
All production bolt-on-neck instruments were given six-digit USA series neck plates. The below information was taken directly from Jackson Guitars website. So, a guitar with the serial number U01234 is You-zero-one-two-three-four, not. The Serial Number Charts Refer to USA-made Jackson & Charvel instruments only.


In late 1989/early 1990, the Jackson Professional line was started, and these were made with the same materials and construction quality as their USA counterparts. The serial numbers of Jackson Junior (JJ) guitars-the only Jackson bolt-on-neck models without neck plates-are stamped into the fingerboard.įour-digit Jackson neck plates were reserved only for custom instruments in spring 1990. Jackson serial numbers do not use 0s as blanks - if theres a 0, its part of the number. Due to a stamping machine error, for example, serial numbers 5234 to 5999 do not exist these neck plates say “Jackson, 4452 Airport Drive Ontario, CA 91761.” For example, a guitar with the serial number ICJ1500001 was made in 2015.įrom 1987 to 1989, Jackson Custom Shop bolt-on-neck guitars were not assembled in strictly sequential serial number order. See also edit 1969 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one. The first two number digits in the serial number identify the year the guitar was created. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons blues guitar style and Hill and. Jackson JS, X and Pro Series guitars that were made from 2013 until present day feature a 10-digit alphanumeric serial number located on the back of the headstock or neckplate.

Note that these charts contain information only on U.S.-made Jackson Year & Factory Use the charts here to easily cross-reference Jackson serial numbers with product dates and manufacturing facility locations. On Bolt-On-Neck models, the serial numbers are stamped into the neck plates.
