Here is a good one!

[straycat]

Soooooo the neck plate was swapped and you have a MIJ fusion pro.Great guitars be happy you have it.

[RacerX]

I have been told by a couple of “pros” that it is a prototype. Another reason is that switchable Jackson actives. This was again rumored to be something they were looking at for the American made Jackson.

Hi Johnny, do you remember the names of "pros" you mention?

Just curious.

[RobRR]

Yeah all Fusion Pro's had the JE1500 active "wah" circuit. Only solid color bodies had the lower heel scalloped, the trans finish ones didnt.

[bratfink]

Out of interest, since I have a JE-1500 I am wiring into an RR (just to see what it does):

Does flicking the switch bypass the active circuit, Turn it off (as in not kill battery), or just turn off the envelope filter section?

i.e. is the active gain boost still there when the switch is dis-engaged? Or is it integral in the filter sweep.

[Ward]

Does flicking the switch bypass the active circuit, Turn it off (as in not kill battery), or just turn off the envelope filter section?

i.e. is the active gain boost still there when the switch is dis-engaged? Or is it integral in the filter sweep.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it the active circuit IS the para-mid EQ (the wah type effect). There is no active gain boost, just a para-mid EQ that is an active electronic that is turned on or off with the toggle.

[diablomozart]

funny...i have actually owned a few prototypes...and they either had normal serials like my charvel blue marble reissue or no serial like the 2 early soloists i owned (black and a dusty rose colored)...while my opinion means nothing it definitely looks like someone swapped a neckplate on this one...a common occurrence in the 90's to get more out of a guitar when resold...d.m.

[Axewielder]

Now what I have been told:

I have been told that...

...I have been told by a couple of “pros”...

FAIL

[RacerX]

Well, Johnny came to the JCF and really "got told"

[Hellbat]

Well, if it says USA on it somewhere it has to be made in the USA right?

[WRC]

Here's an American made Fusion with a Japanese Body for $749.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1990-Jackson...item27bef64b56
Wish it still had the factory leopard print body..

I like the short scale Fusions BUT won't pay more than their worth..

[xenophobe]

Well, the decent thing is... the USA plate is probably worth $200-$250 or so on it's own...

And it's very unlikely that your body is USA. Whenever a Jackson has a flame top... imports will have a flame veneer and USAs will have a flame cap that's anywhere from 1/8" or so for USA Selects and can be anywhere from 1/8", the whole body or a cap anywhere between.... with very few exceptions. If there's anything in the neck pocket, that'll clearly prove either way.

In any event OP, this IS the Jackson / Charvel Forum. We're the most knowledgeable people on the net when it comes to these guitars and any "expert" you could find anywhere else isn't likely able to cover the aggregate knowledge of this forum's users.

Cheers!

[RacerX]

on it's own...

We're the most knowledgeable people on the net when it comes to these guitars

Just not when it comes to apostrophes, though!

[Hellbat]

Message from Racer X...

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[RacerX]

[xenophobe]

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