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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Standard Tele w/ Deluxelike Upgrades
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:46 pm
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SkirtSoPlain wrote:
Now that the 2012 American Standard Tele has Deluxe-ish upgrades, shouldn't the price of old stock 2011s go way down on places like musiciansfriend (dot) com?

They seem to be trying to sell 2011s for the same price as the new 2012s.

(I realize that some purists might consider the contoured body on a Tele blasphemy and might actually prefer the older teles for that and other reasons.)

Shouldn't one really be able to get a deal on the older Teles now? I mean a real good deal. Like $750 for 2011 American Standard Tele. $750, not $899. ???


Not yet - there are a few things going on:

1. The older style 2011 American Standards are still new guitars with full warranty
2. The new-style 2012 American Standards had a price increase - they are about $100 more than the 2011s, and
3. There aren't enough of the new-style 2012s in the pipeline.

Once places like MF get a bunch of the new ones in their warehouse then they'll start cutting the prices on the 2011s a bit more to free up space. Give it another month or two - say a post-July 4 sale or something.


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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Standard Tele w/ Deluxelike Upgrades
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:36 am
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Howdy!

The only "American Deluxe" upgrade for the American Standard Tele is the comfortable belly contour minus the binding for the top.

There's no S-1 switch and 4-way selector for the Custom Shop Broadcaster/Twisted pickups, only the basic 3-way selector, volume and no-load tone controls. These "Baja" mods may increase further the prices...


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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Standard Tele w/ Deluxelike Upgrades
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:38 am
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How strange - it looks like the OP deleted his post (that I quoted) and somehow my response to him is now the "original post".


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