ESP Lynch Tiger help

[Rdodson]

I have had this guitar for a while now and have no idea of the date it was made or anything , I know most of the Tigers seem to have the upward headstock . Anybody know much about dating them or about this model and when the headstock changed ? .
Cheers

Ah, the Kramer Holy Grail neck. Nice.

That was off a focus 1000 if I remember right

Nope, that was a different contracted manufacturer, though the Focus 1000 did have a non-tiltback design. ESP built the non-tiltback necks for the original run of American-assembled Berettas. Same neck. I ordered one from the ESP custom shop to retrofit my 86 tiltback. And then my tech ran off with that guitar and a Charvel EVH (one of the originals with the letter from Grover and everything).

 

[Mailman1971]

Wasn't a Kramer neck used on the first bones?
Remember reading a story with lynch and a Kramer neck

 

[CLT-ESP]

1989 or 1990!

 

[shreder75]

Awesome. .always wanted a sunburst tiger.

 

[tnourse]

That's pretty cool! I have a Tiger I bought new back in 1988. Pre-Serial number.