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Black El Degas Korean Strat circa early late 80's early 90's.
Black El Degas Korean Strat circa early late 80's early 90's.
I was gifted this axe back in 92 and it still has a couple of manufacturing stickers on the back of the head stock. One says 'Made in Korea', the other one says 'EDG -11'. Would anyone happen to know what the EDG -11 refers to?
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Re: Black El Degas Korean Strat circa early late 80's early 90's.
That would be the model number.
I believe it's most common in later Korean models to sometimes find a label still attached to the back of the headstock with a model number. I seem to remember seeing it on photos of instruments with different body shapes (so, not just on Strat-shaped instruments). Sometimes the model numbers include a suffix that denotes the color (ex. "SB" for sunburst, "N" for Natural, etc).
This one is a bit funny since it's the model prefix does not seemingly point more towards the guitar being emulated (I would wonder if it is simply someone's shorthand for El Degas ? [ElDeGas])... which makes me start to wonder if there is any possibility the label and number was perhaps something added at a retail store in order to have a SKU (stock keeping unit) number for record-keepin? (Pure speculation on my part, I admit). However, I seem to remember other model number labels from that era also having less-than-obvious model number prefixes than what they used in the 70s acoustics, where the prefix was very tailored to the manufacturer being emulated (GB for Gibson, MT for Martin, etc)
I believe it's most common in later Korean models to sometimes find a label still attached to the back of the headstock with a model number. I seem to remember seeing it on photos of instruments with different body shapes (so, not just on Strat-shaped instruments). Sometimes the model numbers include a suffix that denotes the color (ex. "SB" for sunburst, "N" for Natural, etc).
This one is a bit funny since it's the model prefix does not seemingly point more towards the guitar being emulated (I would wonder if it is simply someone's shorthand for El Degas ? [ElDeGas])... which makes me start to wonder if there is any possibility the label and number was perhaps something added at a retail store in order to have a SKU (stock keeping unit) number for record-keepin? (Pure speculation on my part, I admit). However, I seem to remember other model number labels from that era also having less-than-obvious model number prefixes than what they used in the 70s acoustics, where the prefix was very tailored to the manufacturer being emulated (GB for Gibson, MT for Martin, etc)
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(13 bass, 26 electric, 3 acoustic)Re: Black El Degas Korean Strat circa early late 80's early 90's.
Thanks very much Charles. Much appreciated!
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