Hi,
I recently acquired a 2003 made in Japan Love Rock (03 serial number and made in Japan stamp) and I'm trying to work out what model it is. It's a wonderful guitar and I intend to keep it long term but I'd just like to satisfy my curiosity.
I've spent a couple of days looking at old posts on this great forum (thank you!) but haven't drawn a conclusion.
Colour wise it looks like it is probably Seethru Dark Red (SDR), although it is somewhat brownish red rather than a garish dark red. In the pickup cavities there are no model numbers but in ink it says 9-45 TS. I thought TS corresponds to tobacco sunburst but that seems to be a different colour. This does have a hint of sunburst around the edges though.
Model wise I was thinking it is probably a LS-75f or LS-85f but there seems to be a bit of an information gap around 2003 so I'm not sure.
Pretty sure it has a laminated flame top over maple. And then it has a one piece back (looking end on there is continuous grain). This in particular is confusing as I thought this was only a feature of the highest end models.
Pickups have no stickers but there is some gum residue so they have probably been removed. They are PAF style with braided cables.
Any thoughts welcome on what model this might be!
I recently acquired a 2003 made in Japan Love Rock (03 serial number and made in Japan stamp) and I'm trying to work out what model it is. It's a wonderful guitar and I intend to keep it long term but I'd just like to satisfy my curiosity.
I've spent a couple of days looking at old posts on this great forum (thank you!) but haven't drawn a conclusion.
Colour wise it looks like it is probably Seethru Dark Red (SDR), although it is somewhat brownish red rather than a garish dark red. In the pickup cavities there are no model numbers but in ink it says 9-45 TS. I thought TS corresponds to tobacco sunburst but that seems to be a different colour. This does have a hint of sunburst around the edges though.
Model wise I was thinking it is probably a LS-75f or LS-85f but there seems to be a bit of an information gap around 2003 so I'm not sure.
Pretty sure it has a laminated flame top over maple. And then it has a one piece back (looking end on there is continuous grain). This in particular is confusing as I thought this was only a feature of the highest end models.
Pickups have no stickers but there is some gum residue so they have probably been removed. They are PAF style with braided cables.
Any thoughts welcome on what model this might be!