King V age by serial, please..HELP!

[arcadiush]

I've bought a used jackson king V professional std and I have a serious problem identifying it's year of production.
It's absolutely similiar to this one:

http://www.guitarcrazy.com.au/JacksonPKVStd.htm

except for the fact that mine's black.

It's serial number is as follows: 215160
I've only figured out it's from japan..

Please, help me!

[NextInLine]

90 + the first digit of your serial number = Production year Which is 1992
This was up till 96-97 I guess. They changed the serials then...

nice guitar, and welcome to the board

[arcadiush]

thanks a lot. I hope this is the truth, as I actually faced few theories about serials of this kind before i got here but 1992 sounds ok

[RacerX]

Let's hear the theories and see a pic, newb!

[arcadiush]

well.. the theories were that jacksons made in japan had serials starting from 200000 - that's why i know it's from japan actually.. what made me confused was an example of a number with a 9 in the front and 1989 as the production year. Everything else from this source was about a letter J and C in the front, which i don't have.

Other theory differed in the matter of the year ranges and one other theory was that I should try asking here :] You know what? it worked

I don't have more pictures, but as soon I get my camera fixed I'm going to share them and show you my black beauty. We really get on together well now, after a year together, so I guess she wouldn't mind :>

[m2pmd70]

You can always saw it in half and count the growth rings... :P

[arcadiush]

I guess that would be how old the tree was i could use C14 carbon method :P but it involves radiation and I'm not shure if it's accurate enough

[RacerX]

Well, cool, thanks for that, it was interesting arcadia. You came to the right place. King V Stds are very common, I was just going through some old posts and I came across a thread where I stated "eBay is lousy with these" Try the search engine, you'll probably find it!