ontario custom sho help

[norcalshred]

found this guitar at a yard sale. had a blue dk type body an ontario 7079 neck plate and a reverse headstock with a snake skin graphic and on the neck when i took it apart there was a custom shop stamp on the neck heel. my question is . would they paint such a graphic put the jackson name on it and not the made in usa .? i have never seen a neck that was a custom shop deal that didnt say made in usa.

[straycat]

They are plenty of examples where the didn't put made in USA on the headstock

[Dave Rocks]

They are plenty of examples where the didn't put made in USA on the headstock

Wow, I have never seen one. Not sayin you are wrong, I just have not seen one myself.

[Carbuff]

Pics!!!!!!!

[norcalshred]

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so is it the real deal or a cleaver fake ??? its quite hefty feeling . i dont have another jackson neck this weighty

[toejam]

They are plenty of examples where the didn't put made in USA on the headstock

+1. I think they did that around '89, but you could always order a custom and not have it or the custom shop logo.

[Sharkfin]

Nice, I'd say it's the real deal. How about pics of the whole guitar?

[norcalshred]

i do not have the whole guitar just the neck and neck plate. it was bolted to a 2000 ish dk type body and he said he could never get it to tune or innotate. gee i wonder why. LOL anyways i wish i had the body. i guess if its the real deal i will search for a period correct body something with a single hum and see if i can get a air brush sorta match and try to bring it back to life. the body went to a friend of mine who happened to have a 24 fret neck for the dk body.
i only have to importjacksons myself one is a fusion hum hum professional and the other is a parts rig. i took a dk erride des body and installed a really nice 91 25.5 scale professional neck on it one of the nice ones with the mop inlay and the thick deck . just havent finished it yet. anyone have a period correct body for this neck single hum to let me pry your fingers off of.?

[coloradoman25]

God I need this neck and plate lol

[straycat]

Me too.
BTW they were all custom guitars then they had no production line guitars until 1990

[norcalshred]

sorry guys i just mailed the neck to kne they are going to build me a body that i want and match the snakeskin on the headstock all for 300 bucks.

[church2224]

Me too.
BTW they were all custom guitars then they had no production line guitars until 1990

Is that when they started USA production? or was that just the Japanese Pro line?

[charvel750]

Is that when they started USA production? or was that just the Japanese Pro line?

Both. Spring of 1990, right after Grover Jackson left in the late fall of 1989...

[norcalshred]

LOL now im confused. is the neck a usa made neck or a japan neck. ? i sent the plate off with the neck to have a body painted to match the headstock but i think the serial was 7079 i know it started with a 7 for sure.