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  • ** Before you ask for identification **

    Please note that the Charvel import models cannot be identified solely by a serial number. While it is possible to determine whether it is a neck-thru or a bolt-on, please supply information such as pickup configuration, knob configuration, tremolo, and neck construction.
    Occupy JCF

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    5 stars for that one [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
    I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood

    The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

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      Re: ** Before you ask for identification **

      And pictures are helpful too.

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        how do you post pics here?

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          http://www.jcfonline.com/ubbthreads/...;page=0#370213
          Occupy JCF

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            Is there a code basis for the number? I have a neck-thru with a C60xxx serial number. I take it C doesn't stand for California. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
            "tie two birds together and though they have four wings, they cannot fly"

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              No.
              Occupy JCF

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                [ QUOTE ]
                Is there a code basis for the number? I have a neck-thru with a C60xxx serial number. I take it C doesn't stand for California. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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                there is....neckthrus with a C serial are Charvels. Those with a J are Jacksons. The first number after the letter indicates the year. Your guitar is an '86 model Charvel. Beyond that, can't tell what it is without more information
                Hail yesterday

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                  [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]thanks! pics are coming. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]u da man
                  "tie two birds together and though they have four wings, they cannot fly"

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                  • #10
                    Hey, thought I might add this to the discussion. This was a great resource for me when I first strated lurking around the board.

                    http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25286
                    How do you think we fund this organization? We're not exactly the March of Dimes.

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                    • #11
                      I have an import but the serial number doesn't have a letter at the start it's 257559. It's a bolt-on with an open pick-up on a mount at the bridge and two strat style pick-ups at the neck and in the centre. I think it's a Model 1A But I'd like to know what year it is.
                      Squeeze my lemon

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                      • #12
                        I have a Model 2 from 1987, serial: 254578. Yours is probably from the same year.
                        Henrik
                        AUDIOZONE.DK - a guitar site for the Jackson and Charvel fan

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                        • #13
                          OK, thanks.
                          Squeeze my lemon

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                          • #14
                            Model 2s had one pickup, so yours is either a 3 or 4. The 1As had pickguards like Fenders IIRC.

                            To clarify the serialization mentioned above just a bit, only neckthrough Charvels had "C+6" serials. Bolt-ons didn't get a letter, just 6 numbers.
                            I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood

                            The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

                            My Blog: http://newcenstein.com

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                            • #15
                              Mine looks pretty much the same as the 1A here
                              http://audiozone.dk/CatalogScans/Ch1...ortsPage02.htm

                              Except it has a double pick-up at the bridge.

                              Is there a way of aging them with the serial number?
                              Squeeze my lemon

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