Big"V".....What is this?????

[jselect]

Help me please.
What is this big"V"??

 

[Sigmania]

I have been logging these. Still not sure.

Mysterious "V" And "Y" Marks

 

[Sigmania]

The ones I have seen date from 1984/5/6

 

[jselect]

The ones I have seen date from 1984/5/6

How can I date my TTE?

 

[Sigmania]

Serial number.

Your pots are NOBLE which I don't believe have a date code.

 

[jselect]

Serial number.

Your pots are NOBLE which I don't believe have a date code.

Thank you.
Serial number is 209XX.
I can not see the date code.

 

[Sigmania]

Also, your guitar has mixed symbols =/-

Mixed Symbols = & -

 

[Sigmania]

That 5 digit is a Fender style serial number (Feb 1982- Spring1986).

That number range puts it roughly in 1985 I would say.

 

[jselect]

According to the previous owner, the TTE55N of this age should be a three-piece, but this guitar is two-piece. In fact, it is glued at the center. Is this grade guitar a three-piece at this time of year?

 

[jselect]

20 does not mean 1982??

 

[Sigmania]

Looks like a 1985 TTE50N with the TEB pickups and 6 way bridge.

1985 catalog:

 

[Sigmania]

20 does not mean 1982??

No. Your guitar has a script logo. That began mid 1983.

Fender style serial numbers by then.

And 1982 would have been a 7 digit serial number.

 

[jselect]

One stamp on the front pickup cavity is "4-90" and the other is stamped from upside down and can be read as "AN". Is AN an antique natural?　This guitar is closer to amber than ordinary natural. How do I interpret 4-90?

 

[Sigmania]

According to the previous owner, the TTE55N of this age should be a three-piece, but this guitar is two-piece. In fact, it is glued at the center. Is this grade guitar a three-piece at this time of year?

2 or 3 piece I believe. And by 1985 the added cost for the color seems to have disappeared.

Another Tokai curiousity.

 

[jselect]

Looks like a 1985 TTE50N with the TEB pickups and 6 way bridge.

1985 catalog:

View attachment 9313

Pics of ①？
so,TTE55N? Natural is upcharge of 5000yen.

 

[Sigmania]

One stamp on the front pickup cavity is "4-90" and the other is stamped from upside down and can be read as "AN". Is AN an antique natural?　This guitar is closer to amber than ordinary natural. How do I interpret 4-90?

I think that is blurred stamp over another. Should be N and V.

We still have not figured out what V, X, Z, etc. mean.

 

[Sigmania]

Pics of ①？
so,TTE55N? Natural is upcharge of 5000yen.

Not by 1985. That upcharge was phased out.

 

[Sigmania]

Here's a current example.

Mint ST55

This guitar should be a TST60 in 1982 (premium color + painted headstock).

55 sticker. Apparently no upcharge for the color.

Lots of other examples.

 

[jselect]

According to the catalog, it is alder, but only this natural was 5000 yen upcharged, 55000 yen. So I think it's a different wood. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like alder.

 

[Sigmania]

One stamp on the front pickup cavity is "4-90" and the other is stamped from upside down and can be read as "AN". Is AN an antique natural?　This guitar is closer to amber than ordinary natural. How do I interpret 4-90?

4 is April. The second number is up for debate. Seems to be some sort of lot number or something similar.