I've owned a few Schecter PT Teles from '84 - '86, in fact there was a time where HamStd and I were buying every Schecter guitar and neck that came up for sale. Some of them are very good guitars.

The guitar for auction is an odd one. It was for sale at Dave's Guitar 2 years ago - almost to the date, as a matter of fact. I know this because I called to inquire about it, but couldn't talk to anyone in charge because they were at NAMM in L.A. When they got back, it was gone. From what the counter person told me, it was most likely put together from Schecter parts of the day, but was not necessarilly ever sold together as a guitar by Schecter.

What makes that guitar even more strange is that it has both a skunk stripe and a 22nd fret. You usually only see the skunk stripe on their 21 fret necks. I think that guitar would be worth the BIN even if it were not so unique. If you're on the fence, you should hit it. The guitar in question is a great looker and should be well built, but the single hummer and high price put me off kinda quickly.

They just haven't been pulling down that kind of $$$ yet, even though it is unique and probably a killer guitar. Schecters of that era were built in small numbers as production guitars, kits(individual parts), or custom jobs - the Evilbay example was probably a custom job with parts made in Texas. The USA Schecters I have owned all seemed to be well built and used primo woods and parts, but have very poor resale apart from the Townsend PT's and Saturns or some of the mid-late 90's stuff that was super expensive to start with but equally awesome in quality and build. Both the '90's California and earlier Texas made stuff has zero to do with the current Schecter company that has made a killing on their offshore stuff, but the real early stuff was from California and that is where Tom A was involved.

They were sorta the Warmoth of their day with lots of natural and oil-finished exotic wood bodies and necks and brass everything, but using super high-grade woods and super workmanship. Plus you could just pick your next guitar from a rack of parts and get to buildin'! I have a Koa bodied '80's custom with a single Hum and a fulcrum Kahler, as well as 2 mid '90's numbers and they are all great, inexpensive USA bolt-on's that compliment the undervalued Hamers very well.

If the pickup or price configuration doesn't put you off though, BluesKing, I say jump. I took another peek and am thinking that it was put together and sold as a complete guitar built by Schecter, what with the matching headstock color and the complete chrome package that included a serialed plate and the trademark dual strap-button setup. It would be interesting to look under that pickguard and see if the body is routed for more pickups or not. My '80's Koa number has a pickguard but only the single hum route (and no serial on the plate= 'kit?' ), so my options are limited(as are the tones available ). The trem used on our Ebay subject is a nicely rendered piece that reminds me a bit of the Sustain Block in the saddles, and if I recall they sustained very well (all brass maybe?) Looks to be very similar to The brass DiMarzio units and the San Dimas Charvel 'vintage' trems of the era-and hooray for having the proper arm! I took another peek and am thinking that it was put together and sold as a complete guitar built by Schecter, what with the matching headstock color and the complete chrome package that included a serialed plate and the trademark dual strap-button setup.

It's been hard to find any info (or even a photo of a guitar that shares this configuration of electronics) - there's no serial number anywhere that I can find (which I believe isn't unusual for guitars of this era from Schecter). I'm thinking about having it restored to its former glory - but I don't want to over-capitalise. Im going to buy schecter demon 7 soon.ive try it at the strore and its nice.but i feel a bit insecure whether its genuine or not.its made in indonesia.how to identify it? Carver Htr-880 Home Theater Receiver Manual there. Btw this is the serial number N10092299 and i have no idea what are the number stands for.can anyone help? Last edited:.

It would be interesting to look under that pickguard and see if the body is routed for more pickups or not. My '80's Koa number has a pickguard but only the single hum route (and no serial on the plate= 'kit?' ), so my options are limited(as are the tones available ). The trem used on our Ebay subject is a nicely rendered piece that reminds me a bit of the Sustain Block in the saddles, and if I recall they sustained very well (all brass maybe?) Looks to be very similar to The brass DiMarzio units and the San Dimas Charvel 'vintage' trems of the era-and hooray for having the proper arm!

Z JeffR and I were taking about that guitar the lasttime it appeared on ebaY. Jeff, who knows a great deal about San Dimas Charvells, said the same thing about the trem. He also said that his best guess was that it was an employee guitar, pointing out the 22 frets with skunk stripe neck and the Anderson-style dual strap buttons. This is a rare piece, no matter how you slice it.

I seem to remember pictures of the neck pocket (either from one of the past auctions for this guitar, or I am confusing it with another guitar) which clearly showed the 'SCHECTER' branding, proving that it is genuine. You might want to email the user and ask for sure, that is if I don't get itchy to buy it. Sorry, I can't see the Schecter in question (our IT police have blocked eBay), but I can shed some light on the Schecter company. I did a lot of research a few years ago (including on-line discussions with Tom Anderson and John Suhr), and although I don't have my research with me I can pull some things out of memory. Schecter is kind of the start of a lot of this 'exotic wood' school of Super-Fenders. In the 1970s, Schecter was concentrating on parts, some of which were made in-house (some metal parts, pickups, etc.), some of which was outsorced. By the end of the 1970s they had a young guy working for them developing pickups named Tom Anderson.

Tom would eventually become their head of R&D. In the early 1980s Schecter decided to branch out into complete instruments on a limited scale. They came up with the concept of 'Schecter Shops' - these were stores that were 'authorized' to assemble 'Schecter Guitars' from Schecter parts. These stores included Valley Arts Music, Rudy's Music Stop, Strings & Things in Memphis, Willcutt's in Lexington (KY), Knute-Koppe (sp?) in Minnesota. These shops actually assembled a lot of the 'factory Schecters' circa 1982/83. Of course, John Suhr was working for Rudy Pensa at Rudy's at this time, so he did assemble some of the Schecters that came out of Rudy's. Also, some complete guitars came out of Schecter's own facility in California, under Tom Anderson's oversight.

Circa 1984, Schecter moved towards full-scale production. When demand outstripped their domestic supply of bodies and necks, they contracted with a Japanese facility to fulfill their needs. Tom Anderson's last official work was helping to get their Japanese partners up to speed; Tom left to go on his own circa 1985. Dave Schecter himself had left the company by then, and Schecter's financial backers moved the company to Dallas circa 1984/early 1985. Schecter still couldn't keep up, plus Fender slapped a trademark infringement lawsuit on them (Schecter was still using Strat and Tele headstocks, which Fender had allowed when they were a parts company but wouldn't allow as a complete guitar company) and eventually went bankrupt and closed in late 1986. The name was purchased by the current owners in late 1987. When Schecter got out of the parts business, some of the former 'Schecter Shops' got parts from other sources and got into the guitar production business.

These are: Valley Arts Guitars Pensa-Suhr Guitars from Rudy's St. Blues from Strings & Things Of course, John Suhr split from Pensa in early 1991; he then worked with Bob Bradshaw on the Custom Audio amps, spent some time in the Fender Custom Shop as a Master Builder, and now has his own company building both guitars and amps. Valley Arts wound up selling out to Samick; however, they employed a young builder as their plant manager right before the sell-off; his name was Don Grosh and he's built a guitar or two since then. Mike McGuire, one of Valley Arts co-owners, wound up at the Gibson Custom/Historic shop; now Gibson owns Valley Arts. I also noticed that Strings & Things has brought back the St. Also, in the great in-bred tradition, Tom Anderson was exclusively a parts supplier from 1985 to circa 1987, when they added complete guitars. Tom did supply some bodies and necks to Pensa-Suhr (including the raw parts for Mark Knopfler's original carved top - although John hand-carved the top) before discontinuing parts in 1989.

Sorry, I can't see the Schecter in question (our IT police have blocked eBay), but I can shed some light on the Schecter company. I did a lot of research a few years ago (including on-line discussions with Tom Anderson and John Suhr), and although I don't have my research with me I can pull some things out of memory. Schecter is kind of the start of a lot of this 'exotic wood' school of Super-Fenders. In the 1970s, Schecter was concentrating on parts, some of which were made in-house (some metal parts, pickups, etc.), some of which was outsorced.

By the end of the 1970s they had a young guy working for them developing pickups named Tom Anderson. Tom would eventually become their head of R&D. In the early 1980s Schecter decided to branch out into complete instruments on a limited scale. They came up with the concept of 'Schecter Shops' - these were stores that were 'authorized' to assemble 'Schecter Guitars' from Schecter parts. These stores included Valley Arts Music, Rudy's Music Stop, Strings & Things in Memphis, Willcutt's in Lexington (KY), Knute-Koppe (sp?) in Minnesota. These shops actually assembled a lot of the 'factory Schecters' circa 1982/83. Of course, John Suhr was working for Rudy Pensa at Rudy's at this time, so he did assemble some of the Schecters that came out of Rudy's.

Also, some complete guitars came out of Schecter's own facility in California, under Tom Anderson's oversight. Circa 1984, Schecter moved towards full-scale production. When demand outstripped their domestic supply of bodies and necks, they contracted with a Japanese facility to fulfill their needs.

Tom Anderson's last official work was helping to get their Japanese partners up to speed; Tom left to go on his own circa 1985. Dave Schecter himself had left the company by then, and Schecter's financial backers moved the company to Dallas circa 1984/early 1985. Schecter still couldn't keep up, plus Fender slapped a trademark infringement lawsuit on them (Schecter was still using Strat and Tele headstocks, which Fender had allowed when they were a parts company but wouldn't allow as a complete guitar company) and eventually went bankrupt and closed in late 1986. The name was purchased by the current owners in late 1987. When Schecter got out of the parts business, some of the former 'Schecter Shops' got parts from other sources and got into the guitar production business.

These are: Valley Arts Guitars Pensa-Suhr Guitars from Rudy's St. Blues from Strings & Things Of course, John Suhr split from Pensa in early 1991; he then worked with Bob Bradshaw on the Custom Audio amps, spent some time in the Fender Custom Shop as a Master Builder, and now has his own company building both guitars and amps. Valley Arts wound up selling out to Samick; however, they employed a young builder as their plant manager right before the sell-off; his name was Don Grosh and he's built a guitar or two since then. Bookworm Adventures For Android Free Download Apk. Mike McGuire, one of Valley Arts co-owners, wound up at the Gibson Custom/Historic shop; now Gibson owns Valley Arts. I also noticed that Strings & Things has brought back the St. Also, in the great in-bred tradition, Tom Anderson was exclusively a parts supplier from 1985 to circa 1987, when they added complete guitars.

Tom did supply some bodies and necks to Pensa-Suhr (including the raw parts for Mark Knopfler's original carved top - although John hand-carved the top) before discontinuing parts in 1989. Question regarding Schecter guitar parts - Did hamer ever use them? The reason I ask is my black 78 Sunburst (pre-sustain block) has a bridge with a Schecter label underneath. I only noticed it when I removed the bridge from the ebony/rosewood shim prior to restoration. The string hole spacings and screw holes appear to line up correctly and it made me wonder about whether Hamer manufactured their own bridge or used others..

BTW - excuse the incorrect saddles and Bill Lawrence pickups!

This is the best Schecter Diamond series neck-through Prince Pearl White Cloud I’ve seen for sale. It was a gift to me in 2003 purchased by my wife from the Prince web site. She knew that I’ve enjoyed Prince’s music since my first concert in Detroit in the early 1980s. I had a custom floor case constructed to store the guitar when I received it in 2003.

The guitar has never been played or played with. It has been in the floor case for 14 years. The serial number (see pics) is the lowest number seen so far for any Schecter Pearl White Cloud Guitar. This guitar is in perfect condition (see pics). Below is an email from Schecter Guitars verifying via the serial number that the guitar was manufactured in 2002. The Duncan Design Humbucker/Single Coil Neck Pickups still are covered in their original plastic.

I’m confident that you will not find another Schecter Pearl White Cloud for NPG in better condition with a lower serial number than mine. If you purchase my guitar and then show me proof of your find within 30 days of purchase, I’ll refund 5% of your purchase price.

If you need to see more pics, just email and i'll forward them. Schecter Email Dear Billy, Thanks for your support in Schecter Guitars. To answer your question, the guitar was most likely made in 2002 telling by the serial number. I don't however know the amount of them that were actually produced. Best Regards, Jake -----Original Message----- From: info Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 8:49 AM To: Schecter Tech Subject: FW: Info on my Guitar's Serial number -----Original Message----- From: Billy Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 11:07 AM To: info Subject: Info on my Guitar's Serial number I have a Schecter made White Cloud Guitar for NPG with the serial number of 0217594.

Can you tell me what year this was made and how many were made in the series? Product Specs Condition: Brand: Model: Finish: Categories: Year: Made In: United States.