Import king v

[Ibnkd007]

I picked up an import king v for stupid cheap and i was hoping someone could date it for me. The serial number is 002120 stamped into the neck. What year and value please

[Ibnkd007]

The serial number decoder here makes it a 90 professional. Am I correct? I only ask because it doesn't say professional and when I tried to sell it a few people 1 guitar sites told me it was a 2002 a little help would be appreciated

[Number Of The Priest]

Mudlark will be along shortly to help. The man is like a walking encyclopedia of Jackson guitars. He is like a bloodhound... one whiff of an obscure scent (clue/description) and he can track down anything.

For the rest of us mere mortals, photos of your guitar would help. Upload your photos to a free hosting website like Photobucket and copy/paste the links here. Or at least share more description about your guitar. Neckthru? Bolt-on? What does the headstock say? Fretboard wood? Binding? Hardware? Etc. Seeing a model for itself helps to narrow down the date range of manufacture.

[Mudlark]

Assuming there's no 'Professional' logo on the headstock I'd say it's a KV4 made in Japan in late 2000. A 1990 neck thru would have a Jxxxxxx serial. The 'J' prefix was gone by the 2000's.

I'd put the value for an early 2000's Japanese neck thru at $5-600 in good shape with a case same as an SL3 or RR5 from that era.

Here's the 2001 catalogue...the first year the KV4 was offered.
http://support.jacksonguitars.com/ca...01_catalog.pdf

[Ibnkd007]

http://s1266.photobucket.com/user/Ja...tml?sort=1&o=2

[Ibnkd007]

http://s1266.photobucket.com/user/Ja...tml?sort=1&o=0

[Ibnkd007]

Not sure if the images posted. I can email. I would like to trade it for something less pointy/floydy but don't want to cheat anyone or myself

[Mudlark]

Is it not the KV4? Did you check the catalogue and/or google Jackson KV4 for pics?

Pics need to be loaded on a site such as tinypic, photobucket etc., and then copy the link here.

[Ibnkd007]

Did that with Photobucket pending approval

[Ibnkd007]

Cool. Appears to be a kv4 in trans red with stock jbs

[Mudlark]

I can't find a Jackson price list for the years that showed the KV4. Using the price of a similar neck thru pro series model such as the RR5 or SL3, MSRP should've been in the $1200-1400 range in 2001 for a trans finish KV4...give or take a hundred or so. So, street price in North America probably would've been $8-1000 ballpark.

Prices are hard to dictate for many reasons, but I'd personally put it in the range of $500-good condition, $600-excellent condition.