Jacskon JS1

[Lee274]

Guys,

I recently discovered my old Jackson JS1 and it is being set up as we speak.However,im pretty miffed as to which year it was made.I know i bought it around 2000-2001,but the serial number is 97080397 This has confused me as i thought the JS1 was released in 2000 sometime,and that you use the first two digits to indicate the year(1997).

I know i have one of the older ones,but could someone explain exactly which one! ive heard the older ones are a lot better than the recent versions.

Cheers

Lee

[RacerX]

Sure it's not a JS20? http://audiozone.dk/guitargallery/?c...1997Page21.jpg

[Lee274]

Sure it's not a JS20? http://audiozone.dk/guitargallery/?c...1997Page21.jpg

Hi bud,

Nah,its not a JS20.Its got two humbuckers and a reverse headstock

I searched about this and i cant find any info.I remember buying it as a JS1.

Lee

[toejam]

JS1 from the 2003 catalog. http://audiozone.dk/guitargallery/?c...2003Page41.jpg

[Lee274]

JS1 from the 2003 catalog. http://audiozone.dk/guitargallery/?c...2003Page41.jpg

Thats the one,but i bought mine in 2000-2001.

[DalyTek]

With most Jackson bolt-on guitars, there is mfr date info stamped on the heel of the neck and inside the neck pocket on the body.
Just unbolt the neck and take a look in there and see what info is there.

Import serial numbers generally don't tell you much info, especially on bolt-on guitars.
RacerX has a good database of serials and is a pro at guesstimating the year bolt-ons were made by the serial number, but I don't think he's gonna help you now.

[Inazone]

They've been around even longer than that. I bought a JS1 in around 1996-97 at Guitar Center, possibly as an "exclusive" model and thus not in the Jackson catalogs of that era.

[RacerX]

RacerX has a good database of serials and is a pro at guesstimating the year bolt-ons were made by the serial number, but I don't think he's gonna help you now.

Er, why not?

Let's go with 1997 JS1, Made in India.

[DalyTek]

Er, why not?

Let's go with 1997 JS1, Made in India.

Haha...oops...I mixed this one up with EOT1...the dude who called you a dickhead lol.
Sorry about that Lee274....you actually asked nice

[RacerX]

Haha...oops...I mixed this one up
Sorry about that Lee274....you actually asked nice

Yeah, I'm nice to the first 99 newbs; it's always the 100th one who's a douche

[Lee274]

The plot thickens.

Just looked at the heel/neck joint and its got some writing(handwritten)and its not too clear:

D VOORUMM
9/4/98

As i say,i cant read it clearly.

thanks for your help so far.

lee

[Lee274]

Also,which materials were made for the body? That Cedro stuff? although i thought they only used that recently.

Lee

[fleetwoodmacfan]

how does this JS play
compared to anything else?

man hope iam #100

[Inazone]

I don't have mine anymore, but as a Guitar Center model, reliable information about materials was practically nonexistent, as the old JS1s were not listed in Jackson catalogs. I doubt it was cedro - basswood or (more likely) plywood would be my best guess - but I personally was amazed at how nice it played for a $200 guitar. I don't think it was built in India either, and if it was Taiwan or Indonesia as I suspect, I wouldn't be surprised that the neck pocket markings don't match up with usual the Jackson model name/number scheme. Hell, the serial number might have been meaningless for historical purposes.

A lot of the GC and Musician's Friend "exclusives" over the years may share model names and features with regular production models, but when it comes to the low-end stuff (especially in the `90s) I wouldn't expect accurate info. My JS1 was a good guitar, good enough to start me down the road to buying many more Jacksons, so specs weren't really much of a concern.

[RacerX]

as the old JS1s were not listed in Jackson catalogs. I doubt it was cedro - basswood or (more likely) plywood would be my best guess - I don't think it was built in India either, and if it was Taiwan or Indonesia as I suspect, I wouldn't be surprised that the neck pocket markings don't match up with usual the Jackson model name/number scheme. Hell, the serial number might have been meaningless for historical purposes.

I agree with most of what you wrote there, but he did supply a serial # that conforms to Indian format (albeit a bit earlier than I've seen before), so I'm still gonna go with Made in India on the OP's axe.