Grover Jackson's at the local Pawn Shop

[atf]

Found these today. Left one is a Flying V style guitar with a speaker in the middle,works of a 9 volt battery. Sounds thin with a battery but when plugged in, surprisingly sounds full and heavy. serial number is 9647166. Paid 100 bucks. Is that reasonable?

The right one is a 24 fret guitar with a LP HM(B) and a LP 38(N). Serial number
J 010524. Paid 150 bucks.

Anybody got any more info on these? They both play really well.

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[Funkfingers]

Re: Grover Jackson's at the local Pawn Shop

Please post some really sharp images of the headstocks of both guitars.

 

[atf]

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[DrNewcenstein]

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Made in Japan for the Southeast Asian market. The KV was a beginner guitar, hence the crap bridge and built-in amp/speaker.

The other is a beauty, and not a traditional Dinky, by the look of it. The head looks like a 6-inline SLS head, but the body shape is interesting. Could just be the lighting/angle, but it looks like a more-rounded version of the Dinky, possibly a Stealth (though that one had a top-mounted jack).

Both are '97-2000 era.

Remove the neck of the Dinky and see what markings are on the heel and pocket. Should be dates as well. If there's a "DK" in there, it's definitely a Dinky variant (they typically did not do stringthrough on the domestic models, always stopbar).

 

[atf]

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Wow thanks for the info. Will have a look.

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[atf]

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Made in Japan for the Southeast Asian market. The KV was a beginner guitar, hence the crap bridge and built-in amp/speaker.

The other is a beauty, and not a traditional Dinky, by the look of it. The head looks like a 6-inline SLS head, but the body shape is interesting. Could just be the lighting/angle, but it looks like a more-rounded version of the Dinky, possibly a Stealth (though that one had a top-mounted jack).

Both are '97-2000 era.

Remove the neck of the Dinky and see what markings are on the heel and pocket. Should be dates as well. If there's a "DK" in there, it's definitely a Dinky variant (they typically did not do stringthrough on the domestic models, always stopbar).

Yeah it is actually rounder. Here is a closer look.

Found this site as well

http://sweetguitars.ru/good.php?id=4511&archive=



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[Rand-O-Monium]

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Cool,just realized you got 'em both!

Diggin' the Natural one,the V I'd prolly use the neck for something else & stick a clock in it or something!

 

[ganzosrevenge]

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Cool,just realized you got 'em both!

Diggin' the Natural one,the V I'd prolly use the neck for something else & stick a clock in it or something!

The Flavor Flav Signature King V?

 

[treyhaislip]

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Sweet find! Really love that natural finish! Vs are cool but I really like the idea of the clock in it!

 

[BTMN]

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Nice pairing. Enjoy! That Natural one looks real sweet! :headbang:

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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Interesting about the body being more rounded. Then again, there were quite a few Japan-only models in that line.

As for the V, see if you can stuff a MicroCube's guts into it.

 

[atf]

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Interesting about the body being more rounded. Then again, there were quite a few Japan-only models in that line.

As for the V, see if you can stuff a MicroCube's guts into it.

The dinky might be a sen body with medium output pickups. It has a fast playing neck. It sounds like a tele clean and has a hard mid focused distortion sound through my Laney high gain channel. The stop tail looks like brass and it definitely doesn't look, sound, or feel cheap.

The v is for my son, he didn't like it either lol. The built in speaker in it is a 5W 8ohm Sammi speaker. I think it has a
FH 100 pickup but stuffing a microcube in it sounds like a plan[emoji6]

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[atf]

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Any body know where I can find Grover Jackson catalogues and scans?

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[DrNewcenstein]

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Jackson might still have them on their site, actually, but I think they only go back to 99/2000. They were big about putting out single-sheet flyers for each model, while the catalogs were relatively sparse.

The more I look at the Dinky, I keep thinking Caparison. They were formed by some of the senior builders who worked for Jackson's Japan plant. The guys who built the legendary 1990-94 neckthrough Professionals.

 

[atf]

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Jackson might still have them on their site, actually, but I think they only go back to 99/2000. They were big about putting out single-sheet flyers for each model, while the catalogs were relatively sparse.

The more I look at the Dinky, I keep thinking Caparison. They were formed by some of the senior builders who worked for Jackson's Japan plant. The guys who built the legendary 1990-94 neckthrough Professionals.

The bolt on neck design

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[DrNewcenstein]

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Jackson has used that no-plate design on a few models since the mid-90s.

 

[atf]

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Made in Japan for the Southeast Asian market. The KV was a beginner guitar, hence the crap bridge and built-in amp/speaker.

The other is a beauty, and not a traditional Dinky, by the look of it. The head looks like a 6-inline SLS head, but the body shape is interesting. Could just be the lighting/angle, but it looks like a more-rounded version of the Dinky, possibly a Stealth (though that one had a top-mounted jack).

Both are '97-2000 era.

Remove the neck of the Dinky and see what markings are on the heel and pocket. Should be dates as well. If there's a "DK" in there, it's definitely a Dinky variant (they typically did not do stringthrough on the domestic models, always stopbar).

Crappy photography but it says GJ-50S. Looks like a precursor to the Arete series I think

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[DrNewcenstein]

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Grover was well out of Jackson by the time the Japanese Grover Jackson series came around, so the Arete connection is tenuous at best.

The GJ stamp would have served to indicate which branding it got (JacksonStars or GJ) so the 50S would be the model code. Could also be "S" for "satin finish", and the 50 could be anything. 50th variation on the Dinky (highly possible) or just a randomly generated product ID.


Anything on the neck heel? And what's the scale length? 24 3/4" would make it a Stealth, I believe, which was the last incarnation of the Fusion.