1988 Jackson Limited Edition ‘88
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This very special looking model was made for Jackson Guitar’s 10th Anniversary. The finish, called “blue denim,” is smooth to the touch but visually looks textured - very cool. It has the factory pickups, a J50BC and J200 single coil, but mine is missing the stock JE-1000 active boost circuit - luckily I was able to find a replacement if I ever want to return it fully to stock condition, but it sounds great already. It also would’ve had a 5-way switch, but mine was replaced with a simpler 3-way setup. If I add back the JE-1000, which by default would be on all the time, I may wire back in the 5-way and try to set it up so that the boost is bypassed in certain positions - for example, 5-bridge with boost, 4-bridge no boost, etc. The neck is extremely smooth and fast, with a very light oil finish, “Limited Edition ‘88” inlay on the 12th fret, and the last few frets (19-24) are scalloped from the factory.
Fit and finish is absolutely superb, as expected for an instrument like this, and officially only 500 were made, although there seem to be a few “employee models” that slipped out in addition to that, although some of those have very slight differences.
