Then why are we having this discussion Glenn? Sit his ass down and you tell him he needs a Les Paul!
Do you really want a guitar with some other players name on it? what if Jim Adkins does a Ben Rothlinsburger in a couple of months?
I don't really care whose name is on it. I considered the Avril Lavigne Tele for a while simply because it was a telecaster routed for a humbucker.
Would you have kept the checkerboard guard and pink strap locks though? If you strip those off is it still recognisable as Avrils guitar.
id get a black esquire pickguard.
it has pink straplocks?
HOLD ON
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is that a plastic nut on a $800 guitar?!
You a Jim Adkins fan or something ? You obviously have great issue with my post
I voted Jim Adkins model because that's what I would get. I like the set neck option and would prefer the P-90s to those humbuckers. Solid vs. semi-hollow? Negligible in this case. Tele headstock vs. shark fin? I like the tele headstock here. I like mahogany/rosewood over all maple necks. $50 price difference doesn't really negate one over the other. I can go either way on the bridge design, but the tune-o-matic would imply a steeper neck angle...might have something to do with sustain. I'd have to play both to find out. Overall, the JA Tele just looks better to me. These are just my preferences, though. Your friend sounds like he already made up his mind. I hope he enjoys the hell out of it.
since you intend to get the other one anyway, y'all should just buy 'em both and call 'em 'band guitars'.
long scale hollow with duncan p90s vs whatever TF p/ups are in that reissue..?
should probably be looking at a squier tele custom II as well.