Jerry Donahue Signature Telecaster Club

I was surprised to see there was no club for the JD Tele, so I'll start one. This is a "MADE IN JAPAN" model with no serial number on the neck heel. It's hard to tell from the photos, but the grain shows through nicely. The pickups are OK and a previous owner replaced the JD wiring with a standard 3-way. I'm going to play it for a while before deciding what to do, if anything, about the pickups and wiring.

Is there any way to date these without pulling the neck?

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/echorrigan/JD_Front_Full-1.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/echorrigan/JD_Left_Oblique.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/echorrigan/JD_Right_Oblique.jpg

I bought one of these (MIJ) in the early nineties, & gigged it pretty hard. Had it refretted with medium jumbos & never felt right afterwards, so I sold it.
Loved the switching scheme.

I currently have a US JD model, a made in Japan model, and the Omniac that peavey sells - The tele's I left alone, the omniac I kept the bridge pick up but swapped in a mini humbucker in the neck

BAM! - I'm there. I'll have to post some pictures of my blue JD later

Hey, I have a 94 custom shop JD in beautiful birdseye sunburst in mint condition that I'm getting ready to list for sale. Not sure how much to ask though. Any imput? tweed case a John Page signed cert.
Thanks,
J Dan

There's one up for sale on eBay right now with a $1,600 BIN. I don't know whether that's a reasonable price, but it's a data point. Does yours have the original JD wiring? That might make a difference, as so many people rip out that wiring for a standard three way.

Here's some info provied to me on another forum. JD "Dona-blue" is actually color code 527: sapphire blue transparent. Beautiful color on my JD

I have a 94-95 MIJ. Anyone want it? Hit me up if you do. It's dead mint.
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb245/groovydjs/1994-9520Fender20Telecaster20Jerry20Donahue20Signature2 0Scott20Grove20007.jpg

I would be interested if you still have it?

Do any of you guys have any clear pics of the 5-way wiring setup?

Do any of you guys have any clear pics of the 5-way wiring setup?

I think i"ve got that, i'm trying to find it ;)

Here you are, not a pic but ........

http://web.archive.org/web/20031222084722/http://guitarrage.virtualave.net/guitar/mods_electrical/fender/telecaster_jerry_donahue.html

If it doesn't work (you've got to wait 3-5 sec ) i'll try to scan the print i made in....2004 :lol:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5193/20080512068.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8376/20080512071.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2231/20080512073.jpg

A 97 US, JD0350, bought used ten years ago, the best neck in the world IMHO :)

I liked the first JD Tele so much I bought a second and had it modified with pickups from Zhangbucker. The 5-way wiring is a little different:

bridge
bridge & middle
bridge & neck
neck & middle
neck

The necks on these things are awesome, but I wish the frets were a little bigger.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/echorrigan/Burst_JD_Front_Full-1.jpg

Here's my baby. '98 I believe.

Not sure what year mine is...

heres my baby. modded it into a Dan Auerbach[Black Keys] Signature.

http://imageshack.us/a/img801/6549/gedc0635e.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img254/3397/gedc0042.jpg