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Anyway - first things first, let's establish a manufacturer, for that a back view of the guitar will help, neckplate, control covers, tuners etc.
Copy-era SLM Electras were built by at least 3 different factories, Fujigen & Kasuga as well as Matsumoku. Normally telling these builders apart by neckplates is straightforward, but I think SLM had their own serialisation, which might confuse matters.
Anyway - amazing thing to pull out of a skip! Don't change anything unless you have to, and I'd bet most of the rust is surface & would clean off with some tlc.
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:11 pm
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all the pots are the same and they say
M 500k(the ohms symbol)A
842X
Statistics: Posted by hitman5088 — Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:14 pm
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I wouldn't bother replacing any parts. A little bit of rust doesn't impede the playability.
Resist the urge to tinker!
Statistics: Posted by Mgeek — Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:06 am
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I think we place more stock in neckplates than the original builders. They grabbed neckplates out of a bin to get orders out. Is the guitar red?
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:45 pm
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From what I can see in your pictures, your guitar appears to be a 2252."
Im not trying to say you are wrong but the neck plate does have 2242 on it. and all the pictures ive seen on the 2242 look like this guitar except ive seen black ones but the 2242 is the only model that looks like this guitar in my opionion. also just out of curiosity have you come accross a 2242 with a gibson "open book" headstock like this one? and if it is a 2252 why would someone change the neck plate. everything apears to be very old and original here ill post pic of neck plate if i can get it to come out good.
Statistics: Posted by hitman5088 — Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:44 pm
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From what I can see in your pictures, your guitar appears to be a 2252. During this time period, Saint Louis Music (SLM) used different model numbers to designate colors of essentially the same model. Your guitar appears red in the pictures (2252) rather than Black (2242).
You're probably going to need to be satisfied with a date range for your guitar since to my knowledge there is no way to date these instruments exactly.
The Electra Page states that the 2252 was introduced in 1972 and discontinued in 1975.
These dates pretty much jive with the literature I own although I've never seen 1972 Electra literature. The 2252 is not listed in the 1975 Electra catalog. So, I would say it is unlikely your guitar is a 1972 on the basis that comparatively fewer Electras were probably sold that year. It is more likely your guitar was imported in 1973-74. The 2252's being sold in 1975 were probably mostly left overs.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:33 pm
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