CRAZY Collection of Early Jackson & Charvel Guitars!
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- CRAZY Rare Vintage Guitar Collection of Jackson & Charvel Guitars! In this video I show you the spec and review the most expensive and rarest vintage Jackson guitars and Charvel Custom Shop made in USA guitars in the world! The second Jackson guitar ever made serial number J0004. The first pointy headstock ever Charvel which led to design evolution of the Jackson headstock. The "Instant Sex" Robbin Crosby RATT artist owned Jackson Custom Shop Firebird built by Grover Jackson. The second ever built Jackson Conchord! Billy Idol's guitarists' artist owned Jackson Custom Shop guitar!
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My video of the FIRST EVER Jackson Serial #1 HERE: th-cam.com/video/SVT1zCjhVL8/w-d-xo.html
Yes you are correct Jackson didn't use the floyd till 1986 in the dinky model
And to be more specific it was the Jackson dinky reverse headstock I think George Lynch made that a big thing.
I’m the guy holding the green soloist in the first “parking lot” team shot in the 2nd official catalog...
That's wild man!
The ebony headstock with green edges and gold logo is chef's kiss.😮
Im restoring a charvel 375 deluxe right now with all 80s original parts. I also just bought a pearl white model 4 charvel. I love these axes. So much character and lots of history to them. These are the best guitars of the world and they can't be beat. All the endorsees of these relics can't be wrong.
Awesome collection i've never saw these guitars these are pieces of history, Jackson Charvel best electric guitars ever
Yes it is like a museum there!
This is one very good Jackson/Charvel Guitars history lesson! More please!!
I have a few more coming ;)
I have a charvel I bought from the mid 80s .mint condition..white with reversed headstock, 1 humbucker & 1 single coil
Now THAT is a guitar collection. Wow... Awesome video, those guitars are crazy cool.
Jackson guitars are the most heavy metal looking guitars ever made.. and there so freaking nice too. I love em. Every time I see one I want to pick it up so bad!!
Insane collection. More so than the actual guitars, it is the history and historical significance of these guitars that interest me in this collection. When these guitars came out, they were game changers. The electric guitar isn't that old. ..and when you think about it...other than the period when these guitars and the locking trem was introduced, not much has really changed about the elecric guitar. We still use wound, magnetic pickups... We still use the same wiring.. We still use the same cords... We still use vacuum tubes in our amps. Teh changes that these guitar introduced are some of the only major innovations that guitar players actually accepted and embraced. So yeah, there is a lot of historical significance to this collection. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed this guitar collection!
To me this is way more interesting then showing dinosaur Gibson's on the other TH-cam channels like norms rare guitars
Thanks man! I agree
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That Explorer with the hawk painted is for sale right now. I have it’s sister Charvel a black 3 pickup Explorer. I believe they were once in the same collection.
That's right it is for sale!
@@EssexRecordingStudios If I had the dough right now I’d buy it. My Explorer is in a photo with that hawk and a few other Explorer Charvel s so at one point I believe they were in the same collection. They’re awesome guitars. I have a few pretty interesting ones too but nothing like your collection. That’s awesome dude. Cheers.
Really miss my early 80 san dimas charvel now.
I know how you feel!
Huge thanks for this video, very informative as it shows the evolution of the brand, fantastic.
Amazing. I always loved Robin Crosby's white Firebird Guitar with the bone fish on it. It's my dream Guitar actually. I have a JS32 Kelly and love it! Thanks for the information on these!
No problem! Congrats on your Kelly!
Dude i wanna buy the sun rising guitar
I have one question
You have to remember that Jackson was a custom builder, so they did a lot of one-off headstocks, logos, etc. back then. You can have your '63 Strat... I'll take one of these pre-Dec. '85 San Dimas built Jacksons any day!
Over a 63 strat..?? Wow.. that guitar has some mojo for you brother.
Amazing Keith. Thanks for sharing these videos and thank the owner for sharing his collection. I've been a Jackson fan from the very start. If my numbers come up tomorrow night, I'll be collecting too :)
Thanks David! Good luck with those numbers!!
@@EssexRecordingStudios if they come up, a master build of your choice from Mike Shannon :)
@@EssexRecordingStudios and that includes an Amir Derakh like double neck soloist!
Top left Gene Allen of Lizzy borden played a charvel big mouth. The live video of Save Me gets some great shots of it
That's the first thing I thought about as well.
I re watch this video often. Thanks Keith.
It's a wild guitar collection that very few people will ever get to see in person. I'm glad I could share it with you guys
Awesome !!!! Appreciate great voice and describing the history!!!!
Thanks dude! 🍻
@@EssexRecordingStudios I did not know until now that Dave Linsk was responsible for the first copies and originator of these very early Vees
awesome video, cheers fellas
Thanks Al!
I recently came into an early Jackson Solosist with a serial number in the 100s. It was in rough shape but I've been getting it fixed up. Would love to know more about them. This one came with Duncan's but the neck pickup had been replaced and the replaced pickup was dead. The Middle seems to be an SSL-1 and the Bridge is a Duncan Distortion. Pearl white with the Kahler Steeler bridge.
Very interesting. Shoot me some pics and details info@essexrecordingstudios.com
@@EssexRecordingStudios I sent over some pics of it.
Insane Collection! Love it!
What a freaking beautiful collection!!! I'd love to play em.. I wonder where Robin's guitars went
I got a Dinky Jackson guitar that I set aside in my garage and totally forgot about it. It has 2 Seymour Duncan pickups, floyd rose, bolt on, 22 frets, ebony, s/n 002511, made in Ontario California USA. I've searched at jackson site and all it says manufactured in 1995. It has one solid body, not two glued in piece that most expensive guitars now have. I wonder if you can tell me more info in this guitar. It seems to me this is the only 22 frets, 2 humbuckers and Floyd rose combination in their catalog. I think I paid 500 to 600 dollars at guitar center.
I have an 83 Charvel that is exactly same color as that green one. Anyone know the official name of that shade of green? Thanks.
That first one looks more like a neck thru Dinky than a soloist. It’s 22 frets and has the same body as the Steve Stevens and Warren DeMartini guitars.
They were definitely different in the early runs
I own a 1989 Charvel 750XL....it’s a Japanese made,set neck,not neck thru,Gibson scale instead of 25.5,and a full thickness Soloist body,with a full three quarter inch carved maple top.....it’s like they were making a Les Paul......not nearly as cool as these,but interesting how things were done in the past.....
Would love to know what happened to all Robbin Crosby Guitars and the Jacksons that Mustaine and Dan Spitz played.
Wow ! Thats amazing bud
Thanks Michael 🤘
where the hell are you finding this stuff
Where indeed
Johnatan Mankuta owns the very first prototype of the soloist from 83 or 84
My collection:
Wayne Charvel Warren DeMartini
Kramer 1984 Bullseye
Charvel “Unchained” Circles graphic San Dimas (not EVH) (only 5 were ever made and it was highly exclusive)
15 incredibly rare B.C. Rich Gunslingers, 7 of them being one-offs
1987 Charvel Custom Shop Red/Black Splatter San Dimas that was owned by Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big
1st ever Kramer Pacer ever made
Sandoval Randy Rhoads prototype made for Randy
EVH “Art” series Bumblebee that was used by Eddie on tour in 2009
Original Fender HM Strat
George Lynch’s one-off Charvel Star “Black Andromeda” (hand carved skeleton torso & head with a single bone impaling the head)
And finally, the shining star of my collection, my Phil Collen Paint Splatter Jackson San Dimas serial #2/10 ever made, all paint jobs were done by Phil himself, and he actually used the 2nd one on about 7 tours because the paint came out the best and he was really happy with it, it was also used to record Pyromania & Hysteria with Def Leppard
That's quite the collection!
You have a Guitar That was owned by Paul Gilbert, guitar that was made and played by Phil Collins and the first ever Kramer pacer ever made, a randy rhoads prototype made by Karl Sandoval, a bumblebee guitar that was used by Eddie van Halen?!
Respectfully, I hardly believe that at all.
@@bubbles894 I bought the Paul Gilbert one from one of my buddies who wanted to get rid of some clutter so he sold it to me for 2 grand, I tracked the location of Phil Collins’ guitar from Pawn Stars after that episode aired, my grandfather was one of the original members of the Kramer team when they started out and the Pacer came into his possession and later gave it to me, he also knew Karl personally because they went to high school together and they stayed good friends afterwards, he would always visit Karl in his shop and one day came in to find Randy with the finished prototype, it was later gifted to Karl by Randy’s manager after he passed away which was then gifted to my grandfather, then to my father, then eventually to me and I’ve had it ever since, I got EVH’s Bumblebee when he came to NYC for a tour in 2009 and I also tracked it’s location through 6 different owners after hearing that he gave it away after the show, finally got it from a guy named Jackson Harris in October 2010 who sold it to me for 7 grand so he could take his family on a 5 star vacation to Hawaii, so believe it or not, I actually have all of those instruments, currently searching for some John Petrucci stuff, wish me luck 🤞
@@bubbles894 Also, I forgot to mention, one of those one-off Gunslingers was owned and signed by C.C. Deville of Poison, it’s currently listed on reverb for 5 grand, it’s yours if you want it, listed it about a month after posting this comment.
Nice ..you did well.
Dude, this was a crazy envy inducing collection! I’m not only beyond impressed but extremely jealous. I have 2 guitars a Japanese Jackson Kelly KE3 Pro series with an eerie dess paint job and a 2018 Chinese black Jackson Warrior with white bevels. I used to have more Jackson’s and a schecter. Great collection though! 🤘
WOW!!! When is part 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 ??? 🤔🤔🤘🤘🤘
People who dont play can never understand the way a beautiful guitar can make u feel. It feels so good to pick it up and feel the weight of it.. to put your fingers on the strings and feel the tension. I could go on and on.. most of them even smell good. Acoustic guitars smell beautiful. The first thing I do is smell the inside of an acoustic guitar... and the feel of the neck .. they all have a different feel and tone.. there even fun to stare at. There purposely shaped like a womans sexy body. A guitar has hips like a woman even.. guitar s are just so beautiful.. and that's before u actually hear it..
Hope someday you can review a Jackson SL3 like mine :3, I’m so happy with it, no need to tune it since the day I got it, it’s damn still in tune! I even did crazy dive-bombs! Like why?
Really cool
Thanks Hernan!
Wow..: I always wondered how many did Jackson sell of the green Jackson guitar on the cover of 1994-95 catalogue.
I always loved that green Jackson with H S pickup config and archtop.
Never seen one in the flesh or for sale
It looks killer in person
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You got to see if that person has that green Jackson I am talking about
Looks quality spec in the catalogue
This is awesome 😭😭
Museum quality stuff here!
I totally agree. This is actually the collection of the old Jackson/Charvel museum
wow!!!.......WOW!!!
I know! What a collection!!!!
I think the Steve Stevens graphic is "Danse Macabre."
An incredible collection indeed. I can only imagine the owner is Slenderman because nobody else could reach that high up to get a guitar off the wall.
I'd kill to see a vault full of Rhoads V's
Awesome collection.
Now that's awesome ! Peace
I wonder if Randy Rhoads would of used a Kahler tremolo bridge. He used a standard trem on his Sandoval Poka Dot V guitar and his Jackson Concorde. I wonder if he would of used Kahler Tremolos if he were still alive playing on newer guitars he’d get. Kahler tremolo bridge is a fixed bridge. Some think it’s floating trem I’m like “noooope” “ it’s a fixed bridge man” I own a couple Kahler tremolo guitars. I own 26 guitars in total. A shit ton of gear too. Over the years. I also have a Kahler tremolo still in the box. I work on my own guitars too, and I build them in my shop behind my home.
I think the Khaler is seriously under-rated. I'm sure he would have used one
@@EssexRecordingStudios oh yeah. Megadeth players used it. Jason Becker
Did too
Incredible
Hello, would you be interested in a one of a kind guitar owned by John “Rocky” Rockwell of the 80’s LA band Tyrant ? Rocky still owns it and it is has a incredible story around it … I work with Rocky and this guitar was used in most of the recordings and played on many tours … Rocky was hands on at Wayne Charvels shop back in the day . Rocky supplied the Maple blank to have it made… if you might be interested let me know … Thanks, Rodger
Hey Rodger always interested. Send me an email essexrecordingstudios@gmail.com or a message on our Facebook page 👍
I cant believe what I just witnessed! Thankyou so much for filming this bro. Now for the million Dollar question....who's house is this?!? Lol
My pleasure, and it is the home of a collector who is well known in the Jackson community :)
Yay man like the red one with revearsed sharks teeth what a gem
Thos 2c+ colis are the rarest thing amazing
Help me please charvel guys!! I have a charvel with the # on the fretboard. I acquired in the early 90s. It looks nothing like the others i have or have seen. C200393 can u tell me about this #?
It is Japanese. That's how they did the serial numbers for the nicer import models. The Japanese factory did this on neck-through models the same way Jackson’s USA factory did, just with a different font and spacing
That concorde looks wonky without binding and the sharper cutaways
How cool is this collection though??
@@EssexRecordingStudios Extremely
What do you think of the import Charvel by Jackson guitars? I have a near mint 1988 Model 5fx. Was a 5A, but sent back to the factory to add a neck pickup, toggle , and the tone knob added apparently because the single bridge pickup 5A wasn't selling as well as Charvel/Jackson thought it would
I like the imports dude!
@@EssexRecordingStudios i have a 1988 Charvel Import Model 5fx. Im sure you know these were originally a model 5A, but didnt sell well, so about 300 or so were sent to the FT Worth TX factory and were fitted with a slanted jackson J-100 to accompany the J-95 humbucker. Some were also given a tone knob as well as a 3way toggle. My question is this. Do you know what brand and value volume and tone pots these came with from factory?
The imports were made by Hondo (yes, Hondo!) and are basswood. Not the best builds, but the nostalgia outweighs the actual practical quality
@@ArtHoward Hondo? Who/what is Hondo? Yeah, I know mine is basswood. It sounds and plays amazing. I got it used as a HS graduation present. It's a 1988 Model 5Fx. I got in in 1990. All original to this day. It has the JT6 Trem. I've had it 32 years. It has a ton of sentimental value just because it was a gift from my parents and was my first real guitar. Thanks for your reply.
I'm in love.. I'd want to play all of them every single day man... so pimp!!!
The very early Charvels , when Boogie Bodies(among others) supplied the wood, are incomparable to the later (81'+) models. When you have an early Charvel with those bodies and necks, hold on to them.
Good to know man, thanks for commenting on the video!
Another great video, awesome guitars. I feel Jackson has lost some of its mistique now, being owned by fender. Must have been so cool back in the day to go to a small custom shop and get what you wanted. Performance guitar is still like that today.
Yeah, I think their biggest issue is a lack of prominent mega-stars carrying the Jackson flag for just too long.
Paul Stickles At the moment Europe does not have the full Jackson Custom Shop facility. Lost that nearly two years ago. Not likely to get it back anytime soon either.
Unreal!
It is indeed!
Man that's one pimp collection!!!!! Jesus if I had money I'd have a collection like it only much much bigger
Hmmm. Looks like the blue Swede's Star Guitar has a cream Bill Lawrence humbucker 😎👍🏼
It is a stunner
I bet it's an X2N due to massive black rails =)
Dimarzio X2N. Bill Lawrence L500 and 500XL have very thin blades.
Unreal
I agree dude
Where was this video shot at?
Switzerland 🇨🇭
@@EssexRecordingStudios So what I'm getting at is why were all those significant guitar's there is it a manufacturing headcorders for jackson charvel?
@@patrickshannon122 It's at the home of probably the biggest early Charvel/Jackson collector in the world
Who made the yellow pokka dotted one?
Robin DID NOT die from aids man. He overdosed.
7:10 Do you have Hamer KK mini V in your collection?
I do not have any Hamers! I love them though
Speaking on the Kramer Floyd Rose license, it was possible to get a floyd rose equipped jackson/charvel, but you had to supply the bridge and locknut. Not cheap, considering a full floyd kit was $300 in 1984, real close to $1000 in today's money.
Indeed. And if Kramer knew you were having the Floyd Rose they were selling you on a Jackson... they would cancel your order and refuse to sell you one. It's one of the reasons Floyd Rose licensed his patent, and ultimately the downfall of Kramer Guitars.
Didnt even know floyd sold kits, thought they were exclusively supplied to kramer. But then again there were lots of guitars who had a floyd by that time that had nothing to do with kramer. Edit, floyd allowed others to use floyd knock offs by 87 or so. Kramer branded theirs OFR at that point. Interesting puece of history.
The Jackson with the teeth on it I believe belonged to Mark St John at one point. Saw that guitar in a book years ago and always wondered about it. It was my favorite graphic and I almost shit when i saw it in this video
Makes me happy to know it's still out there.
Haha that's so cool man! Glad you found it in my video. I've got a lot of cool videos coming up soon....just bought the Dave Mustaine Megadeth collection 🤘🤘
@@EssexRecordingStudios Thanks for sharing! I knew Rob had some good stuff but WOW.
I’m making a Jackson/Charvel tribute replica myself
Awesome. What hardware and specs?
Amazing,candy store,this would be the Luvr for me
That's what it was like for me!
@@EssexRecordingStudios for a jackson fan this realy a dream come true,nice,keep it up
I gota admit This. I was a hater of your channel but this video just changed my attitude. Good job
Wow thanks man that means a lot. I know I piss a lot of people off by getting a lot of deals, but I'm just as much of a fan as anyone else and I try to make these videos to help people learn as much as possible. Cheers dude
thats what i fucking miss from this world, in the 80s most of the names were had graphics killer design killer colors... nowadays its all filled up with shit...
Those guitars hanging give me anxiety. 😁
I know what you mean!!
Just out of curiousity where did you find the Robbin Crosby ‘sex’ guitar, and how was it authenticated?
there are no existing photos of Robbin Crosby ever playing the Instant Sex Firebird Jackson, only 1 other photo I can find thats from Getty Images, that one looks like the original, mystery as to where it is, I'm beginning to think Robbin never actually owned or played it. maybe someone can shed some light on it
I always thought Randy designed the pointy headstock.
That Charvel was the very first
Randy came up with the offset V design after flying from London to NYC on the Concord, he roughly drew it on a napkin, and he and Grover Jackson refined the design... with Grover primarily designing the headstock.
dwb131313 Randy designed the headstock on his polka dot V.
I'll take the Charvel star butcher block
Are these the guitars of the guy who ran "Jackson Museum" years ago?
They are ;)
cool
Thanks dude
Wow
How do you even get the opportunity to buy all that? Who is the owner? Musician? Producer? Just a rich guy?
Just a dedicated collector!
holy cow
You could order a Floyd Rose from Kramer, but if they knew you were having it put on a Jackson... they would refuse to sell it to you! Brutal!
Never heard that before!
Damn, I just want a San Dimas and I could stop buying guitars.
Wonder who that swedish guitarist was...probably not Yngwie lol
Huge Jackson / Charvel fan - for me, this was guitar porn. =D
Glad I could be of service haha
BOIOIOIIIING!
I don't think they were ever furniture makers. Maybe one employee had a background in furniture making but not either of the founders.
I don't know much about Wayne and his business prior to guitars
6:57 😉
Do you still have the rising sun
charvel did not want to give hes name to randy rhoads concorde model because it was ugly for them, so jackson took the responsibility, the rest is history and they made it big
Dude, do you realize you have the best job (life) on the planet? Rich rockstars houses? Where are you? Need a roady? I'm in!!
Great stuff - but the camera zooming make me throw up (almost)
Amazing guitars. Poor camera work tho.
Aww, I was too excited
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Cheers dude!
juicy
Yep ;)
I hate you for showing me this🥰🥰
You're welcome!
Wish for a bit more steady camera..too much back and forth.
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It is indeed a crazy collection!
Robin Crosby died of a heroin overdose dude....
thats right, LOW class to talk about RC that way, he was such a nice guy