92 jackson professional fusion sx - help

[Betterthanmyman]

Hi guys,
I need some help from all the Jackson professional series gurus out there.
I recently bought what I think is a 92 Jackson Professional fusion SX.
It's in pretty good shape, and wasn't overly expensive.
The only problem with it is that the previous owner had lost the whammy bar.
and the next problem I have is that it doesn't appear to have the "screw in" type whammy bar like my 2005 model Jackson dinky (MIJ)
I even emailed Jackson and they couldn't really help.
I have seen on ebay the "push in" style whammy bars for earlier models.
it has what looks like a six sided nut on the tremolo face (I hope this makes sense)
So I would love for someone to be able to tell me what type of whammy bar it "should have"
I would hate to buy the incorrect one off ebay and have it not fit.

I have a couple of pics but can't attach them.

thanks in advance guys

[rjohnstone]

Sounds like someone swapped the original trem out.
It should have a JT-580, which uses a standard Schaller style trem arm and collar.
You can buy replacements trem bar and collar from ---> Stew Mac.

[Sunbane]

I have a couple of pics but can't attach them.

This forum doesn't let you attach pics. You will need to host them on an image sharing site (like imgur for example), and link to them in your post.

A six sided nut on the face of the baseplate? Early OFRs had something like that, and probably some OFR copies as well. They took a screw-in bar that was threaded at the end (it didn't have a threaded collar on the bar like later OFRs).

Experts: Didn't the Jackson JT-500 bridge have something like this, or is my memory going?

[toejam]

The original JT-580 had a screw-in bar before they went with the JT-580LP.

[rjohnstone]

Experts: Didn't the Jackson JT-500 bridge have something like this, or is my memory going?

The JT-500 is identical to the JT-590. The JT-500 baseplate is made of cheap metal though.

The original JT-580 had a screw-in bar before they went with the JT-580LP.

Correct... I forgot about the early JT-580. After 93, they go the collar style bar.

You can still pull the screw in arm socket and replace it with a Schaller collar and bar.

[Sunbane]

The original JT-580 had a screw-in bar before they went with the JT-580LP.

That's it! I thought I had seen that type of trem bar arrangement on a Jackson branded bridge.

You can still pull the screw in arm socket and replace it with a Schaller collar and bar.

Yep, this is the easiest way to solve the problem. The socket for the trem bar can be loosened in the back, and like johnnystone says you can put in a replacement Schaller/OFR socket that takes the new collar style bar.

[VitaminG]

The original JT-580 had a screw-in bar before they went with the JT-580LP.

yea, the Takeuchi JT-580 had a screw-in bar. That would be right for a '92 Fusion. That was post JT-590 but pre JT-580LP

[Betterthanmyman]

Thanks so much for all ya help Guys.
it's awesome that there's so many helpful Jacksonites ready to share their knowledge
it appears to be the original, well it has "Jackson" across the top of the trem, and "licensed by Floyd rose" across the bottom of the trem.
after using a torch to look down the mounting hole for the whammy bar, it looks like it did have a thread in there at some stage, but it just about "screwed"
oh well off to ebay we go, unless you guys have any suggestions about where I can find this stuff?

the serial number on the plate is 920001. am I correct in thinking this is a fusion sx?

thanks again guys, will post some pics as soon as I work out this imgur thing

[VitaminG]

the serial is no help in determining the model. You can either check out the catalogue scans at audiozone.dk. Or you can describe the specs (or better, share pics) and we can tell you what it is. At a bare minimum all Fusions have 24 frets, are bolt-ons (which yours is - plate, serial) with a 24 3/4" scale

as for your trem, I haven't tried it myself but I know some guys have swapped out the bar & collar for a screw-down style. rjohnstone mentioned earlier that you can pick them up at StewMac, but your local guitar shop might be able to source one too. It's a lot cheaper than replacing the whole unit

[Mudlark]

That's a '92, Japan serial common to Fusions, but that's all the serial will tell.
Could well be the first one numbered in '92, but I'm not sure if they were numbered in sequence.

Here's the SX.
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[Betterthanmyman]

Hi again Guys,
Well it looks like Mudlark has saved me the trouble of trying to post any pics.
That pic of yours is exactly the same as my guitar.
I had gone through the old catalogues at audiozone (thanks VitaminG), which lead me to believe it was a 92 fusion sx.
At least now I know for certain.
I don't know a hell of a lot about these, although I'm sure you guys will know what the original pick ups were etc?
Mudlark, is that your guitar?

[Sunbane]

The 92 catalogue should have the specs listed. One can hope. :P

[Mudlark]

No, not mine, just found it online.

The specs are listed in the catalogue, but the pickup specs are unreadable to me.

http://support.jacksonguitars.com/catalogs/us/JacksonCharvel1992-2_catalog.pdf

[VitaminG]

I believe that blade bridge is a J-92C. IIRC, the pickups were J-92C, J100, J50N

[chispallate]

I have the catalog 1992, tomorrow i take a picture of the specs