San Dimas or Not?

[quakana]

Check out this one guys. Real nice guitar but he states its a san dimas but it has a jackson backplate. I thought the SD's all had Charvel Back Plates. He states its a limited one of 25...anyone recognise this one? I am awaiting the sn from him

[dg]

Re: San Dimas or Not?

Here's the one from the gallery:







"Remarks: 1991 European limited
edition strat head. 25 of these were made. serial # 7626 with an Ontario
neck plate."

[quakana]

Re: San Dimas or Not?

Looks like the same exact guitar or 1 of the 25 I guess.
So really it would not be considered a SD?

[dg]

Re: San Dimas or Not?

It definitely wasn't made in San Dimas (Glendora, actually), since they had moved the operation to the Ontario plant in '86. Besides the obvious evidence of the neckplate and the description, other things that give it away are the control rout (that shape is called the Ontario rout), the recessed Floyd, and the Jackson pickups which weren't introduced until after the move to Ontario. There have been models like the mid '90s "San Dimas" reissues and the current USA Charvels called "San Dimas" Standard or Traditional, but a real San Dimas Charvel or Jackson was made in the Glendora plant some time before early '86 or whatever the exact date of the move was.

[Bert]

Re: San Dimas or Not?

San Dimas or Ontario -- this is one case where you can safely say "Who gives a shit", it's bad ass!

(Oh, and it's clearly not San Dimas!)

[Zerberus]

Re: San Dimas or Not?

That guitar is a 1991 Europe Only limited edition. In other words, it´s a Custom Jackson with a Charvel logo.

There was a run of 150, 75 Trans Red + 75 Trans Blue one year earlier that was also Europe Only and likely served as most of the influence for thes guitars.

Main differences to a real SD: Factory recessed Floyd, large Ontario Style control cavity, oversize Logo, and Jackson Pickups (J50BC and 2x J100V). I think the ´91s also had the mid-boost, which the ´90s don´t. The necks are very San Dimas-like, and very comfy.

Here´s mine from the year earlier:

[quakana]

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Very Nice!

[FRAIDKNOT]

Re: San Dimas or Not?

Sexy