authenticity check please, springy sound

[Tsjackson]

I’m tempted by this, just want to see what you guys think of it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15591956...tfja3-ssry&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Thanks in advance

 

[Sigmania]

Looks like a 1980 ST50 YSR

 

[Tsjackson]

Looks like a 1980 ST50 YSR

thank you sigmania, I’d assumed st50 and the seller said 1980, glad it’s not way off the mark. is the single ply scratchplate original? Presumably the knobs aren’t.

 

[Sigmania]

It has the B mark, so looks original. Some had that foil insulation under the ground plate.

The different color knobs/pickup covers seems to be due to different plastics. That changed over time.

Seems like 1980 was a transitional period for these plastics on their parts as I think I recall this on other guitars from 1980.

 

[Sigmania]

See here for reference on the plastics colors and make your own judgement. Hard to say. The knobs may also be newer.

1982 ST80 Lake Placid Blue

 

[Tsjackson]

Thanks @Sigmania

 

[Voidoid56]

Like Sigmania said, from these pics it looks like a perfectly legit 1980 ST50 YSO, with a possible caveat for the plastic. A pic of the neck butt would be good, it should have production code stamp matching or close to the one in the neck pup cavity if it's the original neck.

 

[Sigmania]

As Voidoid56 said, check to see if things match. With Strats all the parts can be moved around. Neck, body, neck plate, etc. The pickguard and harness could be off a different guitar. It could even be an ST60 with changed parts. Only so much you can tell from those pictures and I have to make some assumptions.