Import Serial Number / Country of Origin FAQ

[Mudlark]

Hello, I am about to buy a Jackson JJ Scott Ian Signature Guitar as you seen in the picture. Its serial number is J017346. Is it a Japanese Jackson? Can anyone help me?

That's a Japanese serial, yes, but I don't remember seeing that bridge on a JJ model. A mod?

[dimehed333]

Thanks a lot for the reply! Do you have any clue where it was made?

[toejam]

A Soloist is neck-thru body construction. A bolt-on would be a Dinky. Yours in particular is a late '90s Dinky Reverse made exclusively for Musicians Friend. I used to have one of those bodies.

[dimehed333]

I have a Jackson reverse headstock guitar which I believe is a soloist. It has the serial 650012725 on a silver sticker on the back of the headstock. It has an original Germany Floyd rose and the headstock only has a jackson logo on it. It looks to be a bit old, the finish has worn out a bit. Any info on country of origin and year would be great. Thanks. Here are images.
http://imgur.com/a/yO3sp
http://imgur.com/a/ArAUl
http://imgur.com/a/i2eKH
http://imgur.com/a/g5rLP

[dimehed333]

I have what looks to be a soloist reversed headstock (Though I'm unsure if it is a soloist) with the serial 650012725 on a silver sticker on the back of the headstock. It has an original floyd rose made in Germany. If anyone could help me identify the country or origin and year of production that would be great. Pictures can be provided as well. Also, the headstock just has a jackson logo.
EDIT: Here are the images:
http://imgur.com/a/Yjx9p
http://imgur.com/a/Lki9b
http://imgur.com/a/TJ5He
http://imgur.com/a/3ZRvt

[beko1989]

Hello, I am about to buy a Jackson JJ Scott Ian Signature Guitar as you seen in the picture. Its serial number is J017346. Is it a Japanese Jackson? Can anyone help me?

[Mudlark]

Hard to tell without a picture or detailed description, but those stickered J0xxxxx stickers were a mid '90s thing that were common on models such as the Kelly XLR...which had no neck plate. Google an XLR and compare to yours.

[Soulstealer]

Looking at a Jackson Professional bound sharkstooth reverse headstock neck that has a J005632 serial number stamped on the back of the headstock.....?

[Mudlark]

$300-400 will get a DK2 pretty easily in North America.

[Tarphan]

Thanks bro! Yeah, that's pretty much what I was assuming too!
Somehow I managed to jump over the '99 catalogue and miss that MBS colour. But yeah, it does look like that!
Got any idea how much it would valued these days? No case, but everything seems to be original.

[Mudlark]

9629302 should be '99-2000. Pretty sure it's a DK2...they had satin chrome hardware at that time. I'm not sure about the colour, but it could be the MBS graphic offered in the '99 catalogue. Midnight Blue Sparkle?...not sure if that's what MBS is, though.

[Tarphan]

Bought this lil' beauty just for the looks and playability, but I'm lacking some information concerning it.

Serial: 9629302
HSS pickup configuration
Matte chrome floyd, knobs and tuners
24 frets, shark inlays.

Haven't had any luck finding it from the official catalogs, mainly because of the colour on this one. So if any of you knows something, please do tell.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fyb5gmtkx8...066_n.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fubb1vtsy4...952_o.jpg?dl=0

[Mechayoshi]

It would be a '94, yes.
I don't know enough about the bass to comment on specs, but the catalogues contain a LOT of errors.

Thanks, and yes they definitely dropped the ball with the catalog thing. I would dare say that most of these have the "wrong" high mass bridge than ones with the correct standard bridge. Another oddity would be the black neckplate compared to the silver and black Jackson plate. After a little research I believe that mine has parts that only came on ones made in 94. The ones with the 'wrong' hardware have six digit serials often starting with three.

It still amazes me how much isn't really documented about these guitars, especially regarding changes over the years. Sometimes you never know about a certain spec untill you own it!

[Mudlark]

Hey, I have a Jackson Concert ex with a 94x seven digit number. Would that make it a 94? I have another weird question regardling differences in catalogs. The Ex is supposed to come with the jb340 bridge, but a lot of Concert ex basses I see (and all catalog pics) show the heavier duty jb440 bridge. (This bridge is also on the Charvel basses, I know because I own two Charvels) yet mine actually has the bridge the catalog says. So weird!

It would be a '94, yes.
I don't know enough about the bass to comment on specs, but the catalogues contain a LOT of errors.

[banana_cucumber]

And it would be a neck-through body construction, not set neck.

I've meant neck-through, sorry, english is not my native language.

Ok, thanks for the help, guys.