80's ESP M-1 info please.

[straycat]

Working on a 1 hum,vintage trem ESP M-1 standard.
Psuedo strat head serial number 0080.
I have no idea how their serial numbers work so I can tell him the date of his guitar.
Strat body made of basswood.22 fret rosewood board.
Very cool guitar IMO.
The paint work was done by another guy I work with sort of a tribal/skull thing.
I do know the M-1 was made 87-90 so I'm just guessing 87 by the low number.

[DonP]

Sorry,

I have an Custom Shop (no s/n) M-1 neck thru I bought at NAMM in 1989(ESP headstock), and a very early Horizon with the Jackson headstock, but I'm not much help dating these.

I love these old neck thru models with the J/C headstocks, but not too familiar with bolt ons.

P.S. I thought you were in Louisville. Did you move or was I just not paying attention?

[straycat]

Not paying attention Don been in Lex a long time.
I have a 85 48th st.ESP and no serial either.

[MetalHeadMat]

Try the ESP Forums.

[straycat]

I did not much on serial numbers.

[pro-fusion]

Apparently, '80s ESP serial numbers are useless for dating guitars. Also, ESP seems to have had the weird habit of affixing the "M1" designation to radically different guitars--everything from Stratocaster knockoffs to Soloist knockoffs. Hard to keep 'em all straight.