Sunburst LC Custom Identification

Georgina · Jul 12, 2023

Sigmania said:
The neck and body dates are all out of sequence on many of these unlike earlier years. Could this be indirect evidence of using up old parts in advance of shifting to producing Fenders???

These 01xxxx serial guitars seem to date from the early 90s.

Perhaps 01xxxx is 1991 ?

Also interesting to me that the ST models are typically low cost Strats. ST30/40/50 range.

HSS bodies are common

Pickups are typically low spec. Ceramic pickups or pickups with light gauge red white and blue lead wires.

Mystery 1990s Single Coil Pickups TOS1K or MKIII ?

Logging serial numbers:

Engraved pots with dates:

013852 Pot date March 1991 TE80A
014302 Neck date November
014338 Pot date May 1991
014405
0144?? Neck date November
014714 Custom Edition Tele
014937 Custom Edition bass

Ink stamped pots:

014984 Body date May. Ink stamped pots
014999 Ink stamped pots. Custom order TST?
015144 Pot date July 1990, Neck date May, Custom Edition AST, Pots out of sequence
015379 Neck date January, Ink stamped pots, TST50 ? Neck date out of sequence.
016956 Custom Edition AST
017304 Neck & body date October. Ink stamped pots. SSS
017336 Custom Edition AST
017579 Neck and body codes August. TST50? 60?
017631 Custom Edition
017698 TE80A
017895 Neck date June, Ink stamped pots
018119 Neck date June. Ink stamped pots
018440 Neck date January, Ink stamped pots
018854 Custom Edition AST
018882 Custom Edition AST

I have just purchased a Tokai LP Custom with the Serial number 084094 and would like to know the place and date of manufacture

Sigmania · Jul 12, 2023

Completely different beast.

All of the guitars in that thread have serial numbers on the neck plates and are bolt on Fender type guitars from the early 1990s.

Your guitar is very different Gibson type clone from 2008.

It's not clear if your guitar and others like it were made in Korea or China or if they are legit and authorized.

This color option was not shown in catalogs (sunburst Custom LC) , further leading me to speculate that it is not an authorized guitar.

2007 catalog