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Recently picked up this sweet Jackson Strat on E-bay... Neck pocket provides a build date of 1/28/86, so it's probably one of the earliest of the Jackson San Dimas strats.
Pickups are Dimarzio (model unknown) for the Hum, and Jackson J100-XL for the singles. I do believe that stock cream-colored Dimarzios were not uncommon during that era, so these could be the original pickups.
The natural-burst finish is really cool and overall great shape with only minor dings here and there. Hardware shows some wear (previous owner must have had REALLY corrosive sweat) but not bad (everything works fine).
Only "major" problem is the headstock had the tip (surpisingly the low-e tip, not the high e-tip) broken off at one point. But the repair job is very good and the fracture is not noticable unless you look closely. Seller claims he didn't even notice it. I was pretty pissed when I got the guitar and saw that, but the seller was apologetic agreed to a reasonable rebate.
Neck has the period-correct no-logo, right-angle tuners. But the neck itself has no markings in neckpocket area. Lack of markings makes me suspicious the neck may not be original. Nevertheless it is a cool neck, definitely a legit Jackson USA neck, with a thick Ebony board and (unusual) no inlays. Instead of the typical oil finish, this neck has a clear coat on it.
One last interesting thing about this guitar is the humbucker pickup ring is the more standard Gibson style, not the "oversized" rings they started using around then (my May '86 custom has the oversized ring).
Pickups are Dimarzio (model unknown) for the Hum, and Jackson J100-XL for the singles. I do believe that stock cream-colored Dimarzios were not uncommon during that era, so these could be the original pickups.
The natural-burst finish is really cool and overall great shape with only minor dings here and there. Hardware shows some wear (previous owner must have had REALLY corrosive sweat) but not bad (everything works fine).
Only "major" problem is the headstock had the tip (surpisingly the low-e tip, not the high e-tip) broken off at one point. But the repair job is very good and the fracture is not noticable unless you look closely. Seller claims he didn't even notice it. I was pretty pissed when I got the guitar and saw that, but the seller was apologetic agreed to a reasonable rebate.
Neck has the period-correct no-logo, right-angle tuners. But the neck itself has no markings in neckpocket area. Lack of markings makes me suspicious the neck may not be original. Nevertheless it is a cool neck, definitely a legit Jackson USA neck, with a thick Ebony board and (unusual) no inlays. Instead of the typical oil finish, this neck has a clear coat on it.
One last interesting thing about this guitar is the humbucker pickup ring is the more standard Gibson style, not the "oversized" rings they started using around then (my May '86 custom has the oversized ring).
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