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  • Introduction and help with ID...

    Hey guys! I've been lurking for quite a while, but just now joined up. I'm looking at about 6" of snow in my yard here outside of Dallas. I've been around almost 50 winters, and can't remember this much snow.

    I've owned a Jackson DK3 for many years and love it, and it's the main reason I've been reading this forum. But... I also picked up a Charvel TE Custom...of sorts. I've seen a few of these, with a couple of exceptions. One, it has a Fender Strat headstock. The other issue is no push/pull tone pot. The tuners are labeled "Gotoh/Charvel", and the neck plate says, "Jackson/Charvel" in tiny letters. I'm sure it's Japanese made, with the serial number 381901. I got this from the original owner. He said he had a roommate that worked at the Jackson/Charvel warehouse in Ft. Worth in the early '90's. His roomie told him they had a "custom" guitar that they couldn't sell through retail, but he could get it for him directly through the warehouse (?). It was not played at all, and is immaculate and included the OHSC. I took it to my luthier (Don Bell of Bell Custom Guitars), who really set it up for me. I love it, and can't seem to put it down.
    Anyway, any insight/help would be greatly appreciated! Keep Jammin'!
    TexasTwang
    Last edited by TexasTwang; 02-15-2010, 04:48 PM.
    1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo
    1991 Yamaha LD-10E
    1974 Telecaster
    199? DK3
    199? Charvel TE Custom

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    Some oddball things have come out of Ft. Worth in the past. Sometimes they were prototypes, sometimes they were guitars meant for foreign markets, and sometimes they were parts from different things put together. For the most part, any time you see a strathead on anything with "by Jackson/Charvel" on it, it was for the foreign market only due to Fender's trademark of that headstock shape in the US. Do you have any pics?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by dg View Post
      Some oddball things have come out of Ft. Worth in the past. Sometimes they were prototypes, sometimes they were guitars meant for foreign markets, and sometimes they were parts from different things put together. For the most part, any time you see a strathead on anything with "by Jackson/Charvel" on it, it was for the foreign market only due to Fender's trademark of that headstock shape in the US. Do you have any pics?
      I do have pics, but can't seem to be able to post them in this thread. Any idea's?
      1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo
      1991 Yamaha LD-10E
      1974 Telecaster
      199? DK3
      199? Charvel TE Custom

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      • #4
        Welcome and let me be the first...
        My gear
        87 Charvel Model 6
        86 Charvel Model 4
        93 Jackson RR EX
        93 Jackson Kelly STD
        88 Ibanez RG560
        99 Schecter Diamond C-7
        Peavey Bandit 112

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        • #5
          Put the pics on a hosting site like photobucket or flickr then hit the button that looks like a pic of a mountain and put the link to the pic in there.
          My gear
          87 Charvel Model 6
          86 Charvel Model 4
          93 Jackson RR EX
          93 Jackson Kelly STD
          88 Ibanez RG560
          99 Schecter Diamond C-7
          Peavey Bandit 112

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          • #6
            Here's an example of a foreign-market TE Custom with a tele headstock that someone here found in Sweden recently:




            I haven't seen any with strat headstocks, but you never know.

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            • #7
              DG, mine is gorgeous ash with a burst finish, definite Strat head, and heavy chrome volume/tone knobs. I can't send PM's yet. Thanks!
              Last edited by TexasTwang; 02-11-2010, 09:19 PM.
              1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo
              1991 Yamaha LD-10E
              1974 Telecaster
              199? DK3
              199? Charvel TE Custom

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              • #8
                Tex, I got your PM & sent you my email addy. I should be on & off here for a while tonight.

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                • #9
                  Here are the pics:












                  Very nice! It's in awesome condition, and you gotta love ash.

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                  • #10
                    Thanks for the help! I'm just curious what you guys think? I don't care about the value, but more the history (or background) of it.
                    1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo
                    1991 Yamaha LD-10E
                    1974 Telecaster
                    199? DK3
                    199? Charvel TE Custom

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                    • #11
                      Body-wise, it looks just like the ash version of either the TE Custom, or the TX Custom which came out in '92 - '93. Here's the catalog page with the TX Custom:



                      I've seen overseas strathead versions of the ST models from that timeframe, so maybe they put stratheads on overseas TX models too. So my best guess as to what you have is a TX Custom made for the Asian (or possibly Euro) market.

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                      • #12
                        Welcome TT! I'm not into Teles, but that is an interesting one ya got there!
                        "Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by RacerX View Post
                          Welcome TT! I'm not into Teles, but that is an interesting one ya got there!
                          Thanks! It kind of fell into my lap. I couldn't pass it up. I heard about it from a friend who knew the owner. He lives pretty close to me, and has 4 boys ages 6 months to 8 years old! Poor guy....Anyway, every time I open the case, I feel like (and probably look like) Travolta in "Pulp Fiction" when he opens that brief-case. LOL! With that 5-way switch and three SC's, I'm already wondering what a set of strat "Texas Special's" might sound like...
                          Last edited by TexasTwang; 02-15-2010, 04:47 PM.
                          1970 Gibson Southern Jumbo
                          1991 Yamaha LD-10E
                          1974 Telecaster
                          199? DK3
                          199? Charvel TE Custom

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