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Rhoads had even sketched out an outline and given the guitar a name, the Concorde. The first version was on the heavy side; take two hit the bullseye. Was Concorde the first Jackson guitar, though? Yes and no. Officially — i. Like the Rhoads, this design had been seen on custom-built prototypes J was built in , listed as a Pointy V and reportedly built for KK Downing of Judas Priest.

Subsequent Rhoads prototypes followed, with the finished guitar boasting a V cutaway that was more pronounced than the Concorde. The Rhoads model — a body shape that remains in the catalogue to this day and is exceptionally well-balanced — was something to build on. Not all designs were as out-there as the Rhoads. More often than not, they were inspired by artist feedback.

His PC1 Dinky took the compact double-cutaway format and Strat-style headstock from the Charvel line and appropriated it with the Jackson logo.

Again, the cross-pollination of ideas and spec between Jackson and Charvel lines made innovation second nature. Through the early 80s, the new designs kept coming. Arguably, the most significant, the Soloist, did not look all that different from the Charvel Superstrats, but its pointed headstock gave it a more aggressive vibe, and the build — a maple through-neck centre block with poplar wings — gave it an all-new tone. And that really was the sound and the feel that I was actually always looking for.

With the popularity of thrash metal, the shapes got sharper. But they also helped sell the brand. Designs came and went. Those took a bolt-on build, a double-cutaway Dinky-esque body and shrunk the scale to a Gibson-esque The 90s had some strange designs for Jackson, such as the JJ doublecut, a blocky, traditional signature instrument for Scott Ian, and the Outcaster, which evolved out of the Surfcaster and had a lipstick single-coil in the neck position.

Some things have changed. The Custom Shop order forms have moved from the back of the catalogue to the Jackson website. Examine your guitar to find its serial number. If you have a bolt-on neck, the serial number should be stamped into the neck plate. If you have a neck-through-body model, the serial number should be stamped onto the fingerboard at the last fret.

Look up your serial number in the appropriate table. For bolt-on models, check the table at the top of the page. For neck-through-body models, check the table at the bottom of the page.