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If it’s an older AV, I’d take the broadcaster, which has the added advantage of being collectible.
Incidentally, the Vintera Roadworns have a nitro finished neck compared to the Classic Series era ones which have a poly finish on the neck - but as it’s thin, not glossy, and has been largely sanded down it makes little difference. Some of them even have authentic-looking checking on the headstock.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Some were edging 9lbs
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/249852/hadded03
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/266272/fs-fender-vintera-ii-nocaster-with-tweed-fender-hard-case-price-drop-650
The Hot Rod '52 neck is deeper but with a shallower fingerboard radius and bigger fret wire. More importantly, this model gets a Seymour Duncan SM-1n (Firebird-esque mini humbucker) in the neck position. Yum, yum!
9.5 radius, 6105 frets. Lacquer over poly (unlike the AVs but the same as AVRI and the AV2).
Neck profile, pickups the same as AV1.
Very varied in weight. Fender were running out of lightweight ash by 2018, but some around that are a good weight. I had one that was under 7lbs and it was an absolute beast of a guitar.
Mine compares very favourably with my Fender custom shop 59 Tele.