What is it??

[spencer4hire]

Please help me identify just exactly what kind of Jackson Professional I have. Reversed headstock with ser#J005430 decal on it. Bolt on neck with sharkfins. String thru with tunamatic bridge. Hum-single-Hum pickups. What I don't understand is why no neck plate and ser# on Headstock [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: What is it??

Well, it's definitely Japanese (as are all Professional series). Maybe a Dinky XL. I have a Kelly XL Reverse that has no neck plate and the serial number on a sticker on back of the headstock. I'm not sure if only the XLs came with no neck plates or not. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] Does it also have binding on the neck and headstock?

[RacerX]

Re: What is it??

Huh that's weird, Joe. I just checked MY Kelly XL,
no neck plate either! [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: What is it??

Yeah, it is weird!

[spencer4hire]

Re: What is it??

The guitar has no binding on headstock or neck. The neck is super thin with jumbo frets and the truss rod cover is blank. Is that a low serial#?

[spencer4hire]

Re: What is it??

The guitar that it most looks like I saw on the old mother of all info page on the old Jackson web site. It was called a Dinky RVH. I think from around 94-94 era but that one had a truss rod cover that said RVH and it also had a push pull on the tone knob. My guitar doesn't have either? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: What is it??

Yeah, the Japanese shop had a habit of changing around models and trying different things that didn't last very long.

I have a '94 Dinky HX (string-thru tunomatic), standard headstock, it had a push/pull pot in the tone control, no binding, white plastic offset dot inlays, but it has a black neck plate, serial number is 9417340. Kevin Easton at Jackson told me only about 100 were made for only about a year.

I also have two Dinky Reverses that seem to be from the mid-'90s. One's got reverse sharkfins, says Dinky RVS on truss cover, JT580 Floyd. The other's got MOP offset dot inlays, says Dinky Rev. on truss cover, JT580 Floyd. Though, one of the Floyds is a squared off baseplate and the other is rounder on the corners and looks like the newer ones. Both have silver neck plates with strange serial numbers... 401401 and 501999.

I'm confused!! [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

That Mother Of All Info Page was great, but it was not complete. Some stuff got left out, for whatever reason. They definitely need to bring that back and update it!

[ December 09, 2002, 10:35 PM: Message edited by: toejam ]

[spencer4hire]

Re: What is it??

Toe Jam I was wondering if the serial# on your kelly XL was anything like the one on my guitar? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: What is it??

It's J005962. I believe it was made in either '95 or '96.