Jackson finally working with WMI?

[wrldeatr7]

Was quite surprised to see this on the back of the new Dinky Ash. As far as I can tell all those Dinky Ash models are made in Korea, by WMI, I figure. Interesting that all the special finishes are going to new/different suppliers. Just as all those crackle finish Soloists are made in China not by Weibo but someone else (serial CYJ).
Glad to see this is a three-piece neck versus the usual one-piece scarf joint stuff.



Not sure if they are deliberately mismatching the body halves though. This just looks awful:

[Skullkrusher]

I like the idea of Jackson using producing guitars in Korea. Isn't some of the new Charvels produced there as well? The factory produces great guitars, so I wouldn't mind.

[wrldeatr7]

Didn't look at Charvel, but yeah, same thing, their ash two-tone bodies are also Korean.

[Number Of The Priest]

Normally, World Musical Instrument Co. Ltd. uses a simple W in front of a string of numbers with the first two digits representing the year of manufacture. Three letters like KWJ doesn't seem like a serial number format normally used by them and so my hunch is that it's not them. However, if someone can provide irrefutable proof, I will eat my words.

[wrldeatr7]

FMCI has all its suppliers use its serial number format and the "Crafted in..." text.

Some more research shows that WMI is indeed shipping electric guitars to FMIC.

https://panjiva.com/World-Musical-Inst-Co-Ltd/1318135

[metalhobo]

excellent news! I might have to reconsider J/C imports in the future now