Need some help

[dav3]

Dear all,

I plan to buy a Jackson Professional for $400. It has a 6-digit serial# starting with 60, so I guess it was made in 1996, in Japan. Could you guys help me to identify exactly what kind of Jackson Pro is that. There's only 2 pics, here:

http://gitarshop.hu/?tart=hirdetes&id=23128&lang=hu

Is that a good one worth buying, or already a lower-quality?

Thanks in advance!

[TKEblue]

Thats looking like a mutt. Somebody put on an ofr and added a middle or re-routed the neck for a humbucker.

If i couldnt play it first, i wouldnt buy it, but thats just my opinion.

[dav3]

Of course I'll play it first.

I thought that might be DX2 (some of those were made with hum-single-hum), but someone told me it was not. I was also told that it was a great guitar and it is absolutely worth buying, as it's a Professional before the Fender-era.

I'm not sure though.

Waiting for more comments, thoughts on this.

[toejam]

Looks like a DX2 to me.

[jdr94]

Man I like the silver logo jacksons

[dav3]

Yeah, no doubt, it looks damn hot, baby.

But! Do you guys think that it might be a high quality Japanese Jackson Pro, or a "mutt" (by TKEblue, above)?

[jdr94]

You mustnt confuse a professional series with a high quality Japanese pro young grasshopper lol. Although the professional series are great guitars you must know the difference. I personally dont know much about that model I think toejam owned one at one point if im not mistaken. If you havent already, visit here http://audiozone.dk/index-filer/jack...ries_1990-1995

The high quality PRO's came with Schaller trems, ebony boards, mop inlays, binding and are neckthru's(with a few exceptions)

[jdr94]

But to answer, I dont think its a mutt. Looks legit. as to it being worth $400, well you just have to play it and answer that for yourself.


Edit- also tkeblue is wrong. The trem is a jt580 original. Its not an ofr.

[straycat]

Looks like a JT580 trem to me but not a LP version.
Neck is MIJ judging by the 12 fret dot markers
Not sure about the serial number Ron should know about that.

[jdr94]

JT580 not 580lp

[straycat]

Fixed that comment jdr 94 just not quick enough for you.lol

[jdr94]

Ha ha yeah these smartphones make me like quickdraw McGraw lol

[84sups]

It honestly looks like a PS4 body with a pro neck on it. Look at the pickups. Unless they are the old covered typed with the covers removed they would have screw poles in the pickups not slugs.

[jdr94]

Almost but the ps4 has a straight single slot and not the little cutout in the middle and I dont think they had jt580's but I could be wrong.


Heres a pic of the dx2 and there are no screw poles. Just slugs.

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9513/46414.jpg

[84sups]

Yup you are right. I was thinking they put the 580s on em later on. I'm not Jackson history guy. The pickup rings are flat too which is a plus. A bunch of little things dont seem right. The mix of black and chrome screw would make me believe not the original electronics in it.