My Well-Worn 1979 ST80

[Ned B]

Back in 1985 I got this at a vintage shop on Sunset Blvd. The body was stripped to natural at the time. Over the years came the gold finish, Seymour Duncan Hotrail, the re-fret with 6105s and a lot of hard playing. I decided to take it apart and do a little noise reduction work...so here it is.

 

[Sigmania]

Cool. And fascinating to see another neck with two numbers on the right side of the = sign.

Is that a V neck?

Is it stamped "80" on the end of the fretboard?

 

[Sigmania]

My 1979 ST100.

 

[Ned B]

It's a "V" neck. I can't see any sign of the "80" stamp on the neck.

 

[Sigmania]

It would be right here.

 

[Ned B]

That's where I looked and it should be there, but the neck is kind of chewed up there. I will upload a close-up of that spot.

 

[Ned B]

Here's the area where the stamp would be.

 

[Sigmania]

Thanks. I see what you mean.

Here’s another 1979 ST80 with two numbers to the right of the = sign

1979 ST80 GS R 9005343
12-2 GS A
Neck 8=3&4 A

Pic by Villager

 

[Ned B]

Weight is 7 lb, 11.5 oz.

 

[FrankiePags12]

Mentioning of the Vintage shops on Sunset Blvd, brought back memories of walking the Blvd and checking out every little shop in the mid 90s. Such a great collection of instruments, amps and pedals. My favorite shop was Black market music on Lacienga if I recall correctly. Piles of Vintage pedals stacked in the cases. Place was a goldmine. The days when you can find a great Les Paul for $1200.

 

[Ned B]

I remember hearing about that place after I left LA. They had a lot of vintage Marshalls and their prices were known to be reasonable. The place I got my Tokai was Guitars R Us.