- #VAN NUYS SCHECTER TELE SERIAL NUMBERS#
- #VAN NUYS SCHECTER TELE SERIAL NUMBER#
- #VAN NUYS SCHECTER TELE CODE#
Plugged into my Princeton Reverb she oozes that vintage strat-sound with the scooped Fender on top. Acousticly she rings out in bell like tones with the whole body resonating. Siddenly I understand why Tom Anderson once said he would die to have the wood they used back then in the Van Nuys era - top shelf exotic wood for sure.Īfter changing the strings (Which were black and coroded, never seen so old strings before) she roared back to life like I never experienced before. Neck is 1 piece shedua, perfect shape and the feel of the wood is to die for. Schecter masterfully blends classic design and modern appointments and playability, yielding a truly lean, mean, rock ‘n’ roll machine The Traditional Van Nuys has all the killer features that you’d expect from a premium upscale instrument but made available at a price for the working musician, and with its beautiful Gloss Natural finish, you’ll be sure to steal the spotlight. Beautiful wood for sure, and after some TLC the grain and almost 3D surface was a sight to behold. It took an evening of detectice work and rumaging through old Schecter catalogs, talking to Schecter themselves and to some forum gurus to uncover what this gem was hiding.įirst of, body is 1 piece teak - Yup, teak. Seller was helping a friend who bought it 30 years ago, wanting to learn to play - Which he never got around to and the guitar was put away in it's case. INFO FROM THE WEB.Grabbed this last week after negotiating it down to a price which was an absolute no-brainer (1000USD).
#VAN NUYS SCHECTER TELE CODE#
So the code listed above would be the first guitar in June production of 2013. The body is alder and the fretboard is ebony.
It was given a relic treatment afterwards. The body was stripped, sealed, primed, and shot with nitro. I bought the body and neck on eBay for 400.00. I was told that more than likely it was made in Japan.
#VAN NUYS SCHECTER TELE SERIAL NUMBERS#
Serial numbers starting with 96 that have 6 digits are from late 90’sįirst 2 digits (13) = YEAR, next 2 digits (06) MONTH, Last 3 digits (001), place in that month’s production. This is a 80s custom shop Schecter 4-string Tele P/J bass from the Van Nuys days. Serial numbers starting with 92 that have 5 digits = early 90’s
#VAN NUYS SCHECTER TELE SERIAL NUMBER#
S serial number usually means from Van Nuys eraĪ, B, or G and 4 digit serials are usually from Texas-era Schecter from the mid to late 80’s Generally, though, you can use the information below as a rough guideline to determine year of manufacture:
Schecter has changed ownership several times over the years, so we have limited information on models that were made prior to 1996. Hi Is anyone selling a van nuys Schecter either Start or Tele please. I used to own a 'Van Nuys Era' Schecter Tele (Koa body, Maple/Maple neck), back over 20 years ago, and it's the guitar I most regret selling. Sometimes serial numbers may be found on the ends of necks or neck pockets, and many times on the neck plate. He bought several Schecters in 1980 at Rudy’s Music Stop in New York, mainly because he was looking for a guitar. Not expect a mint for it just something reasonable to roll into something else.īecause Schecter started business as one of the first aftermarket companies for parts, including necks and bodies, it can be hard to determine year of manufacture since these early guitars assembled from parts did not have serial numbers. In the 80ies, Mark Knopfler was probably the most famous user of Schecter guitars. seems like internet is flood with info on the new stuff so hard to find on the old. Schecter PT Van Nuys Gloss Natural Ash T-Style Electric Guitar Body: Ash Neck: Roasted Maple Fingerboard: Roasted Maple Neck Mount: Bolt-On Neck Shape: Thin C 22 X-Jumbo frets Nut: Graph Tech XL Black Tusq Nut Width: 42 mm (1,65) Scale: 648 mm (25,5) Fingerbard Radius: 356 mm (14) Thickness at 1st Fret: 20 mm (0,79) Thickness at 12th Fret: 22 mm (0,87) Pickups: Schecter USA SuperRock Vintage (Bridge), Schecter USA SuperRock Vintage (Neck) Controls: Volume, Tone. Were the ones with the TM after schecter earlier than the ones with just schecter on it. You are correct its Dallas but it is an A serial so would that not mean the beginning of that period (84)? I thought I had read that before. They kind of swing wildly throughout that range, though.
eBay listing and one enthusiastic buyer is involved. Marketplace confusion sometimes yields those higher prices, especially when a B.I.N. The fetish for Van Nuys PTs -and their scarcity- has spilled over into the more common Dallas PTs (or "Saturns," as they were -ultimately- officially known), so they seem to have risen from $700/$800 up to around $1,000 to $1,200. In their case, early would be '79-'83, for shop-built guitars. Probably '85 or later, in which case the original, covered pickups would've been made by Schaller - not Van Nuys-made Superocks, like Townshend used (in addition to their predecessor, the Z+) in his earlier, Van Nuys Schecters. That's from the Dallas-era, but not from the beginning of that period (which would be '84).