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  • Asking for your help to identify Custom Shop

    Hey all,
    I bought this guitar many years ago. Can't remember when. Late 90's-early 2000? I contacted Fender who told me they do not have the records for guitars that go back this far. The serial number is stamped on the end of the Fretboard: JJ 00 84 W
    Now that I've started playing again, I'm really interested in finding out more.
    So it's a "junior'. I've really searched and cannot come up with info. Prototype?
    Any help is very much appreciated

  • #2
    Serial number makes it from 1994.
    The W on the end means it was a water damaged unit.
    And no... not a prototype or Custom Shop.
    That's a production guitar.
    Last edited by rjohnstone; 11-09-2016, 04:56 PM.
    -Rick

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    • #3
      That looks to be a Scott Ian JJ model and serial numbers started with JJ if I remember correctly. It's missing the funky Jackson logo and dice inlays at the 12th fret so I don't really know what it is.

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      • #4
        Yup, '94 JJ Custom with a water damaged stamp. As you're probably well aware by now, the 'water damage' was usually minimal at best. Often unnoticeable.
        Though, as mentioned, despite the name they were a production model. Scott Ian from Anthrax later had signature models with that shape...both import and USA versions.

        Here's the '94 catalogue with the specs...
        ...of which I can't guarantee the accuracy since those catalogues are full of errors.

        96xxxxx, 97xxxxx and 98xxxxx serials oftentimes don't indicate '96, '97 and '98.

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