Post your Pros 1990 to 1995

[mactaco1]

My Fusion Pro, Ebony fretboard, MOP Inlays, 1 hambucker Seymour Duncan, Bridge made in Germany.

[toejam]

Makes a lot of sense! Thanks, man.

No problem.

[Mudlark]

I don't have it in hands now, but I checked a while ago and it is from 1990. Thanks!

I wasn't questioning the year, I was curious to know which number format was used.

[caiodorn]

New member, and a new guitar.

Picked this Stealth Pro up for quite a steal. Needed a little work (I put a newish Schaller Bridge on her). Pickup rings for the single coils are purely cosmetic (no extra holes drilled). It plays fantastically. Just wondering if one of you knowledgable sorts can enlighten me, did the Stealth Pro's have quarter-sawn necks? Doesn't say so in the literature but this one definitely has long vertical grains along the whole neck.

As you noticed, yes, it has a QS neck. At least yours

[caiodorn]

I wasn't questioning the year, I was curious to know which number format was used.

Well, I have her in my lap now

SN is 901820.

[Mudlark]

I expected 90xxxx. A neck thru would have a 0xxxxx for '90.
Seems the bolt on '90-'95 Pros used a different number format most/all times.

[Botijo]

Ok, my '92 Dinky Reverse:




And, not exactly a Pro, but... my '94 japanese Soloist Custom:

[freedom's door]

^^^
Those two finishes are great!

[battmantiss]

Here's the only one I have, I just got it the other day, it's still in the "help me" stage.

[Newc]

I expected 90xxxx. A neck thru would have a 0xxxxx for '90.
Seems the bolt on '90-'95 Pros used a different number format most/all times.

Actually, that's a 1989 Pro, hence the 9 at the start. All the 1990-95 bolt-on Pros I've owned had the year as the first number with 0 for 90, 1 for 91, etc, just like the neckthroughs.

My Concert V starts with the year (though I can't recall offhand what year - I'll see when I get home).

[Mudlark]

Nah, some, most actually, '90-'95 bolt ons had the full 2 digit date. 90, 91, 92 etc.

Never heard of nor seen a '89 Jackson Professional serial.

Here's a Fusion SS which was only made in '92.

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[Newc]

That SS could have had a special serialization, but the plate on my '93 Concert V starts with 3.

Someone around here owns a neckthrough Pro that starts with 8 or 9 IIRC. It's mentioned earlier in this thread, but all the pic links are dead.

[rjohnstone]

Newc is correct. Jackson appeared to have used both methods for serializing plates.


Here's the thread on them.

http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/117382-Post-only-1990-Pro-s-Serial-s

[Mudlark]

Agree. I said '...some, most actually, used the full 2 digit...' I expect the 'most actually' part was an overstep.
Plenty of examples of both formats can be found online.

The thread suggests a change in formats around '93. That's something I'll keep an eye on from now on.

[Mudlark]

Makes perfect sense the '90's models could've been made late '89. There's endless examples of models date stamped and serial'd the year previous to their release date.

Seems we're left with theories until something concrete comes along.