Schecter 1984 Stratocaster Ash Cherry Sunburst

Schecter 1984. Stratocaster Ash in Cherry Sunburst Finish.

2 Piece Solid Ash Body.

1 Piece Birdseye Maple Neck and Fretboard.

Schecter FT 400 White Pickguard with FT500 Tapped Pickups.

Chrome Tremlok Tremolo Bridge and Locking Nut.

Chrome Hardware.

#1-3-84. Built by Richard "Obe" Oblinger with Schecter Van Nuys parts.

Richard "Obe" Oblinger, passed away in 2008. R.I.P

He was a custom guitar builder and repairman and was well known in the L.A. area.

He started his career at the famous Travis Bean Guitars where he worked from 1975 until the company closed in 1979. While there he worked on guitars for Jerry Garcia, Bill Wyman, Keith Richard, Rory Gallagher, Joe Perry and others.

After Bean closed he went to work at Schecter Guitar Research in Van Nuys, Ca. and was the Guitar Shop Manager from 1980 until the shop was moved to Texas. While there he worked alongside Tom Anderson building guitars for the likes of Pete Townsend and Mark Knopfler.

When Schecter was bought out and moved to Texas in 1984 he went over to Tobias Guitars. After that he went out on his own building, repairing and restoring guitars from his home shop. His client list included Jackson Browne, John Fogarty, David Lindley, Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, Stephen Stills and many others.