After Tom stopped selling parts Pensa-Suhr got them from Warmoth and other sources. In fact, Mark Knopfler's famous original trans yellow carved top Pensa-Suhr used parts milled by Tom Anderson (John hand-carved the top on that one). Now John did buy unfinished parts from Tom Anderson milled to his specs until Tom stopped selling parts. John and Rudy began building guitars under their own name, Pensa-Suhr, around 1985 or so. Among the lines that Rudy's sold was Schecter - John Suhr did start assembling guitars for Rudy's customers using Schecter parts (as well as parts from other sources like Warmoth, etc.). John Suhr worked as the luthier at a store in New York City called Rudy's Music Stop, owned by Rudy Pensa starting in the late 1970s. By the end of 1988 Tom stopped selling bodies and necks and has since then focused on producing complete guitars and only selling pickups for the aftermarket. Tom Anderson started his own company out of his garage in 1984 he made bodies, necks, and wound pickups (both his own models and he continued winding pickups for Schecter under contract). Dave Schecter was bought out (or forced out) of his company in 1983 Tom Anderson left the firm in 1984 - he did not move with the company when they left California for Dallas, TX. Tom Anderson joined Schecter sometime in 1977 and he developed several of their pickup models as well as being the builder for some of their completed guitars (Schecter sold both replacement parts and full guitars during this era). Schecter was started by Dave Schecter circa 1975/76. The guitar is in excellent condition with only a couple of very tiny light surface impressions and very light minor scratches on the back… none of which can be seen without direct reflective light.Click to expand.Great googly moogly - Tom Anderson 'is that the Suhr guy'? What kind of informaton has someone been feeding you? She was born on October 3rd, 2017 and has been totally babied. Tuners: Tom Anderson, locking, sealed chrome.Controls: Volume, tone, 3-way switch, push/pull tone for VA booster.Finish: Natural Mocha with binding, gloss.Just an awesome tone machine here, with a smooth easy action. This one truly blows a Fender Tele out of the water. If you’ve ever played one of his builds, you probably know what I’m talking about.

You are looking at a 2017 Tom Anderson Top T Classic Shorty with a Natural Mocha finish with binding on a gorgeous quilted maple top, maple fretboard and 24-3/4” short scale! Tom really does do Fender much better than Fender.

Tom anderson guitars short telecaster