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  • #1

    NDG Early San dimas dinky

    Sorry I accidentally deleted this post earlier.
    I picked this up from a local Collector yesterday. I saw it listed on the bay and decided to jump on it as I've been looking for one of these ever since
    I sold my snakeskin Strat back to it's original owner(sometimes I'm too nice a guy)
    It's in great shape, has that typical oiled San dimas neck
    I have not pulled off the neck yet to check the work orders but everything else looks to be in order on it.
    Route is correct shielding etc.
    I am confused about the logo though as someone on another forum stated it looked like an 87 but this is an
    early serial # and the logo is a "TM" logo. the made in USA is after the Jackson though and not under it?.
    I did an online search and found a few "1986" San dimas head shots where the logo was like this one?
    Can anyone enlighten me on the logo. I really don't want to pull the neck off if I don't have to.




    Last edited by kmanick; 06-23-2014, 04:44 PM.
    If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?
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    Thats in nice shape. JT-6 Originally?

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    • #3
      no idea, the seller thought it was all original, it is an early floyd.
      If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

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      • #4
        Too early for a JT6 isn't it?

        Very nice grab - I saw it on ebay too..
        Popular is not the same as good
        Rare is not the same as valuable
        Worth is what someone will pay, not what you want to get

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        • #5
          I have an 88 tm.
          I've asked for answers too. particularly since I am contemplating selling two of them, but would want to know the story first.


          Logo. Serial plate. Case. All say TM
          The trem just says Jackson, and I can't really see the tuners but they look like R. Maybe I will take a picture and zoom in to see.
          Last edited by pianoguyy; 06-23-2014, 03:58 PM.

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          • #6
            I would think so, wasn't JT-6 around 88?
            ya lucky for me the seller was one town over so I jumped on it
            shreds like a mofo
            If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

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            • #7
              I am going to vote no on the jt6.
              Wouldn't there be a nut before the locks? That would mean that there should be some empty screw holes in the headstock from the old screws when the floyd locks were put on.



              But I am not sure that the mix matched chrome and black hardware is original either.
              Last edited by pianoguyy; 06-23-2014, 04:08 PM.

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              • #8
                Does the locknut look like a factory install, no added shelf? I just asked about the trem because the high e looks a little bit close to the one side. Jt6 was on 87 model series, I have no idea about when they made it to usa Jacksons. If it was a floyd nut retrofit there might be an extra hole under the truss cover. Is a top screwed nut correct for this era in usa jacksons?

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                • #9
                  Those are JT-6 trem studs in the body.
                  -Rick

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                  • #10
                    the high E is fine (I questioned that when I saw the listing) that is a big issue with me but it's fine on this guitar.
                    no shelf and it's not a top mounted lock nut. I'll take the truss rod cover off when I get back from the gym.
                    The black knobs look very new, they may not be original, the Floyd is an early floyd(screw in arm) Customer provided factory install maybe?
                    Last edited by kmanick; 06-23-2014, 04:40 PM.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by rjohnstone View Post
                      Those are JT-6 trem studs in the body.
                      I have those studs in an 85 Soloist, or at least they look damn similar.

                      Originally posted by pianoguyy View Post
                      But I am not sure that the mix matched chrome and black hardware is original either.
                      That's not unusual for chrome hardware.

                      Also, it has a rear mounted Floyd nut - that fits with a factory Floyd, but of course, could have been done after.
                      Popular is not the same as good
                      Rare is not the same as valuable
                      Worth is what someone will pay, not what you want to get

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                      • #12
                        headstock without truss cover. I don't see any other screw holes here

                        shot of fret board.
                        If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by neilli View Post
                          I have those studs in an 85 Soloist, or at least they look damn similar.


                          That's not unusual for chrome hardware.

                          Also, it has a rear mounted Floyd nut - that fits with a factory Floyd, but of course, could have been done after.
                          +1 to all of this. I have the same studs on an early '86 Soloist, too.

                          And that's a sweet looking Dinky, congrats.

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                          • #14
                            Looks all-original / all-1986 to me. Some of those large "JT6" studs actually take a SAE hex wrench, which I've never figured out. Yours might be like that, hard to tell by looking at a pic.
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                            • #15
                              Great looking guitar. Congrats, Nick!

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