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Help I.D. my oddball Jackson Stars Warrior please!
Hello all, visited this site many many times over the years but never had a real reason to join until now. Glad to finally have some Jacksons back in the arsenal!
Before my questions I would like to state that I have searched here as well as Mechas site. I was wondering if anyone could shed light on the Jackson Stars serials or otherwise help me correctly I.D. my newest addition, a Jackson Stars neck through Warrior! A couple things seem odd and make me question if I haven't ended up with someones semi custom/custom of days past.
The guitar was of course listed as a 90s WR-J2E. I knew this probably wasn't the case when I purchased. As I suspected, on Mechas site it seems this model wasn't available until 04-05ish. To further confuse things mine has an unbound Rosewood fretboard, my understanding is only the early Stars (96-99ish per Mecha) got a couple "downgrades" like Rosewood fretboard and licenced trems. Every neck through Warrior variant seems to have got a bound Ebony fretboard and I know at least in the States the Warrior was gone between 92 and 01ish.
It does indeed have twin EMG 81s loaded per WR-J2E spec. They have what looks like a factory sticker underneath them leading me to believe they were indeed factory installed. My battery is in the control cavity however. The only back shot of another neck through Jackson Stars Warrior I have seen had a dedicated battery box. I understand most older Jacksons had batteries stuffed in the controll cavity regardless of trim level. Maybe true for the Stars as well or mine had Duncan's originally? Wiring is cleaner then most stock jobs but nothing crazy and looks original to my eyes.
The tremolo is not the Schaller as listed in Mechas catalog page for the WR-J2E but rather the Takuiechi TRS 101. Again making me question the age and possibility of a semi custom or retrofit.
The headstock tuners are plain black with no Jackson Stars logo nor any logo to be found if that makes any difference.
Finally, the serial number. It is 6 digits at 010381, if the rules for 6 digit imports applies to the Stars then it is a 1990. I find this doubtful as mine does not have slanted pickups and fretboard. Unless H+H, 25.5 scale and normal fretboard could be custom ordered back then? If import rules don't apply then am I to assume it is a 2001 per serial and Mechas suggestion of circa 2004 for the WR-J2E?
Sorry its a read but I feel like I had a pretty decent understanding of the Stars between what I've found on here and Mechas site but I'm genuinely stumped due to my listed discrepancies. J2 in the model designates 2nd from the top spec following J1 spec. Was there even a J1 spec Warrior available? Thanks for the help and I look forward to learning anything more about these sweet guitars. I will attempt to attach photos but no such luck thus far.
Before my questions I would like to state that I have searched here as well as Mechas site. I was wondering if anyone could shed light on the Jackson Stars serials or otherwise help me correctly I.D. my newest addition, a Jackson Stars neck through Warrior! A couple things seem odd and make me question if I haven't ended up with someones semi custom/custom of days past.
The guitar was of course listed as a 90s WR-J2E. I knew this probably wasn't the case when I purchased. As I suspected, on Mechas site it seems this model wasn't available until 04-05ish. To further confuse things mine has an unbound Rosewood fretboard, my understanding is only the early Stars (96-99ish per Mecha) got a couple "downgrades" like Rosewood fretboard and licenced trems. Every neck through Warrior variant seems to have got a bound Ebony fretboard and I know at least in the States the Warrior was gone between 92 and 01ish.
It does indeed have twin EMG 81s loaded per WR-J2E spec. They have what looks like a factory sticker underneath them leading me to believe they were indeed factory installed. My battery is in the control cavity however. The only back shot of another neck through Jackson Stars Warrior I have seen had a dedicated battery box. I understand most older Jacksons had batteries stuffed in the controll cavity regardless of trim level. Maybe true for the Stars as well or mine had Duncan's originally? Wiring is cleaner then most stock jobs but nothing crazy and looks original to my eyes.
The tremolo is not the Schaller as listed in Mechas catalog page for the WR-J2E but rather the Takuiechi TRS 101. Again making me question the age and possibility of a semi custom or retrofit.
The headstock tuners are plain black with no Jackson Stars logo nor any logo to be found if that makes any difference.
Finally, the serial number. It is 6 digits at 010381, if the rules for 6 digit imports applies to the Stars then it is a 1990. I find this doubtful as mine does not have slanted pickups and fretboard. Unless H+H, 25.5 scale and normal fretboard could be custom ordered back then? If import rules don't apply then am I to assume it is a 2001 per serial and Mechas suggestion of circa 2004 for the WR-J2E?
Sorry its a read but I feel like I had a pretty decent understanding of the Stars between what I've found on here and Mechas site but I'm genuinely stumped due to my listed discrepancies. J2 in the model designates 2nd from the top spec following J1 spec. Was there even a J1 spec Warrior available? Thanks for the help and I look forward to learning anything more about these sweet guitars. I will attempt to attach photos but no such luck thus far.
There are one or two Jackson Stars catalogs I've yet to properly sort through on that paywalling VintAxe.com place. Though those are from later dates, who knows, your guitar could be in that. Note that the dates I cite on the database are often from catalogs. We can't ever prove a model didn't exist off the book before or later than then, more so for the Japanese domestic models that very few of us have personally had our hands on.
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