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What's the difference between an A5 Flatiron and A5 jr Flatiron. I'll be looking at a 1990A5 jr Flatiorn made in Montana. Is the jr smaller? I've read they sound good in past threads. Any comments? Thanks
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fatt-dad
Jan-12-2012, 8:17am
the "jr" has parallel tone bars and the other Flatirons are x-braced. There may be some appointment differences, but that's the big one.
f-d
Bill Van Liere
Jan-14-2012, 7:42pm
Flatiron Jrs have a spruce top, maple back & sides with a Mahogany neck (rather large in size), flat rosewood fretboard and looks to be an ebony nut. The early years had a very handsome kind of root beer colored finish. I have some seen later ones that were sunburst. I am not sure if the wood selection stayed the same in subsequent years.
Never heard a bad sounding Jr. They have good volume equal to about any thing out there. I have owned a Jr. since 1984 and have since bought more expensive custom instruments. My Jr. compares very favorably in tone to it's more expensive roommates.