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DATING JACKSON GUITARS BY REFERENCE OF SERIAL NUMBERS

Jackson Guitar Company was founded in 1980 by Grover Jackson, Mike Shannon and Tim Wilson, with current production locations in 5 countries.
The serial numbers have different formats and are also diverse per production location.

Where to find the serial number
Depending on the model you find the serial number stamped into the neck plate or stamped on the fingerboard at the last fret or on the headstock.

If you want to know the production year of your Squier guitar,you can decipher it with the serial number decoder, or find it in explanation about the dating system below.

Jackson history in short

Until the early 1980s, Grover Jackson worked for the guitar builder and manufacturer Wayne Charvel. Charvel made copies of the Fender Stratocaster and was the first manufacturer with a 24 frets guitar, the «Superstrat».

In 1980, Grover started his own company and focused primarily on building individual customer requirements. One of the first customers was the guitar player of Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads. This became the «RR» model which was based on the Flying V. or Gibson.

Due to the high quality of the Jackson guitars, more and more guitar players, especially from the heavy-metal scene, had a custom-made guitar built at Grover Jackson. This resulted in legendary models such as the King V, Soloist, Concert and Dinky. The guitars were produced in San Dimas, California and later also in Ontario, California.

In 1985, IMC acquired the greatest interest in Jackson and began to devote more time and attention to a more extensive guitar market.

While Jackson still makes top products, Jackson also began to produce cheaper versions of their standard designs in Asia in an effort to make their products more accessible to people with a
small wallet.
In late 2002 bought Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Jackson IMC, and American productions were moved to the Fender factory in Corona, California.
Grover Jackson

SERIALS	YEAR	SERIALS	YEAR
1001 — 1505	1986	8014 — 8055	1996
1506 — 7303	1987-1989	8056 — 8089	1997
7304 — 7498	1990	8090 — 8138	1998
7762 — 7814	1992	8139 — 8158	1999
7815 — 7898	1993	8159 — 8176	2000
7899 — 7973	1994	8177 —	2001
7974 — 8013	1995

In 1986 the production was in San Dimas, California. Then in Ontario, California.
From 1987 to 1989, Jackson Custom Shop bolt-on-neck guitars were not assembled in strictly sequential serial number order.
Due to a stamping machine error, for example, serial numbers 5234 to 5999 do not exist.

SERIALS	YEAR	SERIALS	YEAR
000001 — 000900	1990	002688 — 003370	1996
000901 — 001563	1991	003371 — 004676	1997
001564 — 001739	1992	004677 — 004923	1998
001740 — 001931	1993	004924 — 004974	1999
001932 -002324	1994	004975 — 005050	2000
002325 — 002687	1995	005051 —	2001

Production in Ontario, California.

SERIALS	YEAR	SERIALS	YEAR
0001JJ — 0091JJ	1994	0423JJ — 0583JJ	1998
0092JJ — 0105JJ	1995	0584JJ — 0605JJ	1999
0106JJ — 0256JJ	1996	0606JJ — 0643JJ	2000
0257JJ — 0422JJ	1997	0644JJ —	2001

Production in Ontario, California.

The serial numbers of Jackson Junior (the only Jackson bolt-on-neck models without neck plates) are stamped into the fingerboard.

Jackson JS, X and Pro Series guitars from 2013 to the present have a 10-digit alphanumeric serial number on the back of the headstock
or neck plate.

The 3 letters indicate the production location and factory.
Country letter codes:
I = Indonesia C = China N = India
Factory letter codes:
H = Harmony Musical Instruments W = World Music Instruments
C = Cort S = Samick
The first two digits indicate the year.

Example: ISJ1720250
I = Indonesia S = Samick J = Jackson
Year of construction = 17 (2017)

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Charvel import guitars 1986-1991

Guide to the first Charvel imports from Japan

Index

1987 CHARVEL MODEL 2

Chushin Gakki Japan

Charvel Model Series guitar on the assembly line in Japan at the Chushin Gakki factory 1985-1986. Photo supplied by Grover Jackson.

This comprehensive Charvel guide will enable you to determine the year of production and verify any of the legendary Japanese made Charvel guitars, designed by Jackson Charvel and built by the Japanese Chushin Gakki factory back in 1986 through 1991. The guide will also show you both the original configuration of the guitars and the evolution they went through.

Series overview

During these six years of production, close to 80 different variations were offered and the best way to get a proper overview of this bunch, is to categorize them. Below is how Jackson Charvel defined the series back then. Clicking the links will take you to the relevant catalogue scan.

Model Series 1986-1988

Classic Series 1989-1991

Fusion Series 1989-1991

Contemporary Series 1989-1991

Professional Series 1989-1990

Charvette Series [1] 1989-1991

The Reference Chart further down uses the same categorization.

[1] The Charvette Series guitars were initially not in scope for this article, due to mainly being built in Korea, but I have included all the Charvel categories for the sake of completeness.

Why focus on these six years?

The 1986-1991 Charvel imports were the very first Charvel imports and they have become legendary due to their build quality vs. price ratio in the second hand market.

The guitars have proven themselves to be a fantastic alternative to the higher priced American made Jacksons and Charvels and having played both, you probably realize how great these vintage Japanese guitars really are.

Get all the details on the Charvel import guitars by also reading the Jackson Professional History article.

1986. A Japanese Chushin Gakki worker at the Charvel assembly line, installing hardware on a 1986 Charvel Model 2, 3 or 3A (confirmed by the Kahler™ Fulcrum tremolo and white dot rosewood fingerboard). Photo supplied by Grover Jackson.

1986. Another view inside the old Chushin Gakki factory. Photo supplied by Grover Jackson.

Year of manufacture, Charvel Model 1 — 4

A quick and dirty way of determining the year of manufacture for the bolt-on Model Series 1 — 4, is to look at the combination of trademark symbols used on both the headstock and the neckplate. Furthermore, the presence or absense of a neckplate gasket will also help you find the year. The serial on these guitars can’t be used directly to find the year. Study the following table to determine the year.

Year matrix, Charvel Model 1 — 4

Model
1 — 4 Neckplate gasket Neckplate symbol Headstock symbol Serial start, approximate 1986 No TM TM 222000 1987 Yes TM ® 250000 1988 Yes ® ® 275100

Year of manufacture, Charvel Model 5 and 6

Serial number on the back of the headstock under the clear coat, on a 1986 Charvel Model 6.

The serial on a 1987 Charvel Model 6, stamped into the last, blind fret of the fingerboard.

The Charvel Model 5 and 6 have a neck-through design and unlike the Model 1 — 4, their serial number directly reveal the build year. The serial syntax is CXXXXXX. For example, C 8 00210 is built in the year of 198 8 . C 7 01212 would be 198 7 .

When the Charvel Model 5 and 6 were introduced in 1986, the serial number was found on the back of the headstock under the clear coat, in the form of a plastic decal. Later on, around mid 1987, the factory abandoned the decal on the headstock and began stamping the serial number into the last, blind fret of the fingerboard.

Logo trademarks on the headstock of the Model 5 and 6 should be the same as the bolt-on models.

There are exceptions to the above, but the guidelines here are generally accepted and works for the most part in dating your instrument.

Year of manufacture, Charvel basses

The year of the Model series bass guitars (1B, 2B, 3B, 4B) can be determined using the same method as for the guitars described above. The only neck-thru version of the basses were the Model 3B.

Serial on a 1987 Charvel Model 3B bass, which is neck-thru, hammered into the last blind fret of the fingerboard. Photo by Mike.

Charvel Model Series — made in USA?

None of these guitars were made in USA. The neck plates on the bolt-on neck Charvel Model Series bear IMC’s Fort Worth Texas address, despite the fact that they were all built in Japan. The address reads: Fort Worth, TX 76113, U.S.A. All the Charvel imports in the scope of this article (1986-91), are made in Japan (except the Charvette Series which is made in Korea).

IMC (International Music Corporation), who in 1985 merged with Jackson Charvel, was based in Fort Worth, Texas and having their USA P.O. address on the neck plate, was probably a sleek marketing trick to have us believe the models were made in USA.

In all fairness it should be said, that the bolt-ons had a small MADE IN JAPAN sticker placed on the back of the neck at the heel (not like in the picture to the right, where is has been moved to the neck plate). This sticker told us the true origin, but it was easy to remove or would easily fall off.

Neck plate on a Charvel Model 2 from 1987.

Charvel import neck plates 1989 onwards

Neck plate on a Charvel 475 Deluxe from 1990. The Ft. Worth is gone.

The Ft. Worth PO stamp seemed to disappear from the neck plates, when the Model Series ended in 1989 and the other Charvel Series took over.

This was also around the time when IMC moved most of the Jackson production to Japan and Grover Jackson sold his interests in the company to IMC.

The picture to the right shows the neck plate from a late 1990 Charvel 475 Deluxe and the stamp is gone.

The Charvette Series — made in Korea

The Charvette Series neck plates looks quite different and plain compared to the Charvel plates. Some of them have the Ft. Worth stamp as shown in the picture.

The Charvette Series was introduced in late 1989 as low priced versions of the Charvel Series imports, with a suggested retail price range of $320 — $500.

My personal notes indicate that the production started with the 170 and 270 models.

They were initially made in Japan by Chushin Gakki, having basswood bodies, but soon the entire production of the Charvette Series was moved to Korea, introducing the use of plywood for the body.

So there are most likely both basswood and plywood versions of the 170 and 270 models out there.

Neck plate on a Charvette from 1989, the Ft. Worth stamp still there.

Headstock cap

A low number of the very first Charvel Model Series released, did not feature a painted headstock, which is most common on these guitars. Instead, they had a thin black cap glued onto the face of the headstock, the cap being similar to a black fiber board or piece of phenolic plastic.

USA made Jackson guitars also used this cap around the same time, circa 1986-1988.

Here’s a Jackson labeled cap removed from a headstock. Photo by rjohnstone?

Inspection card

The Model Series Charvels came with an Inspection Card, typically hung by the low E tuner, presumably filled out by personnel at the Chushin Gakki factory.

This suggests to me that the Japanese factory did indeed keep logs of the guitars produced. Maybe not a comprehensive log, but rather a simple log where the serial number is related to a model, a color and a year. But no one has ever seen or heard of such a log.

An original Inspection Card for a Charvel Model 2 guitar. Click here to see a picture gallery of the exact guitar this card came with.

Charvel Japanese Guitars 1986-1991

Made in Japan at the Chushin Gakki factory

is special info • For pop-up picture, hover your mouse over the model name. Click for catalog and full specs.
Price is list price when the model was introduced • Pc is Pickup configuration • All necks are Flatsawn

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