NGD/ Neck Plate Question

[Guitarkid8]

To me, this neck plate and possibly neck seem to be from an older model. The neck plate 96xx seems early for me, since hardware went black and real Duncan's in 06?

i have a 98xx DXMG and the binding and logo are not as yellowed. However they should look similar I would think?

[Mudlark]

Yeah, a 2007 model should have a 98 serial, or at least a 979xxxx. Those numbers hit 9800000 by 2007.
Could be a factory mix up since the neck is a DK2, or a previous owner could've mixed the plates up.
Oftentimes the neck is stamped with the year, but this one isn't.

Or, a previous owner may have swapped the original neck for the 9652891 neck and plate and switched the chrome hardware with black. A 965xxxx number/neck would be a 2000ish model and DK2's had chrome hardware in 2000.

[Mudlark]

Is the plate chrome or black?

[Guitarkid8]

The plate isn't really chrome more of a brushed aluminum look honestly. The camera picture is fairly accurate as far as the actual appearance of the plate. I think your second paragraph is right on as far as what happened, it makes the most sense to me.

[MartinBarre]

Could well be a switch, certainly looks like it. I've swapped necks on a few Jacksons and sometimes changed the neckplate. My Charvel DST star, for instance, got an old DK2 neck and also the Jackson neckplate, IIRC.

[Mudlark]

Ahhhh...That's Satin Chrome, and was only offered on DK2's in the late '90s and very early 2000's.
So, a 2000ish neck/neck plate and serial added to a 2007 body would appear to be the case.

[Guitarkid8]

Thanks guys. I'm going to keep my eye out for a 98xxxxx black neck plate on eBay.