I thought they all did, as per the original vintage specs.ryandennis wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 2:31 amDo any of these guitars come without the poly undercoat? I know the new AVRIs have them and that has always been a big decision on why I have built my own instead to avoid that. I believe I read the AV65's didn't before?
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Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?
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AV's from 2013-2017 didn't come with an undercoat (thus defacto being ThinSkin's). Fender got a lot of complaints and warranty-claims from the very brittle and flakey finish, hence why they reverted to the poly undercoat for the American Original and subsequent reissues.
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The AVRI era thin skins had big frets, which I hated on the Jaguar I had (but were pretty and well made)
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I know the AVII '66s didn't have the smoothest launch, but since they swapped over to the CBS headstock, I've worked on 5+ of them now and own one and they've been consistently on the lighter weight side of things, didn't need much or any at all with regards to fret / nut work, and with a good setup and...if you want, some minor upgrades (like the bridge) - they play and sound great. I agree that the AV65 is also my favorite of the AV line but this comes in at a close second for me. I love the slightly slimmer / flatter back profile on the neck especially. It's a real highlight of the series imo
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Agreed on the neck profile - I liked that very much on the '66 AVII I had. It also sounded really good. Mine wasn't very light though
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I love that we're just running with the conversation, despite the OP being a spambot 
Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?
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