J B Player Professional Series Strat

by Scott
(Syracuse, NY USA)

I am considering a complete rebuild of this guitar (paint, new pick-ups etc) and wanted to get a general idea of it's value before I started to rip and destroy things.
It's a mid to late eighties J B Player Professional Series Strat. It has 3 Select by EMG single coil pick-ups, locking nut and tremolo. The tremolo has no brand name on it, however, it does have tuners and rollers and is strung from the back of the tremolo, not through the back of the guitar. It has a bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fretboard. It's pearl white with single layer black pick guard. The tuners are sealed but again have no brand name on them. This is a virtual twin to my Fender Strat.
All parts are original and in perfect working order. There are some dings in the body, after all, it has sat in the back of my closet for about 15 years. The neck is in like-new condition and is as straight as an arrow. There is no case.

ANSWER

Hi Scott--

This is the only thing I could find that came close--Is this your guitar?

PG-111-B3
- offset double cutaway hardwood body, black pickguard, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, double locking vibrato, 6-on-a-side tuners, black hardware, 3 single coil pickups, volume/2 tone controls, 5-position switch. Available in Black Pearl, Red Pearl, or White Pearl finishes, mfg. 1994-96.


The problem is, it was not made until 1994. The models before that date, however, do not match the details of your guitar.

If it helps, all of the Professional Series guitars are about the same value in the Blue Book:

$300 $250 $210 $170 $130 $90

Hope this helps!

Lynne