BOLT-ON-NECK PRODUCT DATING
On Bolt-On-Neck models, the serial numbers are stamped into the neck plates.
Use the charts here to easily cross-reference Jackson serial numbers with product dates and manufacturing facility locations. Note that these charts contain information only on U.S.-made Jackson
| Year & Factory | Jackson Custom Shop Bolt On* | Jackson USA Bolt On | Jackson Junior** |
| 1986 San Dimas | 1001-1505 | X | X |
| 1987 Ontario | 1506-7303 | X | X |
| 1988 Ontario | 1506-7303 | X | X |
| 1989 Ontario | 1506-7303 | X | X |
| 1990 Ontario | 7304-7498 | 000001-000900 | X |
| 1991 Ontario | 7499-7761 | 000901-001563 | X |
| 1992 Ontario | 7762-7814 | 001564-001739 | X |
| 1993 Ontario | 7815-7898 | 001740-001931 | X |
| 1994 Ontario | 7899-7973 | 001932-2324 | 0001JJ-0091JJ |
| 1995 Ontario | 7974-8013 | 002325-002687 | 0092JJ-0105JJ |
| 1996 Ontario | 8014-8055 | 002688-003370 | 0106JJ-0256JJ |
| 1997 Ontario | 8056-8089 | 003371-004676 | 0257JJ-0422JJ |
| 1998 Ontario | 8090-8138 | 004677-004923 | 0423JJ-583JJ |
| 1999 Ontario | 8139-8158 | 004924-004974 | 0584JJ-0605JJ |
| 2000 Ontario | 8159-8176 | 004975-005050 | 0606JJ-0643JJ |
| 2001 Ontario | 8177- | 005051- | 0644JJ- |
NOTES:
Jackson JS, X and Pro Series guitars that were made from 2013 until present day feature a 10-digit alphanumeric serial number located on the back of the headstock or neckplate. The first two number digits in the serial number identify the year the guitar was created. For example, a guitar with the serial number ICJ1500001 was made in 2015.
From 1987 to 1989, Jackson Custom Shop bolt-on-neck guitars were not assembled in strictly sequential serial number order. Due to a stamping machine error, for example, serial numbers 5234 to 5999 do not exist; these neck plates say “Jackson, 4452 Airport Drive Ontario, CA 91761.”
The serial numbers of Jackson Junior (JJ) guitars—the only Jackson bolt-on-neck models without neck plates—are stamped into the fingerboard.
Four-digit Jackson neck plates were reserved only for custom instruments in spring 1990. All production bolt-on-neck instruments were given six-digit USA series neck plates.