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Different neck profile though, if you like the V on the 57. The 62 is a C profile. Rosewood board with the late 50s V is nigh on impossible to get from Fender. You would probably have to order it from the Custom Shop.
The AVRI Strats do vary. I have a really good 62. Before I bought my Lazy J and mostly cured my amp GAS, I used to go into shops to try amps. I often used to use an AVRI 62 if the shop had one in, as it should have been the same as mine. I never found one that sounded as good as mine. Most of them were dead in comparison.
I think you can find good Strats and bad Strats in any part of the Fender range. I'd just go and try a bunch (including the Mexican Classic Series) until you find one you like that ticks all your boxes.
The most obvious difference is the neck sections. The '65 is deeper than the '62. More of a handful without ever being properly big like a Nocaster.
The stock '65 style pickups are fine. The bridge position unit does not feel weedy compared to the other two. The overall tone of my example is pretty dark. It suits finger and thumb style playing beautifully. The one item I would change about this guitar is the value of the capacitor in the tone control circuit.
IMHO, Fender 57/62 pickups are shite. I replaced the trio in my AVRI '62 with Duncan Antiquity II Surfer models in the neck and centre positions. The bridge position pickup has varied over time.
I have tried the old '57 and the newer '56 in a shop. The neck profile and the pickups on the latter were superb. No surprise that Greg Koch uses an AVRI '56 to demonstrate Fishman Fluence pickups at trade shows.
I have briefly tried the new American Original series guitars but prefer the traditional 7.25" fingerboard radius of the earlier models.
Also love the colour - Shoreline Gold, with matching headstock. Just wish that nitro finish would get its craquelure on, for that aged look!
The 65 is Olympic white and has lots of dings and the lacquer has started to check nicely. The stock pickups sounded a bit thin in this one so I tried some Mark Foley 59 Reserve and they sound great! As said above, the neck is a nice handful but not too chunky. Although it has a 7.25" radius and small frets it is much easier to bend on this compared to the 62, maybe it's due to the neck size?..
Both great guitars. I've never tried any of the 50s maple neck AVRI's but wouldn't mind trying a 56 some day
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