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Fender AVRI discontinued?!

#142
Glazenn said:
... I wonder if they'll keep the Vxxxxxx serial numbers... (that was meaning Vintage, so probably not).
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YES!!! The new format is Vyyxxxxx.

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By the late-'90s, Fender reshuffled the US Vintage Re-Issue series, changing the name to American Vintage.
About the same here, 20 years later.

Fender American Original Bass | Sweetwater
 
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#145
FenderOli said:
V-Serial Numbers

US Vintage Series Fullerton
American Vintage Reissues Corona
First Custom Shop
Pure Vintage
American Originals
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The AVRI (Corona) name was U.S. Vintage Reissue series up to 1998, when they flipped the name to American Vintage Reissue, with a few other changes.

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Fender Frontline magazine - Summer 1992:
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In 1990, "Vintage Series" basses were available in 9 different colors (Fender-France brochure):

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800 3-tone sunburst ('62)
802 LPB
803 2-tone sunburst ('57)
804 Daphne Blue
806 Glossy Black
808 Ocean Turquoise
809 CAR
840 Fiesta Red
841 Vintage White
857 Surf Green
No Olympic White at the time.
 
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#148
Glazenn said:
These are the 4 basses in the new American Original Series :

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Fender Replaces American Vintage Series with New American Original Line
"Color options for various guitars include Aztec Gold, White Blonde, 2-Color Sunburst, Olympic White, Candy Apple Red, 3-Color Sunburst, Butterscotch Blonde, Fiesta Red, Lake Placid Blue, Surf Green, Ocean Turquoise, Natural, and Black."
I wonder if they'll keep the Vxxxxxx serial numbers... (that was meaning Vintage, so probably not).
This is the 60's P that comes also in LPB and OW.

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I'd play the snot out of that LPB P bass.
 
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I don't think so. Pretty sure the AVRIs are just nitro (though possibly with an elasticizer added to make them less prone to checking).

I'm also not at all sure the Anderton's guys are right about the poly base on the American Originals. I haven't heard that from any other source, and it directly contradicts Fender's marketing spiel about the thin nitro finish letting the wood breathe.

--mark
 
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markbvt said:
I don't think so. Pretty sure the AVRIs are just nitro (though possibly with an elasticizer added to make them less prone to checking).

I'm also not at all sure the Anderton's guys are right about the poly base on the American Originals. I haven't heard that from any other source, and it directly contradicts Fender's marketing spiel about the thin nitro finish letting the wood breathe.

--mark
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Depends on the year, but some older ones, for sure the Telecasters and Strats were nitro over poly with a nitro neck.
 
#155
markbvt said:
I don't think so. Pretty sure the AVRIs are just nitro (though possibly with an elasticizer added to make them less prone to checking).

I'm also not at all sure the Anderton's guys are right about the poly base on the American Originals. I haven't heard that from any other source, and it directly contradicts Fender's marketing spiel about the thin nitro finish letting the wood breathe.

--mark
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Perhaps a poly sealer on the wood with Nitro over top.
 

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