The Serial Number Charts Refer to USA-made Jackson & Charvel instruments only. The below information was taken directly from Jackson Guitars website. On Neck-Thru Body Models: The serial number is stamped into the fingerboard at the last fret. On Bolt-On Neck Models: The serial number is stamped into the neck plate. This is a made in Japan jackson neckthru King V 4.A rare model. Note: Japanese Jackson guitars feature 6 digit serial numbers, sometimes with a letter prefix.

This is a made in Japan jackson neckthru King V 4. A rare model, rarely for sale. Mine is in excellent condition with a few minor scratches, but difficult to photograph.

Wing tips are fine, as is tip of headstock. Has EMG's and Licensed Floyd tremolo. Comes with black tolex case made for a Jackson King V. Note: Japanese Jackson guitars feature 6 digit serial numbers, sometimes with a letter prefix. Other import Jackson guitars have 7, 8 or 9 digit serial numbers and are usually of lower quality. This item is sold As-Described This item is sold As-Described and cannot be returned unless it arrives in a condition different from how it was described or photographed. Items must be returned in original, as-shipped condition with all original packaging.

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Thanks to the marketing people at Jackson, there has always been a lot of confusion regarding the Japanese Jackson guitars labeled Professional or Pro. Sometimes Pro is short for Professional and sometimes it's not! And what are the differences anyway? Headstock of a 1993 Jackson Rhoads Pro from the Professional series. The Golden Years of Jackson import guitars The Japanese Jackson Pro models introduced in 1990 and terminated in 1995, are some of the best imports ever to be released under the Jackson brand. Notice I said Pro models. The Professional series continued until 1999.

Audiozone.dk It is quite useful to know exactly which guitars we're talking about here, so you can spot the Pro's in the crowd. Everywhere you look, be it on eBay or Internet forums, the mixup between 'Professional' and 'Pro' is present and almost the norm. My interpretation The label Professional denotes a series of guitars.

The most expensive guitars from this series are called Pro's. They have expensive and sound-enhancing features like quartersawn necks, bound ebony fingerboards and German made Schaller tremolos (if not a string-thru).

When Jackson introduced this series of guitars in 1990, there were only Pro models. Every guitar from the Professional series were Pro’s. They all had these expensive features. They were all priced well above the $1000 mark. Avtokliker dlya mishi 100 klikov v sekundu. That is my take on it. Root cause of the confusion - the 1990 Index Jackson's presentation on the other hand, was a bit more blurry and later caused a widespread confusion about the labels Pro and Professional - a confusion that still exist today.

Take a look at this catalog index from the introduction in 1990: Index of the 1990 catalogue. According to Jackson, the 'Pro series' consists of 8 guitars. Apparently, only 4 of the 8 models are Pro's.

But they all carry the same expensive features described earlier. So what are the differences between them, Jackson? A better 1990 Index I have made my own (photoshopped) 1990 Index to show you how I think it should have been. It makes a lot more sense to me this way, especially when you look at what happened the following years, when the series expanded: Notice how the headliner in red is changed - the series should have been called (and spelled out): Professional and all the model names should have been followed by the label Pro.

Photoshopped 1990 Index! Cheaper models benefits from the Pro label What happened later in history, was that Jackson included more guitars under the label Professional series - guitars that did not have the expensive features of the Pro's. They were named Std or EX, to name a few. That is not a problem in itself. But when Jackson use the terms inconsistantly, it becomes confusing. On the headstock it says Professional.

But in catalogs Jackson abbreviates it to Pro. But Pro are the top-of-the-line expensive guitars, remember?

That's confusing! But maybe it's all a deliberate marketing trick by Jackson, making us think that Professional's are all the same. Say you have a Rhoads EX (retail $695).

It says Professional on the headstock under the clearcoat. In catalogs, Jackson refers to it as a Pro series, because they can't be bothered writing the whole name (like they do on the headstock).

Does that make it comparable to the Rhoads Pro? But we easily get the impression that it does. Blank truss rod cover?