Jackson DR5 90's model please more info

[Pat]

I bought this guitar new 2 years ago in a local music store. It was never used. What I found was that it seems a Jackson dr5 (according the old cataloges on the jackson site)

The guitar has a very good sound, the action is excellent.

Because the stickers on the back where removed I don't from which year /country this Jackson is. The serienumber is 99081374

Can anybody give me more info about this guitar? (what year, which country its made, what kind of pickups. ect.)

Regard Pat

[DalyTek]

If you unbolt the neck, the date will be stamped in the neck heel and in the neck pocket.
I think the 8-digit serial number starting with 99 indicates that it is MII.
Can anyone more knowledgeable confirm or deny this?

[Pat]

If you unbolt the neck, the date will be stamped in the neck heel and in the neck pocket.
I think the 8-digit serial number starting with 99 indicates that it is MII.
Can anyone more knowledgeable confirm or deny this?

Thanks for the info, by unbold the neck you mean removing the black neckplate where the serial nr is located? (I'm not to technical ;-) )

[DalyTek]

Yes, you need to loosen up the strings, and take out the 4 screws from that black neck plate. Then just carefully remove the neck from it's pocket.
(Pay special attention for any shims that may be in there and make note of their location and orientation.)
Also, remember when you put the neck back on, you do not need to torque the screws down. They go into wood, so you could strip the holes with too much torque. Just snug the 4 screws in and you're good.

It also appears to be a Dinky Reverse model based on the offset dots and reversed headstock. Although the speedloader Floyd Rose and pickups may not be original? See the following link:

1994-95 Catalog Scan, page 11 (Dinky Reverse)

[Pat]

Yes, you need to loosen up the strings, and take out the 4 screws from that black neck plate. Then just carefully remove the neck from it's pocket.
(Pay special attention for any shims that may be in there and make note of their location and orientation.)
Also, remember when you put the neck back on, you do not need to torque the screws down. They go into wood, so you could strip the holes with too much torque. Just snug the 4 screws in and you're good.

It also appears to be a Dinky Reverse model based on the offset dots and reversed headstock.

1994-95 Catalog Scan, page 11 (Dinky Reverse)

Thanks for the quick response, I keep it in mind, maybe someone can date the guitar on its serial nr?.
According the info out the old jackson catalogs and because the coverplate over the truss rod (on the headstock) has no Jackson logo's. Also the pickups has no Jackson logo's. I thought this Jackson is from 1998 or 1999. But I'm not sure

[Pat]

[QUOTE=DalyTek;
It also appears to be a Dinky Reverse model based on the offset dots and reversed headstock. Although the speedloader Floyd Rose and pickups may not be original?

[/QUOTE]

Could it be a JT-500 or JT-580 floating tremolo bridge?



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[jacksonaxes]

Jt-500.

[DalyTek]

The JT-500 has a speedloader variety? I had a guitar with a non-Jackson logo JT-500, and it had the normal string lock blocks, but otherwise did look like that.
That same guitar (a Jackson Kelly JK-20) had no Jackson logos anywhere (except for the one on the headstock...no logo on neck plate, no logo on the JT-500, no logos on the tuners, no logo on the pickups...)
It was a Musician's Friend exclusive model. Maybe yours is an "exclusive" model as well? If that is the case, my JK-20 did not have anything stamped in the neck pocket or heel, and my pickups were Kent Armstrongs (M213 and M214 stickers on the back of them...sounded horrible and muddy.)

[Pat]

The JT-500 has a speedloader variety? I had a guitar with a non-Jackson logo JT-500, and it had the normal string lock blocks, but otherwise did look like that.
That same guitar (a Jackson Kelly JK-20) had no Jackson logos anywhere (except for the one on the headstock...no logo on neck plate, no logo on the JT-500, no logos on the tuners, no logo on the pickups...)
It was a Musician's Friend exclusive model. Maybe yours is an "exclusive" model as well? If that is the case, my JK-20 did not have anything stamped in the neck pocket or heel, and my pickups were Kent Armstrongs (M213 and M214 stickers on the back of them...sounded horrible and muddy.)

Could me, my guitar also has only the Jackson logo on the headstock, nowhere else, not sure what pickups but in my case they sound very good. (seymour duncan should sound better but at the moment the stock pickups are ok)

[RacerX]

I bought this guitar new 2 years ago in a local music store. It was never used. What I found was that it seems a Jackson dr5

Because the stickers on the back where removed I don't from which year /country this Jackson is. The serienumber is 99081374

Hey Pat,

I wasn't able to find the model (it's not a DR5 though), but with those features and that ser # I can safely say it's a Dinky of some sort built around 1999 in the India factory that Jackson uses for their low end models (HMI, Chennai, India).

Where did you find this, 2 years ago?

[Pat]

Hey Pat,

I wasn't able to find the model (it's not a DR5 though), but with those features and that ser # I can safely say it's a Dinky of some sort built around 1999 in the India factory that Jackson uses for their low end models (HMI, Chennai, India).

Where did you find this, 2 years ago?

Hey RacerX

Yes, I have this guitar almost 2 years now

At that time I bought a second hand Mex Fender in a local musicstore, saw the Jackson and liked the sound and the action/neck. I had trade it with an Ibanez sas32ex.
The Jackson sounded a lot better than the Ibanez. I wanted at that time a guitar which suited metal better, the type Ibanez I had was more for other music.

Needed to pay for the transfer the Ibanez + €75,-. Was not a bad deal at that time.

I think to keep the Jackson at it is now (in its orginal state) and want to buy in the future a Jackson from the professional line with Seymour Duncan humbuckers

regard Pat

[Pat]

Thanks to all for the info about this guitar.

regards Pat

[Pat]

Found also in this forum this post. The guitar is similar to mine. Almost same production date according the serial number (99070131 (mine is 99081374). See post http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/742...l.-Please-help

This is an old DX10, circa late 90's. It was Jackson's entry level and sold for about $249. These Indian-made DX10s came with Duncan Designed 103B and 103N pickups, and a non-logo'd Chrome-colored JT-500 trem. Bodies were advertised as Alder, but the wood seen in the neck pocket looked like low-grade Mahogany. On the Indian production DX10, the neck pocket is slightly narrower than an MIJ or USA Jackson....possibly Fender sized?

These later became the DX10D when Jackson added fake pearl sharkfin inlays (but still Made in India). Eventually production was moved to Japan and the trem changed to JT-580 but the model number remained as DX10D. The move to Japan was a BIG improvement IMHO. There even was a MIJ FS (Firestorm boost circuit) version.

[RacerX]

OK, there ya go, 1999 DX10. Body wood is probably cedro.

[Pat]

OK, there ya go, 1999 DX10. Body wood is probably cedro.

Not sure about the wood used, the guitar is a little bit heavy in weight (I don't know if cedar is heavier in weight comparing it with basewood), could also be alder.

Seems indeed a 1999 DX10, that also explaines the difference between the mounting of the pickups and the different bridge type.

On the DR5 there are no pickup rings (the pickups are direct mounted (the humbucker is attached like a single coil). Acording the other post (http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/742...l.-Please-help) it seems that the pickups on the DX10 are Duncan Designed HB103B and HB103N.