New member, with a question

[DocNrock]

Hey, I have a Jackson question for all of you. How can I tell the difference between a Performer PS-4 and a JDR 94? The guitar has the HSH pickup config, reverse headstock, and has knurled metal volume and tone knobs. The headstock says Performer, and the truss cover is blank. I bought this new in '99 at a Guitar Center, but all that I can remember is that it was a "dinky reverse." I don't know how long it was in stock before I bought it.

I do love the guitar. Great tone and playability. I swapped the pickups out a long time ago. I'm thinking about putting in the rs guitarworks pots. Would this guitar use the short or long shaft pots?

Thanks for a great website...looking forward to hanging around here for a while.

[Rich#6]

One way is to take the neck off and it should say when it was made in the pocket and heel.
List the serial number and that may help also. What color is it?

[NextInLine]

Jdr 94s had "concept" on the headstock instead of "performer" so that should be a Ps-4 welcome btw..

[toejam]

Welcome to the forum. From what I remember, the JDR94 was the original name of what became the PS-4.

[rjohnstone]

Jdr 94s had "concept" on the headstock instead of "performer" so that should be a Ps-4 welcome btw..

+1
You have a PS-4.

The JDR94 was part of the Concept series that became the Performer series in 1995.
Good guitars, just real crappy hardware and electronics.

Welcome!!!

[Bengal]

The JDR94 had that ingraved on the truss rod as well.

[rjohnstone]

The JDR94 had that ingraved on the truss rod as well.

Yep. This is all that I have left of mine.

[DocNrock]

Thanks for the replies and welcomes.

Good guitars, just real crappy hardware and electronics.

Agreed, this is why I swapped out the pickups a long time ago. I plan to do the rs pot and cap upgrade now that I know that they exist. I'm going to replace the JT-500 trem with a Schaller, as well. I'd prefer to replace it with an OFR, but it looks like that is not a straightforward swap.

[nhspike]

Welcome to the brotherhood.
I have two PS-4's and really like them.
Swapped pickups on both of them.
So far, the trems have treated me OK... but I can see going Schaller at some point.
I think you may be able to get away with an OFR, if you use shorter locking screws (so they fit in the backroute pocket when you pull up).
Not 100% sure on that, but think I read it somewhere.
Cheers!

[rjohnstone]

Stick with the Schaller.
An OFR will require too many mods to either the trem or the guitar to fit properly.

Here's my JDR-94 (converted to a single hum) with a Chrome JT-590 (Schaller).
You can see there isn't a whole lot of room in there for an OFR.

Crappy pic, but it's all I took before I sold the guitar.