It’s equipped with Gotoh tuners, a Floyd Rose locking trem system, and two humbuckers wired to a master volume, tone, and pickup selector. The Jackson Stars SL2H is a neck-through design, with a Maple center block, Alder wings and compound radius Ebony fingerboard and jumbo frets and mother of pearl shark fin position markers. Since the first digit on this guitar is 0, this is a 1990 model. It’s a six digit number, with the first digit indicating the year, counting from 1990.

On these guitars, the serial number is an impressed stamp located on the body end of the fingerboard. This Jackson Stars SL-2H, Made In Japan and according to its serial number, during 1990. In 1992, production of bolt-on models began and importation of that line continued.

These followed the successful Charvel series, and began in 1990. Subsequently, sales of these pro-level models was limited to the Japanese market. The model 6 is neck-through, bound, and mine came with an original Floyd Rose.The Jackson Stars line featured a number of familiar Jackson models and was built in Japan with very high quality, with importation limited 19. I snagged an 87 or 88 Model 6 off CL for $180 (pic in avatar) that has become my favorite guitar for my current band project.

A few (maybe all?) of the 'Model' series from the 80's were japanese. For example I had a Jackson Adrian Smith SDX (Indonesian, I think) that was just DULL, so I offed it pretty quickly. I've played a few non-Japanese imports and oddly, they've all felt pretty 'dead' to me. After using this for awhile, I sold my Anderson Cobra and all the PRS's because I couldn't justify the cost difference. I think they're amazing guitars for the money. I later grabbed an identical second one for $190, but eventually sold that to a buddy. Anyway, its very fast, stable, lively, and has been a great workhorse. Those came with 4 conductor Seymour Duncan JB & 59 pickups (the real deal) and a Jackson trem, which I swapped for a Gotoh. I have a Jackson MIJ DK24m that I picked up 10-12 years ago for $250, best I can tell, it's an early 2000s.

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