Jackson USA Phill Collen PC1 Archtop #20

[guitarbazaar]

Hey All,

I thought I'd reach out to the community with my new find.

This beauty has gone to a few local collectors over the last few years, and it is quite special!

The story is; they only made 100 in the USA, and the first 20 or 25 went to Phil himself. He then gave a few away to family/friends and they eventually made it to the used market.
Why they stopped making them? The archtop being hand-carved was too costly for Jackson.

I'm a bit more of a casual Def Leppard fan myself, so I would be down to trade this one out, or sell it down the line. For the time being, I will happily appreciate it! Super cool piece of history.

This one is an 89 or a 90. (I believe an 89 due to the early serial number, but not quiet sure just yet)

They also made some in Japan around the same years, as well as a USA custom shop reissue in 2014.

[Nduro]

From a historical point of view, it's an interesting find, but it's not a beautiful guitar. Definitely a collector's item

[Nimitz]

I bet that thing shreds hard Awesome!!!

[rjohnstone]

I've owned them before. Great lookers but take some getting used to for playing.
As for Phil getting the first 20-25, I highly doubt that Jackson would give him $40k-$50k worth of guitars.
I know he got the first few for himself but never heard of him having 20+.