Ill copy paste what I have been told and maybe you can help identify if this guy is correct I upgraded the Schaller to a Floyd rose on the Spectrum and I think it caused some issues because I can't get the intonation quite right.

The players choice series of guitars have 'PCS' before the serial number, and the archtop guitars have 'JA.' A Jackson Charvel guitar with 'Professional' on the headstock is a Japanese-made instrument. Some serial numbers have letters, such as RR for Randy Rhoads, before the number Rhoads was Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, and he collaborated with Jackson on guitar design. Buyers offered a guitar matching this description should get a second opinion, as there are fakes of these rare models on the market.Īll the guitars of the Grover Jackson period have a four-digit number on the last fret. A very small number of preproduction Charvels exist these can be identified by a blank neckplate and a tiny Charvel logo on the headstock. Guitars with a 'Fort Worth, Texas' neckplate, or one that simply says 'Jackson/Charvel' have a Japanese-made guitar. Guitars with a San Dimas, California or Ontario, California neckplate plus a 'Made in USA' logo on the headstock have a Charvel made in the United States. Owners may want to know where their Charvel was made. According to JacksonCharvelWorld, any 'Charvel' guitar with a serial number above 5492 is a fake. The first numbered guitar, with serial number 1001, appeared in 19 series began with number 1096, the 1983 series with 1725, 1984 with 2939, 1985 with 42 with 5304. None of these guitars have a serial number. Shortly after Wayne Charvel sold his guitar company to Grover Jackson, about 750 San Dimas Charvels were made between 19. Wayne Charvel continued making guitars, however, so owners may either have a Wayne Charvel guitar or one from the Charvel company. Grover Jackson, who created Jackson/Charvel guitars, sold Charvel to the Japanese company AMIC in 1989 AMIC in turn sold the firm to Fender in 2002.

Identifying a genuine Charvel guitar is complicated by the fact that the company has had several owners. See Ebay sold listingsįYI, The price you saw from the website is from Australia. Great guitar! Identifying old Charvel guitars is a bit tricky.

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