I worked at Charvel/Jackson in 85 but got sick and lost the job as a finishing sander. I can imagine what guitars I would have now if that did not occur. Story of my life then. Still have my black Charvel/Jackson satin jacket, a pay stub, a couple of pins and a Charvel sticker as momentos.
Hey, I was there in '85 too! Worked in the wood shop mostly doing inlay and fretting. Was there just a year then I moved onto my career. I was supposed to be allowed to make my own guitar after six months of employment, then they reneged and said I couldn't. After that, I knew the time to move on was approaching. Stayed a little longer. When then began their plans on moving to Ontario, I left. It was a great experience. Never realized how historic those guitar would become. Oh well.
I believe Karl Sandoval made the Bumblebee for Ed. There is a great picture of Karl with Edward and that Bumblebee. Ed did start doung things to the Bumblebee later, a weird metal pin sticking out of the top of the body to stop the bar from spining around, adding the original Floyd Rose and locking nut, but it was Karl that built the Bumblebee. Absolutely amazing history of these guitars!!!
I owned # 1010 Jackson bolt on back in 86! Gun Metal gray with HSS & chrome hardware, Chrome Kahler Pro 2 and 3 mini switches.That is the 9th built=started @ 1000. Purchased from Drome sound in Sch'dy, NY". Thumbs up to "Tim R" & Mark"- ADR
I have #106X which is the Star pictured( added Kahler) that I bought new i n 1981 at Guitar Center in S. California and also an 83 Star w/ added Floyd I bought later. Killer guitars !!!
I have a mid 80s charvel in mint condition ..its off white color with locking floyd rose and reverse headstock..was wondering what this model was called and what its worth
Just came across your video - really cool all the detailed vintage Charvel history you present! I have a black Charvel strat with brass hardware, that I bought used from a music store in Laguna Beach, CA, back in 1984 for $375 - it doesn’t have a serial number anywhere on it, and has an Explorer headstock. Based on what I’ve read on a number of other vintage Charvel-related sites, I’m thinking mine might be a pre-1980 strat, since it’s sans the serial number and only has a small gold logo on the tip of the headstock. To my knowledge, no mods were ever done on it, and the minor blemishes were already there when I bought it. It’s been sitting mostly unplayed in its case for the last 35 years. George Lynch’s guitar tech, Gerry, first set it up for me some ten years ago, and 2 years ago, said he thinks it’s probably worth at least $5K now. He suggested finding an expert who can offer a definitive opinion on its history, date, value, etc. So wondering I sent you some photos you could let me know what you think, or if you don’t feel qualified to offer an opinion, then perhaps you could provide the contact info to someone who could. Thanks for any help you can offer.
The yellow Jackson looks like Mark St John’s guitar. He joined Kiss shortly after. The Neck plate has a hole drilled in it. It may have been from an explorer or a Star. ☮️
I think Jackson was the second one to start using Floyd's Kramer and Eddie started that see Eddie was an experimenter he would take variations of different strat style guitar's he would put different parts together like a Kramer body on. Fender neck or thing's like that he built different guitars all throughout his career.
Ha ....what a coincidence....i just watched today the explanation...the 1 guitar was build 1981....btw i am from Hamburg and I remember as a small kid to visit their shop in the Talstrasse 70 ...end of 70 or beginning 80....greetings from Hamburg...dado o...maybe you mean the 1969??? With the floyd rose? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ajg13-BU-LQ.html
Hey Keith, just subscribed, great channel. Where are these rare Jacksons and Charvels? Private collection? I have an old Jackson RR neck thru pro from '91 I think. Keep 'em coming!
Hey Paul thanks for joining the family here! These particular models are in a private collection in Switzerland...the best I've seen for Jackson and Charvel. All of the guitars on my channel are or were owned by me :)
@@EssexRecordingStudios That's cool, you have a lot of great guitars! I could almost cry now when I think of guitars I had and foolishly sold in the 90's!
I see a lot of the charvel ftom Japan with the goofy Ibanez style headstock... I didn't think they were real until I read up about them Is there any value to them since oddballs?
I have one of the pre-ser # Butcher Blocks. I bought it used from Guitar Center in Santa Ana back in 83. It doesn't even have "made in the U.S.A on the headstock. I haven't modified anything on it, any idea how much this baby might be worth?
WOW!!! Thanks for the history lesson! Now I have what is probably a dumb question. Why were the 2 (or more) amps in cages? Were they THAT aggressive? LOL
I got a 1984 ash charvel san dimas , clear finish , routed strat style for 3 single coils with pickguard and a kahler . It has all the writings inside heel and neck pocket . It faintly is written in pencil " natural finish" in neck pocket . I havent seen one like it . It has the san dimas strat headstock hand rubbed oil finish with matching work order number on neck pocket and heel . Were these common? I know that people could request their customization from Charvel back then.
I’m becoming a semi serious Charvel collector. I’ve got a few pretty rare early 80’s ones. No Strat heads or prepros yet. And I have a few from 2008-2009 USA reissue ones. But my next focus needs to be Strat head guitars. They aren’t coming up for sale hardly at all. And if they do, it’s hard to determine if they are fakes. But damn do I love trying to get my hands on these. Even though I don’t have much money. I’ve still been able to get ahold of a few pretty notable ones. It just takes time and patience.
Essex Recording Studios I seriously think they are a decent investment. They’ve got to be. I’m treating it that way. But much more important, I play them everyday and have actually toured with them. They definitely get used. But I also think they are only going up in value. They have a great story, and a very limited number of examples. One idea I’ve had for serialized neck plates is to take them off and put normal plates on. That way those awesome 3D plates don’t get beat up. A couple of mine actually still have the gold color to them, and I bet most people don’t even realize that they all were gold instead of chrome. Anyway dude, glad to touch base with you from the USA. I like what you got going on over there, and congratulations on the Mustaine collection. Peace guys!
There are not many old originals left (pre 1983)and IF one should come up for sale and it is not modded it will start at about $4K--5K. I made the incredible mistake of losing out on #1527 for $4K last year on reverb reverb.com/item/15312850-1982-charvel-san-dimas-strat-head-stratocaster-cherry-sunburst-usa-serialized-real-deal-amazing I offered 4K and it was accepted but i had took too long thinking it over and of course it was sold.😩
I read that Wayne painted Eddie's BumbleBee. If this is true, why are the stripes on Eddie's BumbleBee so pretty and perfectly arranged, but the other Charvel striped guitars look like absolute crap?
Unless Charvel did something screwy with the serial number sequence... they did NOT start with #1001 because I had a June 14, 1983 Star body, with the Charvel Fender style tremolo, and (first year) Jackson headstock (gold Charvel TM decal)... and this Star body very early Charvel was serial #0158
So, the Strat/So Cal guitar with the Jackson logo and #1969 is a Charvel guitar right? Because I bought the Jackson Custom Soloist with the serial J1969 from you 😂
Yes exactly and oh wow I forgot the serial number on that one!!! What a coincidence!! That's kind of a cool connection your guitar has to the first ever "Jackson" strat!
Yeah the invader was the only p'u that had that look with the large cap polepieces back then. Not my first choice in that guitar but i would not kick it out of bed!😁
Do you know where I could find legit stock parts for a Model 5A. Looking for factory pop in trem arm for the JT-6 and a few other small parts to keep it stock. It's very near mint
One on ebay now plus I read this.. Which is also on ebay An Ibanez Edge arm works perfectly...pops right in. It will be black instead of bare metal but assuming your JT-6 is black, its actually a better fit IMO. A standard Floyd arm wouldn't work without serious modification (they're screw in).
How is it that all these early classic hard to find USA Charvels in the UK? How did the owner of these guitars from the UK obtain these hard to find guitars and why the big interest in Charvels/Jackson when those guitars didn't really have that much of an impact in the UK. To this day, there are some fans of it for sure, but nothing to write home about it.
Θανος Z These guitars make an impact all over the world. They played a massive role in certain music genres, and today tons of guitar builders use many of these ideas. Which is good. I think it’s great they are finally recognized for what they are.
@@EssexRecordingStudios the yellow Headstock Jackson is the FIRST GUITAR to have a Jackson logo..we made it for Mark St John who had just become a member of KISS...
