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. Some employee and endorsee guitar's do not have serial numbers.Great guitar! Identifying old Charvel guitars is a bit tricky. All Jackson's that have the Professional logo on the headstock are Japanese made! Ontario bolt-on Jacksons will have 4 or 6 digit serial #'. All San Dimas Jackson and Charvel bolt-on guitars will have a 4 digit serial # on the neckplate. You might see one letter like J or U and then the 4 digits also. Some will have letters also before the # like RR for Randy Rhoads, or PCS for players choice series, and all archtops will start with JA and then the 4 digits. Most of these guitar's also had a neckplate with the Redlands, Calif address.Īlso, ALL Jackson neck-thru guitars had a serial # on the fretboard's last fret. It is estimated that he built less than 200 guitar's at this shop and the guitars sported several different logos, of which the W.C. Unfortunately there are a few people bootlegging this logo and selling the guitar's as REAL Charvel's so be careful.(Keep in mind these are very rare and before purchasing one get a second opinion)!Īfter Wayne Charvel left the company, he opened a shop in Redlands, Calif. However, there are a few rare pre-production, VERY SMALL CHARVEL LOGO'S that will also have a blank neckplate that are indeed USA MADE. If you have a Ft.Worth Texas neckplate, or you have a neckplate that simply says Jackson / Charvel, you do NOT have a USA MADE guitar. To help you identify your Jackson / Charvel, use the following information: If you have a San Dimas California or Ontario California neckplate and, or have a "MADE IN USA" logo on the headstock, you have a USA MADE guitar. Warning: Someone sold the leftover, excess numbered neckplates on the black market, so if you find a guitar with a San Dimas neckplate numbered 5492 or higher, it was not made by Charvel/Jackson! For the San Dimas Charvels, #1001 began the numbered series in late 81'. "About 750 San Dimas Charvels were built without serial numbers from '79 until 11/9/81.
I retrieved this info from Jackson/Charvel World.
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