Might not be a popular opinion, but as a player I sold the Van Nuys models I had and kept the 'ESP era' guitars. I am sure that the knowledgeable people on the subject will help out in this thread - you know who you are, I have learnt a lot from you guys already My hope, is that this thread. I dont see a serial number on this one so I. Wonderful guitars, I had quite a few from that era, still have one other, a sunburst SSS Strat I'll never let go. Assembled guitars that were considered the same as the Van Nuys-built factory guitars. Unlike with PRS, this drowned their US line completely. Unfortunately soon after, they traded their first class reputation for big money, by launching their MIK line (great value, but not even remotely comparable). Those were Schecter's top of the line offerings back then, easily on par with Tom Anderson and so on. Mine's a CET-H ( Contoured Exotic Top - Hollow), yours should be an ET-H, if memory serves me right, maybe an ST-H (for Spruce). The piezos died over the years and were replaced with brass block saddles, and she recently got a pair of gold covered Saturday Night Specials, which fit like an old shoe.Ĭhambered mahogany back, exactly like yours, a 'stealth semi' under the maple top. Mine was a one-off covergirl for their '96 catalogue back then, I bought her straight off the booth Frankfurt. Romain (foxy) knows them.īoth are indeed from the US custom shop, during the 'ESP era', but 100% handmade in the US. Ps: many pictures of my red strat are visible on the FB schecter VN forum. Thanks in advance for your time and expertise My assumption is that the shop named Lead Guitar (in Paris France) that sold this guitar had a kind of authorization to do so ?Ģ/ this strat has only one strap button instead of the famous two and has no serial number on back plate, does this mean something regarding the date of manufacturing?ģ/ I'm about to purchase a schecter telecaster that seems to me ok for VN but the neck plate says LC8307 I assume this is a late van nuys partcaster, do you have an idea on this ? I'm new in the forum and like those old VN schecters very much, I own some, I would have two questions:ġ/ My red metallic schecter strat that wear all schecter data code (neck pocket ref that indicates Koa, neck ref that indicates figured maple, schecter stamp on the pickup cavity, dream machine ft500 pickups, 3x 3ways switches etc.) has a logo that says Schecter 'Lead guitars'.

Van nuys schecter serial numbers