Jackson Guitar Serial Number Decoder

 

When Fender First Bought Jackson

The worst thing that happened was they discontinued a lot of the very cool obscure models. One can only assume thatFender's legal department probably decided it wasn't worth fighting with the overly litigious Gibson Guitar company on some of those old fuddy dud 60 year old designs.

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I am looking for suggestions for this page, Please send me pictures of anything you think I missed. As of this writing I have to say the quality & value of the Jackson product is still excellent.
Jackson is still the best deal on a neck through body USA made guitar. I think they are the only ones who are actually in full production at this time. Their only real competitors for the neck through market is BC Rich and my own Abstract Brand. Both BC Rich & Abstract cannot compete with their prices due to the fact that BC Rich only makes approximately 300 USA guitars a year and Abstract only makes about 225 a year !

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Jackson Japan Serial Numbers? Does anybody know if there are any Jackson serial number charts for MIJ Jackson's? I am interested in identifying serial number 032478.

As of 2007 BC Rich is no longer offering American Made Neck Thru Guitars, Today even their 7,000.00 ones are all imports so Jackson has only one real competitor 'Abstract Guitars'

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MOST OF THE JACKSON DISCONTINUED MODELS ARE AVAILABLE THRU ABSTRACT GUITARS

Washburn Guitars has a storied history that started in Chicago in 1883. Each type of Washburn guitar has a model number, which is used to identify the guitar on websites and in catalogs. Understanding these numbers can be difficult, because they seem to hold no information about the guitar. In reality, you can get an idea of the type of Washburn from its model number if you know the basics of how the numbers are arranged.

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Electric

Check the beginning of the model number. This will tell you what series your guitar is in, and is the most important piece of information in the model number. The series of guitars will all have similar qualities to yours, and the remainder of the model number differentiates the guitar in more detail.

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Find “WI” at the beginning of your model number to verify that you have an “Original Idol” series guitar. “WIN” means you have a new “Idol” series guitar. “WMI” indicated “Mighty Idol Series” and “XM” indicates the “XM” Series of guitars. Nuno Bettencourt model numbers start with an “N” and Paul Stanley ones with “PS.” “HB” also stands for “Hollow Body,” and is found at the beginning of the model name for all hollow-bodied guitars.

Find “74” in your model name to indicate a single-cut, bolt-on neck. Most other necks are single-cut set necks, but any other variations will be evident when looking into your specific series.

Acoustic

Check the beginning of the model number to find your guitar’s series. The name is generally the first four or five characters of the model number, which makes identifying acoustic guitars easier.

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Find “WD10” to identify your guitar as part of the series of the same name. These guitars feature spruce or cedar tops and rosewood bridges and fingerboards. The electro-acoustic models in this series have Fishman preamps. “WD7S” is another series name that occupies the first four digits of the model number of its guitars. These acoustics have cherry or tobacco burst designs and catalpa sides and backs. These also have rosewood fretboards, but the electro-acoustic models have MET-A07 preamps.

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Find a “D” in the model number to verify that the guitar has a “dreadnought”-style body, which are standard, large acoustic guitar bodies. As well as this, if there is a “12” in the model name, it indicates that the guitar is a 12-string model.