Would a USA Jackson parts guitar be considered a mutt?

[84sups]

If the body and neck are from the same work order I would say no. Nice guitar either way

[straycat]

After the nut string lock was original equipment on a lot of those.

[Newc]

Any guitar where the neck and body are not the ones put on at the factory, or where the neck is not a warranty-repair/factory authorized replacement, is a mutt. Hardware is inconsequential. I would say the non-original neckplate could also be a factor, but since those have their own collector market, I'd be inclined to exclude it.

Basically as long as the neck came from the factory attached to the body, it's not a mutt. If anything it came with from the factory was changed besides the strings, it will never be considered "all original".

[walshula]

The neck and the neck plate belong together on my mutt in question, so they do match. The guitar used to have a rosewood fretboard w/dots and it just didn't look right with the black/white scheme so I bought a san dimas strat and swapped them. It was an expensive swap but was worth it in the end. I never planned on getting rid of the of the guitar that was used to make the swap but I needed to add to get the RR1 that then I used to trade for a Broderick.

[pro-fusion]

Mutts are pretty tied up in the history of Jackson/Charvel, so it's not that big a deal like it would be on some other guitars, like vintage Strats and whatnot.

Personally, I love a well-constructed Jackson mutt.