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Acetan
Username: Acetan
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 6:36 pm: | |
An elusive AM.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7348290896&fromMakeTrack=true |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 1:48 am: | |
Damn, that's tempting! These don't come up often at all, and the price is not so bad.
-Sven |
Sixvsix
Username: Sixvsix
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 10:02 am: | |
I was kind of debating if this was a good buy as I
Like the blonde finish.
What are your thoughts Ace?
six |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 11:53 am: | |
Six, I can only recall seeing 3 of these on ebay as long as I have been watching it. They have sold for around $1000 in the past, and that was before prices for semi-hollows took a jump. You couldn't go wrong with this one. In construction, they are pretty much the same as an AM70, but with a blonde figured maple finish and super 58s. There were very few made, and they never appeared in a US catalog. I believe they were a Europe only model, as nearly every one has turned up there.
-Sven |
Acetan
Username: Acetan
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 4:56 pm: | |
Even though I prefer AM's with mahogany construction, I am tempted big time by this one. I posted the link hoping someone will buy it and I don't have to toss and turn for a whole week. Please, somebody, anybody.
Ace |
Sixvsix
Username: Sixvsix
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 5:05 pm: | |
Cheers Ace/Sven
What about the wrap over bridge. Unusual for a semi of this type. How different a tone are we talking from a regular semi set up say like a AS200 or 335?
six |
Acetan
Username: Acetan
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 5:48 pm: | |
AM70s have the same bridge but different pickups. My concern is not the bridge as my AM205 and 255 both have tone galore albeit the different bridges used. It is the maple construction that I'm not sure about as I was not happy with how my maple AM50 sounded.
Ace |
Falcon
Username: Falcon
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 6:22 pm: | |
No pickguard on this one - is that normal? |
Artfield
Username: Artfield
Registered: 04-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 6:33 pm: | |
Sorry if you guys didn't noticed my posting a couple
of weeks ago, a guy overhere in The Netherlands had one for sale , he offered me the guitar for 500 euros.....didn't do it (have already one) but seems nobody read my message.This one will go way up.. |
Acetan
Username: Acetan
Registered: 09-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 7:16 pm: | |
The one with pictures lifted from Sven's web site? You didn't see the responses to your post?
Ace |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 8:59 pm: | |
Ace,
I have put a Duncan Custom Custom in my SC420, and it did a wonderful job taming the brightness. This pickup in the bridge produces a laid back singing Larry Carlton sound. It just occurred to me that this could be a perfect bridge PU for a bright semi, like the AM50.
-Sven |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 9:19 pm: | |
Falcon, there was no pickguard on the AM66.
Six, I'm not a big fan of the Schaller style bridge on this guitar. But I've had great results with the TonePros wraparound bridge. I believe that this bridge is the best fixed bridge option available. The tone, definition and sustain are stellar. It should be an easy retrofit if the studs are spaced the same.
-Sven |
Sixvsix
Username: Sixvsix
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 5:54 pm: | |
Me neither Funkle.
I have a spare bar wrap over that came off my Jeff Beck Lester (have a vintage one on that at the moment). I wonder if it would fit the AM66 and also whether the intonation would sit right with a regular wrap over bridge.
Any ideas? |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 12:44 am: | |
The TonePros has intonable saddles and locking studs.
-Sven |
Sixvsix
Username: Sixvsix
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 6:50 pm: | |
What I don't understand is that this guitar had a £499 BIN and it's just sold for £630!!
Beats me everytime 
six |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 6:54 pm: | |
I know, isn't that silly? Everyone was betting it would not go up that much in price.
-Sven |