Schecter Van Nuys Serial Numbers

Apr 21, 2014  Assembled By Rudy's Music Stop in NY, Pre Dream Machine.Body one piece KOA, One piece SHEDUA neck, Two Monstertone pickups and brass hardware.all original. This one's a parts guitar, as are almost all of the Van Nuys-era Schecters that you'll encounter. Same components as a Dream Machine, regardless. The body and neck are both from the latter part of that era, given their individual serial numbers.

It's hard to tell with Schecters from that era - it looks legit from the Dallas era which was circa 1984-1987ish. I'm going by the 22-fret neck; the Van Nuys era were all 21-fret necks per Tom Anderson (who was a Schecter empolyee from 1977-1984). The early Dallas era used both 21 and 22 fret necks so it could be from any time during the Dallas era. Schecter went out of business sometime in 1987-1988; it was around the time they got a cease and desist letter from Fender to stop using their headstock shapes. Their current owners bought the name and brought the company back to California, and they use that more generic headstock shape. Click to expand.Interesting - wouldn't that make it post-Dallas, or did the Dallas production linger on a year or so later than I thought?

I was thinking the Dallas production was done by 1987 and they never wound up using the Fender headstock shapes post-Dallas. Black wolves saga na russkom. I've done a bit of research on these, but I have never really gotten good info on the end of Dallas production and the sale to the current owner (who is - or at least was - also one of the three owners of ESP) and the move back to California. I kind of lose the timeline a bit after the move to Dallas in 1984. Interesting - wouldn't that make it post-Dallas, or did the Dallas production linger on a year or so later than I thought? I was thinking the Dallas production was done by 1987 and they never wound up using the Fender headstock shapes post-Dallas. I've done a bit of research on these, but I have never really gotten good info on the end of Dallas production and the sale to the current owner (who is - or at least was - also one of the three owners of ESP) and the move back to California. I kind of lose the timeline a bit after the move to Dallas in 1984.