Are the japanese Jackson guitars discontinued in Europe?

[CowboyFromHell]

We can surely hope that they can find employment if not in another plant building guitars for Jackson/Charvel, then at least for another guitar manufacturer.

[zenzab]

I've always felt a kind of brotherhood for the workers there. And lot of gratitude,too ... If this was confirmed, it would be an awful, sad, terrible story ... for them, first ... Think about their knowledge, ability ... All this, forever lost ...

[Predator1]

Bionic, Please say it isn't so?

[SimonEriksson]

I agree, just seems a bit strange that Jackson was quick to remove most of their Japanese guitars from their website but Charvel is still listing the Pro-mods, but that may just be laziness from Charvel since it still says "Copyrigt 2011" on their website. Well I just hope they get a mid range line back within a few months at least. Just having the X series and the USA select is bound to fail.

[CowboyFromHell]

Those could simply be ones shipped before the plant closure. Hopefully a new plant is being found to resume production. To me this closing means either a drop in quality if production is moved to India or a gap in the product line if no other Japan plant is found.

[SimonEriksson]

But in some videos of the J/C booth at namm 2012 there is a few Japanese Charvels on display, not the So-Cal and or San dimas pro mods from what I've seen though, just these http://www.synergyguitars.com/charve...rvel-Group.jpg and now when I checked Charvels website, two of Warren Demartinis signatures are gone, the skull one is still left.

Is it normal to be this freaked out about guitars going of the market? I think this is terrible!

[CowboyFromHell]

I'm just waiting now for all the ebay ads stating "rare, no longer being produced, Japan-built Jackson"

[RacerX]

Does anyone know where the Japanese Charvels are built? I'd love to get one of those in the future but that may not happen then I guess.

It should be Chushin Gakki (same facility as Jackson)

[kosmosrl]

SLSMG is discontinued in Canada. So Chushin closes down is a fact.

[SimonEriksson]

Thomann.de still stock the Charvel pro-mods and the ones that aren't in stock have confirmed restock dates.

[Predator1]

Since Namm was just last week and dealers otfen order stock at Namm, perhaps someone who was there can shed some light on the Japanese Charvel issue? If they are done perhaps a price spike is on the horizon?

[DM010]

I recognize the name Miyazawa, but not Shigaraki... (?)

Shigaraki is misspeling.
Oliginal page wrote Chushingakki.

I don't know about Charvel but I will search.

[SimonEriksson]

Does anyone know where the Japanese Charvels are built? I'd love to get one of those in the future but that may not happen then I guess.

[CowboyFromHell]

I recognize the name Miyazawa, but not Shigaraki... (?)

I'm not as familiar with the facilities as you probably are X. I dug and dug searching for info and couldn't find any either, then DM010 posted the link to that page. Hoping the translation of that page will help some of you with the knowledge shed a lil light on the subject.

[RacerX]

I couldn't find any english page but can post japanese page.
This page said they did stop business 12/5 ,2011.
http://n-seikei.jp/2011/12/post-3652.html

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Instruments in the guitar manufacturing Shigaraki OEM (Corporation) (3228 Azumino fame Misato, Nagano Prefecture, President: Hiroshi Miyazawa) project is halted, December 05,

I recognize the name Miyazawa, but not Shigaraki... (?)