Schecter Van Nuys Serial Numbers
The number is its serial number, and those were sequential. The missing number would've been the wood code, and these omissions seemed to happen, years into Van Nuys production. According to early-Schecter employee (and TGP member), Brad Hodges, ' Dave made his first three Schecter necks by hand for the 1977 Anaheim NAMM show. Jan 31, 2008 - I love this thing. I'm not really sure how old it is, serial number is S8334. The body and neck are from the original van nuys factory.
Up for sale is this Vintage Schecter Van Nuys Era Telecaster w/ a 1 Piece KOA body, and Shedua Neck. I date this guitar to late 70's to maybe as late as 1981. With the low serial number, I do believe it's closer to 1979 or 1980. If you found this, you likely know about the Schecter Van Nuys Era guitars, if not, it is the first stuff that Schecter was building. A lot of it was custom order to build stuff, out of exotic woods. Most of the early stuff is Fender style builds of either Strats, Teles, Jazz or P Basses.
Their complete build stuff was the Dream Machine Series, and would be appointed with Schecter pickups,and typically all Brass hardwear. I got this guitar in a trade about 5 years ago, and have researched a ton on Vintage Schecter guitars, and have watched the few that come to market over the years.
Mine is the best Telecaster I've seen so far. This is the one you will want. This beauty of a guitar is a solid 1 piece Koa Telecaster Body. Look at the pictures of the end grain, you will see it does not break, and is a beautiful piece of Koa at that.
I also have scans of the original Schecter catalogs, that confirm the wood code of Koa for the body, and that the neck is Shedua. It is similar to a mahogany neck from what I feel. The body stamp code is F6290 (will show for Fender Tele KOA wood) The neck stamp code is F7270 (will show for Fender Tele Shedua wood) Overall in great condition considering this really doesn't have much of a finish on it. There is some wear and tear on it, and little nicks, dings, and chips on the edges, but nothing super unexpected from a guitar that is from this era. Originally, this guitar likely had all the brass components and Schecter pickups in it. Some time long before I got it, the pickups were replaced by what appears to be vintage 70's Fender Tele parts (I do not have any of the original Schecter parts. Wish I did, they'd be amazing to retrofit to this).
The bridge pickup is stamped in a style I've seen Fender use in the 70's, but the bottom of the neck pickup is not marked. The pickguard is an AllParts brand. The holes did not line up to the original pickguard screw holes, but the AllParts guard is only held in place with the 5 screws that do line up (no extra holes drilled).
The case I have for this, is a nice Fender Deluxe case. Has the crushed velvet lining, and looks very nice as well.
I have attached a ton of pictures, and can answer any questions you may have as well. Hate to see her go, but she needs to find a home where she'll get played a little more often than I get to her. Product Specs Condition: Brand Model Finish Categories Year Made In United States.
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Hello people! I got 80's Schecter here is some pictures for you: Guitar is build from schecter pieces in 80's at professional guitar-forge called 'Kitarapaja' -link: Schecter is build from rare endangered woods. Its really heave weight guitar. First two frets need to be changed and maybe have to hone some frets. Electronic works good and guitar is in good condition. Neck is perfect etc. Have seen they are selling the pickguard only for over 1000€uros on ebay.
I just put this thread here, if there is someone who is really intrested about this kind of guitar. I know its rare guitar. I can give more information and send pictures if you want.
Greetings from Finland. EDIT: So here is some edit about the wood. Some people on other sites says its rosewood or something from california, but nonono. This is the wood guitar is made (body and neck) from. Nice one indeed! If you check out this catalog () you will see that you have a Pau Ferro neck (F705P) and a imbuya body (i can read F611P on the neck pocket above the stamp.