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Post subject: 1985-86 ORIGINAL A + 6 DIGIT JD TELECASTER MADE IN JAPAN
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:03 pm
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Hello, I was notified over in the custom shop part of the forum that this one isn't a custom shop Tele.

I have what I believed to be an early 1985-86 Original A + 6 Digit JD Telecaster Made in Japan but after some more research it's now my understanding that these weren't made in 85-86 but that the A + 6 digit dates were mostly all misleading. . So if anyone here knows about them and would be kind enough to take a look at the pics and tell me about the year, would be awesome. In particular, I'm wondering what exactly it is and what might be a good auction price or what is the average market value for this right now. From what I've seen it looks like at least some of these "made in Japan JD tecasters" have gone up in value quite a bit over the past 5 years or so and are getting difficult to find.

It still has the original tags on it and like the uneducated guitar person I am I pulled the protective plastic film off the body. It looks like it was imported here in 1994. The serial number is not on the Headstock or back of the neck but are located in what I think is called the bridge plate which matches the written serial number on the tag. I'm guessing there's also a serial number on the neck if I took it apart.

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Post subject: Re: 1985-86 ORIGINAL A + 6 DIGIT JD TELECASTER MADE IN JAPAN
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 2:10 pm
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As a follow up from my earlier reply. The current Gruhns vintage pocket guide doesn't list the JD model as having birds-eye maple neck or front/back of body and gold components. It could be that the guitar is as it should be and the price guide description for the model is wrong. The Telecaster guitar book confirms the description from Gruhn's. There are plenty of examples of description inconsistencies over the various years of Fender production. However, the price guide is usually very close to the actual resale values.
Auction houses usually charge seller and buyer premiums, so you would probably get a better return listing it yourself or at a guitar shop.
The custom shop version of the guitar is listed for about $1350 w/o case in mint condition.
Some of the other available colors add to the value.
Having the hang tags is also a big plus to collectors.

If you choose to disassemble the guitar to verify date markings, take it to a tech......but
the model was not built prior to 1992 and production ended in 1999.
Japan models usually have info on the butt end of the neck with either a date/date code and possibly a reference # to the model. The body's neck pocket will usually have a reference # code also and date.


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Post subject: Re: 1985-86 ORIGINAL A + 6 DIGIT JD TELECASTER MADE IN JAPAN
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 6:28 pm
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Thanks for all the info.. I found a huge amount of guitar related receipts this past weekend and will definitely go through them at some point to see if there's one for this Fender.


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Post subject: Re: 1985-86 ORIGINAL A + 6 DIGIT JD TELECASTER MADE IN JAPAN
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 5:23 pm
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Anytime; here is a link to the guitar motel you may be interested in. He has a couple different models to compare yours to the CS versions.

http://www.guitarmotel.com/guitar/7dv9bN


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