Crusty wrote:
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Sorry for the 80kb limit. To upgrade disk space for the site would triple the costs and break out of the price lock I currently have. I've had the same hosting company for 10 years and they have never raised the price so long as I renew in time. I would then be paying triple the current rates to upgrade.
Diamonds from this period are tough to nail down. Few catalogs exist. Going on the serial it looks to be a 1980. Sound right? Diamonds from this era were marketed as budget versions of their standard AP2 counterparts but they were hardly budget instruments. Just as well made as the standard fare.
It looks to be a little brother to the AP2 XR series super strats. Two-point fulcrum and locking nut are a major plus.
Absolutely no worries about the file cap. I have no clue concerning the origins, but my father bought it in the late 90's used. I've grown up and learned to play on it, and it's in rough shape, missing the whammy bar and various bridge and nut bits, the 12th fret intonation is way off on the G string, and the selector switch sounds like it's full of sand.
But when in good nick, it sounds and plays best of all my guitars, to my ears.
Thanks a lot for the insight, I was thinking pre-the mid 80's pro II's of this style which seem like a stylistic evolution of mine. So the date fits!
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