Kelly Mutt?

[CharvelRocker]

Still sounds like a KE3 to me. Is the fretboard unbound? Are the sharkies real MOP or plastic MOTO? That serial number looks like a "Made in India" number. starts with a 9=Japan; starts with a 0=India.

Well I took the neck off. Nothing stamped anywhere. The body seems to be made of popular, though it was hard to tell. The freatboard is unbound and the sharkies are MOTO. The Duncan pickup is a Distortion. The Jackson is unmarked.

[Sunbane]

Well I picked it up today. The neck plate had no Jackson logo and a very unJackson-like serial: 00010167.

That looks like a serial off a MiI Jackson, and if my personal hypothesis about the Indian serial numbering is correct, it's from 2000 (first two numbers; 99 = 1999, 00 = 2000, 01 = 2001, etc). We have no official confirmation on that though.

[DC_rhoads82]

Sounds like a KE3, but im no pro!

[CharvelRocker]

Hmm, maybe I should go over the specs of this thing.

Jackson Kelly
Serial: 00010167 on a plain black neck plate
Hardware: Black
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Distortion
Neck Pickup: Unknown Jackson
1 volume control and one 3 way toggle switch
24 Fret Rosewood Fretboard
Unbound neck and headstock
Bolt on Maple Neck
MOTO (Pretty sure of that) Non Reverse Sharkfin Inlays
Non Reverse Jackson headstock
JT580 Tremolo (Not a Lo Pro)
Poplar (thats what it looked like anyway when I took the neck off) Body
No markings on neck or neck pocket

[CharvelRocker]

I've decided its a Jackson Performer with a X Series neck and JT500 trem (Don't know why I was thinking JT580...) The Duncan pickup though sounds good in it.

[Glave]

Sorry I'm late to this party but it's definitely not a Professional Standard Kelly. I don't think that the serial starting with a 0 makes it a MII. It's more the fact that the serial is 8 digits. MIJ usually have a 6 digit serial. Also, Kelly Std bodies don't have the serial on them. It was found on a sticker on the headstock due to the fact that they didn't have neckplates. Here's a pic of the back of my Kelly Std

[CharvelRocker]

Sorry I'm late to this party but it's definitely not a Professional Standard Kelly. I don't think that the serial starting with a 0 makes it a MII. It's more the fact that the serial is 8 digits. MIJ usually have a 6 digit serial. Also, Kelly Std bodies don't have the serial on them. It was found on a sticker on the headstock due to the fact that they didn't have neckplates. Here's a pic of the back of my Kelly Std

Thanks for the picture That confirms it then, its a Kelly Performer body with an X Series neck. Not what I was hoping for, but ti still plays and sounds nice, and is built well to boot.