Can anyone identify my Charvel bass please?

[eliftheweirdo]

Okay so i got my very first bass not too long ago and i can't seem to get any information about my bass. If you can, tell me anything about my bass including the model. the seriel number is 307556. I know it's a Charvel by Jackson. It has 3 pickups and 4 controls. It's red and has a 21 frets on a dark brown fret board. Also the tuning pegs are black and each of them has Jackson written on the bottom of it. If you can tell me anything about my bass it will be appreciated. Thank you

 

[Josh Pelican]

Does it actually have three pickups or is it a P/J?

 

[bassteban]

Pictures might help.

 

[eliftheweirdo]

What's a P/J. Sorry i'm a beginner.
And i tried uploading photos but something went wrong

 

[eliftheweirdo]

Here are some pictures. Sorry for bad quality

 

[eliftheweirdo]

Some more.

 

[eliftheweirdo]

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[eliftheweirdo]

Pictures might help.

Okay i've uploaded some

 

[guest4325qpt]

What's a P/J. Sorry i'm a beginner.
And i tried uploading photos but something went wrong

Its your pickup configuration. You have a P bass pickup along with a Jazz bass pickup on your bass. The P bass pickup is a split single coil so that bass has two pickups, not three.

 

[bassbrad]

Pretty sure that is an MCI era imported Charvel/Jackson from late 80's to mid 90's. Not sure about the pickups as most of those basses did not have exposed pole pieces.

 

[eliftheweirdo]

Its your pickup configuration. You have a P bass pickup along with a Jazz bass pickup on your bass. The P bass pickup is a split single coil so that bass has two pickups, not three.

Thank you so much!

 

[eliftheweirdo]

Pretty sure that is an MCI era imported Charvel/Jackson from late 80's to mid 90's. Not sure about the pickups as most of those basses did not have exposed pole pieces.

Thank you for your post

 

[amimbari]

thats a generic body with a charvel neck someone put on it. it is not a charvel body dude, I have had/have plenty of them. WHY?

#1 Charvel NEVER EVER made a body with a slot cut for a TR adjustment because the TR is in the head.
#2 Charvel never put the neckplate on upside down like that, which means the neck was off of it at one time for sure. Serial 303xxx tells me a lot...meaning if it was serial 303xxx, it would be a 1988 and the p-pickups would be reversed.
#3 Kinda tells me the OEM neck was junk and someone just put a Charvel neck on it, and I would have to see the back control cover.
#4 NO Charvel ever came with 4 knob config like that.
#5 if it was real from 86-88 that bridge is dead wrong.

one more pic of the back cover would tell me 150%, because right now I'm at 100% it is not a Charvel body. The neck is from a 1986 because on top of the sticker it says TM not (R), so the neck is from 1986.

 

[eliftheweirdo]

thats a generic body with a charvel neck someone put on it. it is not a charvel body dude, I have had/have plenty of them. WHY?

#1 Charvel NEVER EVER made a body with a slot cut for a TR adjustment because the TR is in the head.
#2 Charvel never put the neckplate on upside down like that
#3 The body has a TR slot which tells me the OEM neck was junk and someone just put a Charvel neck on it, and I would have to see the back control cover.
#4 NO Charvel ever came with 4 knob config like that.

one more pic of the back cover would tell me 150%, because right now I'm at 100% it is not a Charvel body. The neck is from a 1986 because on top of the sticker it says TM not (R), so the neck is from 1986.

Haha thank you for your post I was hoping you would post a comment for me 'cause i knew you know a lot about Charvels.
Wait so i'm confused... So my bass isn't charvel?

+ i subsribed to your youtube

 

[amimbari]

Haha thank you for your post I was hoping you would post a comment for me 'cause i knew you know a lot about Charvels.
Wait so i'm confused... So my bass isn't charvel?

+ i subsribed to your youtube

thanks for the sub to my channel and there I use ALL my Charvels lefty and righty, but no you have a real neck but who knows what that body is from..a lot of standard neck pockets allow swapping with no mods just bolt it on and go like I did with a Kramer neck on my Charvel model2:

if you hate it and want to get rid of the neck, I can always use another righty neck to put on the parts shelf

 

[eliftheweirdo]

thanks for the sub to my channel and there I use ALL my Charvels lefty and righty, but no you have a real neck but who knows what that body is from..a lot of standard neck pockets allow swapping with no mods just bolt it on and go like I did with a Kramer neck on my Charvel model2:

if you hate it and want to get rid of the neck, I can always use another righty neck to put on the parts shelf

Oh you're welcome
I unfortunately, a 14 year old girl who is still a beginner, cannot get rid of my bass or get a new one just yet. i don't hate it. Just so long as i can use it, it'll be fine
My dad said if i want a new bass i have you save up my pocket money and get it. Life sucks sometimes - i can't wait until i'm an adult
Thanks for your help + how long have you been playing bass? Any tips for me?

 

[Clark Dark]

thats a generic body with a charvel neck someone put on it. it is not a charvel body dude, I have had/have plenty of them. WHY?

#1 Charvel NEVER EVER made a body with a slot cut for a TR adjustment because the TR is in the head.
#2 Charvel never put the neckplate on upside down like that, which means the neck was off of it at one time for sure. Serial 303xxx tells me a lot...meaning if it was serial 303xxx, it would be a 1988 and the p-pickups would be reversed.
#3 Kinda tells me the OEM neck was junk and someone just put a Charvel neck on it, and I would have to see the back control cover.
#4 NO Charvel ever came with 4 knob config like that.#5 if it was real from 86-88 that bridge is dead wrong.

one more pic of the back cover would tell me 150%, because right now I'm at 100% it is not a Charvel body. The neck is from a 1986 because on top of the sticker it says TM not (R), so the neck is from 1986.

Amimbari;
Spot on about the Charvel knob configuration. Can you tell me what model Charvel/Jackson/ESP this is ?
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And from what time frame. The pup config is something I'm thinking about for my next build using P-46's with series/parallel switching and maybe a Nordie J with series/parallel switching too. I'm going to ask Warmoth if they would rout a Gecko5 like that. Thanks.

 

[eliftheweirdo]

thanks for the sub to my channel and there I use ALL my Charvels lefty and righty, but no you have a real neck but who knows what that body is from..a lot of standard neck pockets allow swapping with no mods just bolt it on and go like I did with a Kramer neck on my Charvel model2:

if you hate it and want to get rid of the neck, I can always use another righty neck to put on the parts shelf

Grr. My comment did go up. Anyway, like i tried to tell you, i have to wait AGES 'til i get a new bass or anything 'cause me being a 14 year old girl, who is still a beginner at bass, hasn't got a job to spend money on anything i want. Unfortunately my dad said i had to save up my pocket money if i want to get a new bass. I think he thinks i'll soon be bored of bass. Ohwells thank you for everything + have you got any tips for me?

 

[amimbari]

well Clark that is a ESP body with the double-p and j angled like that IF it was a charvel body it was heavily modded, filled in first because no jackson ever came with angled p-pups like that. He bounces around so much there is no stopping the vid on the headstock sticker. It is a ESP body with a replacement neck as well, unless ESP made Charvel copy headstocks that I don't know about.

ESP double p/J:

 

[amimbari]

sorry for calling you a guy eliftheweirdo ---ooops.