i have a grover jackson guitar

[purpleopard]

but it's something different. so i want to know about this guitar

first, see the pics

http://i48.tinypic.com/fu9ctk.jpg <- U0+4num serial it's 1997's thru neck serial

and pickup is duncan pa-tb1 and 2

http://i46.tinypic.com/2hcm5n5.jpg <- more important thing is my guitar's head

it's not normal grover jackson, not jackson stars it's 'grover jackson u.s.a '

what is this??????? is it really made in usa grover jackson guitar???

http://i46.tinypic.com/j15xtw.jpg <- truss rod's pic

i have one question

my guitar is a real grover jackson u.s.a guitar??

P.S all parts are original

[Mazz]

Could we see the whole guitar please?

[Hellbat]

Possibly a US built for the Japanese market but I'm no expert. Full guitar pics front and back would be helpful because often subtle things like control cavity routes can point to fakes.

[purpleopard]

here is whole pic

http://i27.tinypic.com/oidmcm.jpg <- but it's small pic

http://i27.tinypic.com/34oshp3.jpg <- and hardcase shot

[Mazz]

Did you get that from Ishibashi on ebay? I remember them selling something like that that was either a stars or a grover, can't remember...

[Sunbane]

I heard on more than one occation that the North American custom shop did indeed build guitars for the japanese market, with the appropriate labels (i.e. "Grover Jackson" or "Jackson Stars").

[neilli]

Yeah, the USA shop has built for the Japan market under the 'Grover Jackson' logo. I'm not familiar with how they serialised them, but a U serial would make sense...

[charvel750]

Looks hacked and fake to me. The "USA" appears to be a decal and I've never seen just "USA" on a headstock. It's always "Made in USA". The serial number stamp looks good, but anyone can get the stamping with the right tools. The truss rod cover was done aftermarket too. But what really makes it unusual is that even if it was a U0 serial, there were no production guitars (hence the U0) with rosewood fingerboards and neck through design that had neck and headstock binding with sharks and 24 frets. Weird, but I'm going with NOT USA.

[Gartron]

Not an expert..but I would expect that it's a Japanese Grover that the previous owner has self conciously tried to make look like it was built in the USA

I've never seen just "USA" on a headstock. It's always "Made in USA". .

The Dave Mustaine KV-1 just has USA on it.

[Newc]

Friedman's GJ Firebird was USA IIRC.

And it looks like a Dinky, not Soloist, unless I'm seeing the stand and not the edge of the neck pocket.

With the GJ logo taking up so much room, there'd be no room for the "Made In" part of the decal.