On Neck-Thru-Body models, the serial number is stamped into the. Note that these charts contain information only on U.S.-made Jackson instruments. Jackson Fan Club Japan. Dating Jackson Guitars. From ebay wiki. There are no known/verified “Prototypes” that were made in the USA and have “Professional” on the head.
Thanx to all of you in advance. I was evicted dec 6 and i lost everything. A dear friend met up with me and gave me a Peavey backstage amp and a Jackson strat. The strat has 8 digits in the serial number which is stamped on the neck plate along with a 'made in india' sticker. It has a strat body, 3 humbuckers in a single coil config with Duncan Designed on them.
Bolt on neck, 24 frets with dot inlays/rosewood fingerboard. 3x3 machine heads with jackson on them. It is red 5 way switch, one volume, one tone. Could anyone help me in identifying it please? I have very limited internet, im using an ATT Beam as an uplink for the cell network at 4G with 4 gigs and ive already used that up the 1st day.
Ill try n post pics or a link to them. I didn't try to decipher this, too late here.
Maybe it will help you. Sorry if it doesn't. 8 Digit Serials Starts w/ Type of Jackson Guitar 00-04 JS (MII), X (MII) or very early JS30xx (MII) [2004 only], first two digits denotes year (00=2000, 04=2004) 6 JS (MIT), probably the first digit denotes year (6=1996) 96-99 JS (MII) or X (MII) first two digits denotes year (96=1996, 99=1999) 1996 the JS20 MIT, MII, MIK, MIJ The new 'No Series' name MIJ guitars had a low priced student model companion, the JS20. Ustanovochnij disk dlya skanera canon lide 1100. The MSRP of the JS20 in 1996 was $325 and it could be purchased new for around $200 in the US at the time. A black JS20 (serial number 65002013) was my first electric guitar and my first Jackson, purchased new in 1996. The JS20 was initially made in Taiwan (MIT), India (MII), Korea (MIK) and Japan (MIJ).
Serial numbers for the MIT JS20s are 8 digits long and the first digit probably denotes the year. No serial numbers are known except ones leading with a 6, so it is likely production of Jackson guitars in Taiwan started and ended in 1996.
Serial numbers for the MII JS20s are also 8 digits long with the first two digits corresponding to the year (96xxxxxx = 1996, 99xxxxxx = 1999, 00xxxxxx = 2000, 04xxxxxx = 2004), JS20s are still made in India (as of 2010). Serial numbers for the MIK JS20s are 7 digits long and start with the number 1 (there is some speculation that they might also start with a 0, but I have not seen a 7 digit serial number starting with 0 as of yet), production ended in 1998 when the Jackson MIK production ended. Serial numbers for the MIJ JS20s follow the exact same format as all other MIJ serial numbers from 1996 on, they are assigned a 7 digit serial number which increases sequentially.
I have never seen a pre-1998 MIJ JS20 and the MIJ JS20 appears to still be made today (2010). I suspect the move of the X series from Korea to Japan is why the MIK JS20s end in 1998 and MIJ JS20s appear to start in 1999 [speculation warning]. 1998 the Indian X series In 1998 Jackson started a new series called the X series, which was made in India. JS20s had been produced in India since 1996 using an 8 digit serial scheme where the first two digits corresponding to the year (96xxxxxx = 1996, 99xxxxxx = 1999, 00xxxxxx = 2000, 04xxxxxx = 2004). The new 1998 X series continued using this same serial number sequence until the X series ended production in India in 2001 and moved to Japan starting in 2002 (where it currently is made, as of 2010). 2004 the MII JS30xx series End of year 2004, a new low cost student model series started production in India.