Avalon Legacy with Gold Series Bolt-On Neck

[manonash]

I'm looking at a Legacy described as having a Gold Series Bolt-On neck. When were these made, and how many? How does it differ from the standard Legacy neck? Why the variation?

Thanks

[JB]

Hi Manonash,

At one stage, a few years back, we made some bolt-on Gold models on a limited run, we'd considered adding a bolt-on neck option for the Gold range but when we stopped building them as a 'stock' model, only available when pre-ordered, we reverted to the tapered dovetail that we use on our Legacy series.

The bolt-on neck was faster to make and helped keep the Gold series prices lower.

[manonash]

This guitar was advertised as a Legacy L32c (and had a Legacy label inside), but the owner said (in the ad) that it had a Gold-style bolt-on neck. It also appears to have a gold embossed Logo rather than the abalone or mother-of-pearl logo I'm used to seeing on the Legacies.

Is the label bogus?

Also: were all of the L's in the Gold series made by Furch? This guitar has an abalone rosette consistent with the Furch golds.

Thanks.

[JB]

I've checked the serial number and it's fine, the L32C you mentioned was built as a hybrid model back in 2005, Legacy body but with the 'faster' Gold neck profile and styling.

[manonash]

Many thanks, JB.