blueridgemusic
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Hey Everyone! I'm mostly an acoustic player, so I'm not deep into the electric side of guitars, and I have a question about identifying a specific guitar. I recently acquired a Dave Mustaine Jackson King V made in the USA that has a serial number DM081. It's in great shape. It has the LSR Tuners and it HAD a Kahler bridge. The bridge is missing. I have a replacement on the way that should be functionally the same but is a Kahler 3300, not a 3310 like the original. I believe everything else is original. My main concern is that I can't find any information on that Serial number. I'm afraid it isn't legit or something.
All the other KV1 or Signature series I can find are JXXXXX numbers. Or some UXXXXX numbers. There's also the PCS Series, all of which (from what I can tell) have normal tuners and floyd rose's, but they did have serials with the format DMXXX 92 (with the date). So it's a confusing piece of hardware. The only thought I have is that it's possibly a custom shop from before 1996, when (according to the catalogs from the jackson site) the first KV1 Came out with LSR Tuners. I know that Dave's "No 1" was a DM010, which is the same format (without the date) and the catalogs say his guitar was a custom shop guitar.
I tried calling Jackson, of course. But since they got bought by Fender, they didn't keep any information from before, so I can't find anything.
Anyone have any thoughts about this guitar? I have a feeling it's worth far more if I sell it than if I keep it. FYI. Just trying to narrow it down to know for sure.
All the other KV1 or Signature series I can find are JXXXXX numbers. Or some UXXXXX numbers. There's also the PCS Series, all of which (from what I can tell) have normal tuners and floyd rose's, but they did have serials with the format DMXXX 92 (with the date). So it's a confusing piece of hardware. The only thought I have is that it's possibly a custom shop from before 1996, when (according to the catalogs from the jackson site) the first KV1 Came out with LSR Tuners. I know that Dave's "No 1" was a DM010, which is the same format (without the date) and the catalogs say his guitar was a custom shop guitar.
I tried calling Jackson, of course. But since they got bought by Fender, they didn't keep any information from before, so I can't find anything.
Anyone have any thoughts about this guitar? I have a feeling it's worth far more if I sell it than if I keep it. FYI. Just trying to narrow it down to know for sure.
