saw that Elite Strat on Elderly Instruments, I've lusted after a Sherwood Green Strat/Tele.
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    Re: American Originals, '50s & '60s:

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