Is this an '87?

[RacerX]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7421807539

I didn't win it, but a fellow JCFer did, and his panties are in a bunch about the year





J/K

[Erez]

the backplate on this guitar says San Dimas with a serial of 3551..

[RacerX]

[toejam]

the backplate on this guitar says San Dimas with a serial of 3551..

Just because it has a San Dimas plate does not mean it was made in San Dimas.

[xenophobe]

87 or 88.

86 would be OFR or Kahler... 89 would be a JT590. At least for the most part...

[RacerX]

Just because it has a San Dimas plate does not mean it was made in San Dimas.

Yeah we gave him the whole lecture in chat!

[Erez]

Does anyone know how the serial numbers worked before 86? not that I think that this one is before.. shows on the headstock logo that it aint, but I was always interested in knowing the older serials..

and thanx for the answers so far

[Erez]

Oh anyhow, I realized by the pic that he wrote the serial number the wrong way, so it should be san dimas #1553.. makes sense?

[straycat]

Well we know it was made in Ontario Ca.87 -88 looks like a killer guitar.When you take the neck off it should reveal the info your looking for.86s were mostly Kahler and a few Floyds.My 87 has an OFR with the OFR nut, its marked in the neckpocket FR

[xenophobe]

Does anyone know how the serial numbers worked before 86? not that I think that this one is before.. shows on the headstock logo that it aint, but I was always interested in knowing the older serials..

and thanx for the answers so far

Up to the move to the Ontario plant, San Dimas plates were issued in order. After the move, the boxes got switched around, and they couldn't be bothered rearrainging dozens of boxes with plates, so they just grabbed whatever was on top of the pile.

[rjohnstone]

Does anyone know how the serial numbers worked before 86? not that I think that this one is before.. shows on the headstock logo that it aint, but I was always interested in knowing the older serials..

and thanx for the answers so far

http://www.jcfonline.com/resources/serials.htm

This will answer your question.
Before 86, Jackson guitars had Charvel neck plates.

[dg]

http://www.jcfonline.com/resources/serials.htm

This will answer your question.
Before 86, Jackson guitars had Charvel neck plates.

No, they had Jackson San Dimas plates with serial #s 1001 through 1505.

[slash]

No, they had Jackson San Dimas plates with serial #s 1001 through 1505.

In '86 The Jacksons where made in San Dimas. I currently have 1268.

[xenophobe]

http://www.jcfonline.com/resources/serials.htm

This will answer your question.
Before 86, Jackson guitars had Charvel neck plates.

No, before 1986, all Jacksons were neck-thru, and all bolt-ons were Charvels (with very few exceptions of a couple of neck-thru Charvels).

[RacerX]

No, before 1986, all Jacksons were neck-thru, and all bolt-ons were Charvels (with very few exceptions of a couple of neck-thru Charvels).

...which is what I also said in chat, but nobody believed me!