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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
PostPosted: Tue 15 Feb 2011 05:37 PM 
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GD K9 wrote:
I did a second round, reversed order, patch cable other way around, just to check: all readings 0.02 higher.
Seems within the margins, right? Hope it helped you :) .


That's all fine, there are enough variables in place that those discrepancies are expected. Yours looks healthy, mine's the sick puppy!

I was mostly curious to see if there was some kind of more complex switching system (like series on positions 2 & 4 or something), but yours measures like mine SHOULD. Thanks for the help!

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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
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GD K9 wrote:
...I got a simple multi meter, but you'll have to talk me through how to do the readings ... :blush:

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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
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Thanks, Barry...

OK, I went with the lookalike p'up instead of the Fender (the Fender was a no-poles-showing all-black), wired it in & sounds like I got it right the first time...can't test it at volume, my wife is asleep. New string trees (the old ones caught on the unwound strings, making fine-tuning a chore), put some muffling foam in the trem springs & cranked the springs down tight, and we're almost there. Quick sound-check tomorrow, then at some point it'll get a more thorough cleaning & some new strings & full set-up.

I'll live with the stock switching & knobs for a little while, just so nobody accuses me of unprovoked mutilation... :loon:

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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
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Oh, yeah- still getting a weird reading on the 2 & 4 switch settings (like, 2,ooo ohms!)...haven't figgered that out, yet. Sounds fine, though.

Also, please don't interpret any of this as any displeasure with the purchase or with the seller- he went out of his way to let me see & test the guitar, and I'm happy with the entire transaction. I ain't askeered a' no electrickery! :idea:

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Nice 330 you got there... like the color..

I'm quite pleased with mine....

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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
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Nice 330 you got there... like the color..

I'm quite pleased with mine....


Yours has brass knobs & no phase switch, right?

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Hi John,

Yeah, mine has all the gold hardware and brass knobs, no phase switch...

I've only seen one 330 with the phase on it and it was a AV330 not an MX... kind of weird since in the catalogue the MX has the switch... :-?

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 Post subject: Re: 1983 Avenger AV-330
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Frenchy wrote:
Hi John,

Yeah, mine has all the gold hardware and brass knobs, no phase switch...

I've only seen one 330 with the phase on it and it was a AV330 not an MX... kind of weird since in the catalogue the MX has the switch... :-?

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These three are all from '82, and I think the one I had back in the '80s was also an '82:

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The gray one (AV330) in my picture folder with swith is a 82...
The purple one (AV330) in my picture folder without switch is a 83...
My AV330MX without switch is a 83....

I think your on to something here....

82 switch...
83 no switch...

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