ANY AMERICAN ORIGINAL SERIES 60'S STRATOCASTER OWNERS OUT THERE?

Do it. Don’t have one, but have plenty truss rod at the heel guitars and it will annoy you a lot less then you would think.

 

Not yet but I've been lusting for one. I do have an American Original 60s Tele and used to own a 65 AVRI Strat. The necks were very similar (and about perfect for me), and I expect the AO 60s Strat would be about the same. LOVE the Tele and loved the Strat as well. It's the one guitar I wish I had never sold. I think you're going to love yours.

 

All of my AVRI models have the truss rod adjustment at the body end. It's not that difficult to handle. You on;y have to loosen the bolts far enough to tilt the neck about a half inch to get to the rod adjuster. I just loosen the strings enough for that little tilt and I'm done with it. 10 minutes top.

 

Realize this, the truss rod is usually a set it and forget it sort of thing. Unless you jump around from string gauge to gauge, or stainless to nickel all the time the rod gets set up and left alone.
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I came very very close to buying one. I still want it. I would go and play the America Professional too though its also very good and the OG 50's too, its got the best pickups.

 

I’ve got the 50’s I am digging it
Although I changed the pups
Adjustment at the heel is annoying but it’s been the way people
Rolled for decades

 

I’ll
Be honest if I didn’t have two 60,s guitars with cs69’s
I would have gone for the og60’s
Play it first through if possible

 

I have played several since they came out and they are great guitars...if I were shopping I'd go for the white 60s Strat.It's a bit like the discontinued Hot Rod 62 from a few years ago with reissue body and chunky neck only now with the PV65 pickups.

 

I set out about a year ago to buy the 60's Original and though I really liked it I came home with an Olympic white American Pro. When I played them side by side I couldn't justify the extra money. I like the Pros neck a lot. All that said I will probably pick up a 60's Original one of these days, they are nice.

 

https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Wrenches/Truss_Rod_Crank_for_Tele.html
May not completely eliminate the need to lift the heel, but it's better than trying to get in there with a screwdriver.

 

I think there is a member here who uses a paint key.

23 cents
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/82942103

 

LOL!, ya, Stew-Mac is not exactly the best for limited budgets.
The paint can key does work, but the Tele tool has the other end on a 45, which helps working around the strings and body top.

 

I love my 60s AO strat...

 

I did the same thig you did last year as the price difference was quite important here in Europe. Now prices on the AO's have gone down and I must admit that I regret my impatience !

 

I had decided they were just too expensive. Finding a great deal on a like-new 2019 Candy Apple Red AO60s pushed me over the edge. I was a little disappointed at first by the factory fretwork (or lack thereof), but after a pro setup I love it!

The American Pro neck feels good too, but I like the wider vintage bridge, nitro finish, and pickups on the AO.

 

I bought mine on Reverb though. If I had purchased directly from a local shop, the setup would have been included in the deal.

 

They really need to do away with that "feature". I mean, really.