4digit dating.

[UncleGreg]

I just bought a 4 digit Standard.  The pots and pickups are not original.  What year would a mid 04xx guitar be?

 

[specialk]

No idea, but a pic would be nice, 

 

[UncleGreg]

When it gets here. 

 

[Disturber]

I just bought a 4 digit Standard.  The pots and pickups are not original.  What year would a mid 04xx guitar be?

I have 0406. Afaik it's from 1980.

 

[cmatthes]

1980-81

 

[UncleGreg]

0457

this is just a quick mock up… The guitar was routed for a Floyd and all of the original parts are gone. It has a previous headstock repair. I thought about going through the effort of restoring it and decided that it will be more fun to just play it. So I dug an old gold Floyd out of the parts bin and I will put it together to be a stage guitar at some point… I am way too busy with customer guitars to mess with my own shit right now. It's pretty damn cool though…

 

[specialk]

Gorgeous top, congrats! If you ever do get time fo eork on the headstock break, you da man. 

 

[UncleGreg]

Gorgeous top, congrats! If you ever do get time fo eork on the headstock break, you da man. 

The headstock has been repaired. It seems to be very solid.

 

[UncleGreg]

Update…

Jol confirmed it's a 1981 and sent me the page that it was listed on. I dug a very early PAF and a very early Duncan 59 and a mid 80s gold Floyd out of the parts piles and put this thing together. New CTS pots. Right now there is a mishmash of tuning machines on the headstock but I have a brand new set I'm about to put on. I decided that I'm not gonna restore it but play it like this because it's awesome.

I have this friend named Phil that reached out to me that wants to borrow it for a tour… So if you get Bon Jovi tickets you'll see this guitar. As of right now… It is not for sale. It's way too much fun.