Jackson Guitars started off providing quality American-made heavy metal guitars to popular artists, headlined by Randy Rhoads. Now under Fender Musical Instrument Corporation, they continue to offer rock and metal friendly guitars at various price points.Their website features their complete product catalog, including custom shop options and more. You can also build your own customized metal guitar or bass via the Custom Select page. The site also features a community page where users and fans can interact.If you are trying to get more information about your Jackson guitar and you have the serial number, here is a nifty serial number table that you can use to find out the year and factory where your guitar came from. I had a King V made for me in 1986.
It is serial # J1777. I was wondering where it was made and by whom. I've kept this guitar for 30 years. It came with a Kahler tremolo (which I requested) that hasn't let me down in all this time. I've had to have the original J-50's replaced due to sweat and road wear, but this guitar will not go out of tune for anything.
It cost around $1700 at the time, but it is the most reliable instrument I've ever owned, and it's going to my son upon my demise. Thanks for any info on the builder you can give me.Rotten Ron. I have a Jackson Professional Dinky STD. 1992 MIJ, The Serial number is 914495. I have not been able to look online and even Find one like this guitar.
The head stock reads Jackson Professional and the Nut cover says Dinky STD. The pick up's are HSS and say Jackson on them. It also has a Transparent pick guard on it. The guitar is red. I was wondering if anyone know's how much this guitar might go for if sold. I've been looking for a few years and not being able to find out a price. I found one close but it did not read Professional on the head stock.
Ok, I'm going to attempt to lay down the basics of IDing your guitar - determining the model, determining the country of manufacture, and how to tell what year it was made (within limits).There are a few very important things to consider when reading this:#1 - anything that is held onto a guitar with screws can be removed. Obviously this means that just because you see a model name written on a trussrod cover, that doesn't mean it belongs to that model. Just because you see a particular pickup on a guitar doesn't mean they are original. And just because you see a given serial number on a neckplate on a bolt-on guitar or a given neck on a given body doesn't mean it came from the factory that way.#2 - Jackson did some wierd experiments in the mid 90s that resulted in quite a few unique models. Many of these were exclusive to one country/region, and some were even specially made for a given dealer in very limited quantities and were never shown or mentioned in a catalog.So with that stuff out of the way, let's begin.
'What model is this?' First, any Jackson that says 'Professional' on the head was made in Japan. There are no USA-made 'Professional' Jacksons. Same thing with 'Performer', 'Concept', or anything else. If it doesn't say 'Made In USA' or 'Custom Shop', it's most likely made in Japan. There were some USA models that were not marked 'Made In USA' (why, I have no idea).
As well, there are quite a few Professional models that are not marked 'Professional'.Anyway, the 'Professional' logo was dropped sometime around 1998, so if it says 'Professional' on the head, it was made between 1990 and 1997/98. To pinpoint the year, scroll down to the Serial Number section.Second, if a Charvel bears a neckplate that has the 'Ft Worth, TX' address, it was made in Japan (though a neckplate being held on with bolts can be put on a real USA Jackson or Charvel, which has been known to happen, however we'll cover proper identification of those later). If a Charvel is neckthrough, it's Japanese-made. If there was even one USA-made neckthrough Charvel (barring Vic Vergat's V that had no logo on it), it's highly unlikely that it would be in the possession of someone who did not know what it was.Identification by serial number:For USA Jacksons and Charvels, click here: NOTE: This page does NOT cover models made outside the USA, and the serial numbers are exact and do not contain 'silent' numbers. If you see '001123' on a neckplate, that is a USA-made Jackson Dinky USA model, not a Custom Shop Jackson with the serial number '1123'. Despite some Ebayers' best efforts, all the numbers of a serial matter in determining whether it's a USA or import.
For import models:-Most Japanese-made bolt-ons bear a neckplate with a 6-digit serial number similar to the USA models. These are easily separated from their USA counterparts by the fact that the Imports do not have the Jackson address on the neck plate.
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There were a few Japanese-made models that did not have a neckplate (a Kelly model and I think the import JJ model).The serial numbers of import models indicate which year they were made by the first number: A 6-digit number starting with 0 means 1990, starting with 1 means 1991, 2 means 1992, etc all the way up to 1995, which will start with a 5.Sometime in 1996, Jackson went to what are known as the '96' serials, where every bolt-on serial made in Japan started with '96'. The serial number also had 7 numbers at this point. There are some serials that start with '97' and '98' as well, but they all have 7 digits. Re: How to tell what model Jackson you haveI shoulda known about the DR-2 being reversed, seeing as how I had one img/images/graemlins/laugh.gif/imgAnyhoo, hopefully an Admin can sort through and highlight the corrections in following posts img/images/graemlins/toast.gif/imgAnd there's nothing really to tell about the XTRR - there was only one USA Select model and AFAIK there were no changes from when it started to when it stopped. This was done mostly to help people tell what model they've got.
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An XTRR is kinda easy to spot img/images/graemlins/laugh.gif/img. Re: How to tell what model Jackson you have QUOTE QUOTE And there's nothing really to tell about the XTRR - there was only one USA Select model and AFAIK there were no changes from when it started to when it stopped. This was done mostly to help people tell what model they've got. An XTRR is kinda easy to spot img/images/graemlins/laugh.gif/img/ QUOTE There was also Dan Spitz Jap model./ QUOTE Yeah I just saw that post. I seem to recall in the old Archives before the Fender buyout (when there was info on each one instead of just a picture) that they made a 'Dinky Rhoads' - the XTRR was the opposite of the Double Rhoads - two short wings back to back instead of two long wings. But before the XTRR, there was a Dinky Rhoads.Didn't know if it was a USA production model, though.