So I saw this on EBAY, and jumped at it for $400 US. Claimed to be a super clean 80's AST-50. The body and pickups look legit. But I have never seen the old style script ( looks like a "Springy Sound" ) on the newer export to USA style headstock.
I wondered if it was a ebay decal applied to one of the other variants that used this headstock, ATS-56, TST-56, Goldstar Sound???
I really can't find anything that shows this headstock with this sticker, the ink looks legit at the truss rod?...
Looks nice, I took a chance, it will be here in a few days.....
I see newer pots and knobs, but the pickup look right, "E" stamps ( Love them !!! ) and the neck pocket looks legit too, any stampings are covered by copper...
Has the L serial number on the neckplate, that's a good thing , yes?
It has the nice "DELUXE" tuners...
But I do not think these are the cool " FINAL PROSPEC" Saddles.... Maybe not even the Tokai bridge ( I have one form an AST-62, but the saddles are missing on that one also... I also think this is not the tokai pickguard, only because both the tokais I already own have the lower left screw hole further out than the F3nd3r variants. This one looks too close to the tone control, and that part of the body is not shown..
I have received a lot of cool information from the moderators, and I welcome any thoughts on this. hopefully its not another "Bitzer", I sort of have two already. I posted about an AST ( sort of ) I built last year. I did find a nice mid 80's body and put my original TST-56 neck, I'll post about that in another post. Thanks to anyone who looks or has thoughts about this one, I am stumped.
I wondered if it was a ebay decal applied to one of the other variants that used this headstock, ATS-56, TST-56, Goldstar Sound???
I really can't find anything that shows this headstock with this sticker, the ink looks legit at the truss rod?...
Looks nice, I took a chance, it will be here in a few days.....
I see newer pots and knobs, but the pickup look right, "E" stamps ( Love them !!! ) and the neck pocket looks legit too, any stampings are covered by copper...
Has the L serial number on the neckplate, that's a good thing , yes?
It has the nice "DELUXE" tuners...
But I do not think these are the cool " FINAL PROSPEC" Saddles.... Maybe not even the Tokai bridge ( I have one form an AST-62, but the saddles are missing on that one also... I also think this is not the tokai pickguard, only because both the tokais I already own have the lower left screw hole further out than the F3nd3r variants. This one looks too close to the tone control, and that part of the body is not shown..
I have received a lot of cool information from the moderators, and I welcome any thoughts on this. hopefully its not another "Bitzer", I sort of have two already. I posted about an AST ( sort of ) I built last year. I did find a nice mid 80's body and put my original TST-56 neck, I'll post about that in another post. Thanks to anyone who looks or has thoughts about this one, I am stumped.