What do you guys think about the Avenger? I've only seen a couple on Ebay, how rare are they? I'm interested because my favorite pickup setup is H/S. I wouldn't mind picking up one on the cheap eventually.
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Ive got a couple and I love them. GREAT players, but the stock puckups BLOW. The stock bridge is a Schaller speed loader... you can put Floyd or Schaller locking saddles on there and you then have a JT590/Schaller!Imagine, being able to be magically whisked away to... Delaware. Hi... Im in... Delaware...
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Actually, they arent bad trems... no more unstable than a Kahler if done right. The thing with ANY single locking trem is to solder the ball ends. Regardless though, throw some locking saddles on it and you now have an awesome trem!Imagine, being able to be magically whisked away to... Delaware. Hi... Im in... Delaware...
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Avenger rhoads body is great for project guitars. (but you have to modify it a LOT) hmm, next, ...."It wasn't the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn't flat. [ ... ]
The truth will seem utterly preposterous, and its speaker, a raving lunatic."
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I've read that people didn't like the bridge pickup (or pickups I guess you could say) because they were just two single coils side by side instead of an actual humbucker. Is that for real?
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I just saw one yesterday at a local Guitar Center. Priced a little too high I think. It was going for $299. Not bad condition but it does need work. I'll have to wait it out, maybe they will see that it is not selling and drop the price a bit. That or I have to haggle it down! I once saw a Charvel 375 there for a few months listed for $299 and then it went down to $139! That's when I bought it.
BTW it was not the type with the 2 singles in the bridge position. It had the blade humbucker angled in a pickup ring.Guitars:
Charvel: USA Pro Mod Slime Green
1988 Model 2,
Jackson: Dinky HSS 'Blue/Orange Flame'
RR3
Gibson: 1978 Les Paul Spl Dbl Cut
1992 LP Studio 'Lite'
2005 SG Special
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Originally posted by cdwillis View PostI've read that people didn't like the bridge pickup (or pickups I guess you could say) because they were just two single coils side by side instead of an actual humbucker. Is that for real?
It's not too hard to mod it & put a humbucker in it. That's what somebody did to the one jrnc saw at GC.
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A lot of people seem to replace the dual single coils with a humbucker. It is not hard to do, but you have to take the pickup ring off and take a look at the job they did. If it is someone with half a brain there will be a nice clean job for the routing. If you get some schmuck who just went hacking away it can be pretty bad.
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