Currently Jacksons are made in ...

[slayer89]

The US, Japan, Korea, and India ... right?

[dinkyjacksonman]

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I think yes.
Not sure of Korea until you mentioned.

And soon in Mexico? No surprise since Fender builds so many products of them including amps.

[RR05xx]

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And i went into this thread thinking this was an ontario v. corona question LOL. I'll just move along.

[Zerberus]

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The korean plant only did the performers and was closed when the series was axed IIRC...

USA, Japan and India are definitely correct [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[thetruthguy]

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Are any still made in India any more? I thought they closed the plant a couple of years ago because of quality control and moved everything to Japan ... or was that just the DXMG?

[JimmyApollo]

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Wasn't there an Indonesian plant too? Maybe you're thinking of that?

[Rhmsc8]

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What is made in India?

[Shotgun]

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What is made in India?

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Lots of curry. Otherwise, they're shifting to a service-economy - providing tech support for M$ and the like...

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[RacerX]

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The JS30 series is "Crafted in India" [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Obviously you missed my huge JS30 review thread! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[toejam]

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Wasn't there an Indonesian plant too? Maybe you're thinking of that?

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There might have been. Either that or Taiwan. I remember someone here showed a pic of a Dinky he had that had a sharkfin inlay on the 24th fret, said there was a sticker on the neck of where it was made... I remember thinking it was strange when he said it was in a country I never knew made Jacksons.

[Sunbane]

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I think the notion that some Jacksons were made in Indonesia is just a misunderstanding (people mix up India and Indonesia a LOT), but what do I know... =P

I've heard people claim that some guitars were made in Taiwan tho'.

[VitaminG]

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I think the notion that some Jacksons were made in Indonesia is just a misunderstanding (people mix up India and Indonesia a LOT), but what do I know... =P

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That's it in a nutshell. Some folks 'round here have even said "well, aren't they the same thing?"

[Rhmsc8]

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The JS30 series is "Crafted in India" [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Obviously you missed my huge JS30 review thread! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Jaja [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Inazone]

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I'm pretty sure the early JS-series guitars were built in a number of countries, including Taiwan and Indonesia. I had a Guitar Center "exclusive" JS1 Dinky that was built in Taiwan, and despite the $200 price tag, that guitar was flawless. Always stayed in tune, pickups sounded good, neck never gave me any trouble.

That would have been around 1996-97, and I haven't seen any imports since then that weren't from either India or Japan.

[Greg Crowe]

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No Charvel/Jackson guitars have been built in Korea since approx. 1996-97(Performers). Currently, the guitars are being built in:

USA: Corona, California - Fender USA Shop
Japan: Same shop Grover helped setup back in 1985-86.
India: JS low-line series
Tawain/China: an occasional really cheapy entry level guitar

I was looking at some of the new "Made in India" models at Guitar Center last night and was really disappointed to see that they have now figured out how to space the 12th frets dots correctly in India. You used to see 12th fret dots spaced apart too far and easily tell that a guitar was made in India...... not the case now. Without the little "Made in India/Japan" sticker on the back of the neck, you need to look at the serial number to determine where the guitar was made. All Japanese bolt-on neck guitars made over the past 5+ years have serial numbers starting with 96 or 97. The made in India junk has an extra digit in the serial number and starts with an 01 or 10.