New Fender American Vintage Series - Waiting Room - Page 6

BBass06 · #**101** 01-03-2013, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoomie

sThat said, if any of the New American Vintage series shows up with a painted headstock in CAR or LPB, or worse, something is sporting Sherwood green, my checkbook doesn't stand a chance.

If one shows up in sherwood green my wife will hide the checkbook!

sigmafloyd · #**102** 01-03-2013, 04:05 PM

fender site is down...probably reading too much into it but I'm bored

Red_Merkin · #**103** 01-03-2013, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jasper383

I would like to see a SCPB that has the contours. Maybe a '54?

Also, a '59 split coil P w/rosewood.

And a mid '60s J Bass.

All of those are available as Squier Classic Vibes

Gaolee · #**104** 01-03-2013, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Fingers

- '52 P-bass (butterscotch blonde, non contoured, bakelite pickguard & huge maple neck)

That would be good.

PJRL · #**105** 01-03-2013, 05:14 PM

I to would like to see a 64/65 J & P bass in the AV line. For the J it would have VVT and a rosewood veneer fingerboard. The P would be similar to a 62 but with again a veneer rosewood board. I like the reverse tuners on the 57/62’s, I would be OK if they were still used on the newer AV’s… Those features would be nice to see. After 65 the bound neck with block inlays came on the J.

Anthony Fury · #**106** 01-03-2013, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Nobody

I hope they make some Precision basses and some Jazz basses. That would be cool if Fender did that.

HAHAHAHA!!

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Originally Posted by thebrain

I'm hoping for And i really want to see some custom colors besides white and black - and MATCHING HEADSTOCKS!!

I never understood.. of all the years to choose from, why did they pick the '75 jazz to reissue?

BIG AMEN to both of these things. How about a late 60's candy apple red Larry Graham model?

And instead of picking '75 to reissue.....why not '74 instead? You get the far cooler "swoopy" lettering AND a 4 bolt neck with the neat-o binding/block inlays. AND WE WANT PEARL/WHITE BOUND MAPLE NECKS AS AN OPTION, DOUBLE U TEE EFF, I DON'T CARE ABOUT GEDDY LEE.

petrus61 · #**107** 01-03-2013, 06:20 PM

Many websites show the AVRI's as "arriving soon" as opposed to "sorry, this item has been discontinued". Too bad my gas will surely win before they are released.

Bassmunnky · #**108** 01-03-2013, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Fury

HAHAHAHA!!

BIG AMEN to both of these things. How about a late 60's candy apple red Larry Graham model?

And instead of picking '75 to reissue.....why not '74 instead? You get the far cooler "swoopy" lettering AND a 4 bolt neck with the neat-o binding/block inlays. AND WE WANT PEARL/WHITE BOUND MAPLE NECKS AS AN OPTION, DOUBLE U TEE EFF, I DON'T CARE ABOUT GEDDY LEE.

PLUS 1000

Red_Merkin · #**109** 01-03-2013, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sigmafloyd

fender site is down...probably reading too much into it but I'm bored

Apparently not... It's back up now, totally revamped, and some interesting new stuff, especially in the P-Bass section.

Anthony Fury · #**110** 01-03-2013, 07:19 PM

Oooooh, I didn't know this existed. It just needs binding and maybe a few other color options for me to *really* complain about how much it costs, HAHA.

http://www.fender.com/basses/jazz-ba...ary-jazz-bass/

sigmafloyd · #**111** 01-03-2013, 07:24 PM

the '75 and '62 jazzes are back on the site, I think they were gone for awhile

http://www.fender.com/basses/jazz-ba...ican%20Vintage

Youngspanion · #**112** 01-03-2013, 07:36 PM

Two new colors also.

sigmafloyd · #**113** 01-03-2013, 07:54 PM

One other small find, the text on the AV landing page at least mentions basses:

The finishes on most new American Vintage guitars and basses consist of three coats: sealer, color and a topcoat, all of which are 100-percent nitrocellulose lacquer and are hence quite thin. This is a vintage-style finish treatment that lets an instrument "breathe" with a more natural resonance since it doesn't "constrain" the instrument's body as much as thicker and more confining modern finishes.

pocketgroove · #**114** 01-03-2013, 10:04 PM

Oh boy...heading over to Fender website now!

P Bass Legend · #**115** 01-04-2013, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sigmafloyd

One other small find, the text on the AV landing page at least mentions basses:

The finishes on most new American Vintage guitars and basses consist of three coats: sealer, color and a topcoat, all of which are 100-percent nitrocellulose lacquer and are hence quite thin. This is a vintage-style finish treatment that lets an instrument "breathe" with a more natural resonance since it doesn't "constrain" the instrument's body as much as thicker and more confining modern finishes.

I think they have been doing this for a while now, I have a 2011 p-bass avri and the finish is THIN, VERY THIN. I think they are about as thin as the basses from CS, but instead of having a more yellowish sealer coat (very yellow, to be honest), its got a very thin and almost invisible transparent coat.

Anthony Fury · #**116** 01-04-2013, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by sigmafloyd

the '75 and '62 jazzes are back on the site, I think they were gone for awhile

http://www.fender.com/basses/jazz-ba...ican%20Vintage

HOLY SCHNEIKEES it says pearl inlays are an option on the AVs!!!!!!! I had no idea. I'm definitely getting one of those this year.

Edit, I think that really just means: pearl inlays on rosewood only, as I cannot find a real world example of a pearl/maple '75 AV.

D.M.N. · #**117** 01-04-2013, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by P Bass Legend

I think they have been doing this for a while now, I have a 2011 p-bass avri and the finish is THIN, VERY THIN. I think they are about as thin as the basses from CS, but instead of having a more yellowish sealer coat (very yellow, to be honest), its got a very thin and almost invisible transparent coat.

Yeah, I was shocked at how thin the finish is on my 2012 AV Jazz. It has to be almost 1/4th as thick as the finish on my 06 AV Precision. It also "relics" even faster than the old finish (which by the way is aging very nicely), with plenty of flakes already coming off, especially along the upper horn.

ShowLow · #**118** 01-04-2013, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cfsporn

I could probably get the action lower, but I like my basses to have some fight in them.

Re-reading this thread and laughed out loud yet again at this classic comment. Well played, sir!

Shadi · #**119** 01-04-2013, 08:30 PM

I would like to see them use more accurate looking reverse tuners. The Gotoh tuners they've used the last 30 years just don't look right.

ShoeManiac · #**120** 01-06-2013, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sigmafloyd

the '75 and '62 jazzes are back on the site, I think they were gone for awhile

http://www.fender.com/basses/jazz-ba...ican%20Vintage

Looks like Fender has re-vamped the website a bit. Navigation is actually a little more user-friendly now. But when I checked things out, I noticed that the AVRI Precisions are now GONE. Perhaps Fender is going to re-launch the AVRI P-Bass at NAMM? They certainly changed around the AVRI Strat, Tele & Jazzmasters. So maybe the P-Bass is next?