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info    updated 11/10/2008...please email corrections/info

J3 Guitars

 

Brand of Codel Enterprises. Guitars, basses and amps

Reviews http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2006/10/16/review-the-j3-pro-6/

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/J3

Jackson

 

1986 to present

http://www.jacksonguitars.com/resources/serialnumbers.php

http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/jackson/date_jac.htm

http://www.jacksonguitarpalace.com/

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Guitar-General-649/Jackson-Guitar.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/jacksonguitars/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Guitars

From ebay wiki [please note I have copied this text so its not lost. Info seems to add significantly to the Fender site info].
http://www.ebaywiki.com/Articles/~~Jackson_guitar_guide_for_Buyers_and_Sellers~~1000000000001019

Any Jackson that says "Professional" on the headstock is an import.
There are no known/verified "Prototypes" that were made in the USA and have "Professional" on the head.
Jackson's Serial Number Chart does not cover Imports.
Jackson serial numbers do not use 0's as "blanks" - if there's a 0, it's part of the number.
Import neckthrough models are serialized in the following manner: Jnnnnnn ; The letter "J" followed by 6 numbers, with the first number indicating the year of manufacture. J000123 means it was made in 1990, J100123 means it was made in 1991, etc etc. I haven't seen a recent neckthrough import, so they may be using 7 numbers by now. In any event, if the serial number is "J" followed by more than 5 numbers (including zeroes), it was not made in the USA.
Neckthrough model serial numbers are always stamped on the end of the fretboard after the last fret. Some bolt-on models that did not have a neckplate are also stamped at the end of the fretboard.
USA-made Jackson guitars and basses do not always say "Made In U.S.A." on the head, but they never say "Professional", "Performer", or "Concept" on the head.

Jackson guitar catalog scans

1977-2006 http://audiozone.dk/index-filer/CatalogScans.htm includes price lists and manuals - awesome reference site

Jackson Pricelists

2003 Jackson Pricelist

2005 Jackson Pricelist

2007 Jackson Pricelist

Prepal Jackson used prices

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Jackson

Jackson forum http://www.jcfonline.com/gallery/

Jacobacci

1952-1994 France

http://www.lesguitaresjacobacci.net/

http://www.jpbourgeois.org/guitar/jaco.htm

http://www.fetishguitars.com/html/misc/europe/ohio.html

Jacobacci catalogs

http://vintage.catalogs.free.fr/Index.htm

Paul Jacobson

 

Kansas City, USA

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Kamil Jaderny

 

Image: Jaderny:

James A Olson   see O for Olson
Harry Jansen    
Jasmine   Cheap lline made by Takamine. A Kaman company.
Jay Turser   see T for Turser
JB Player

  Owned and distributed by MBT International

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/JB+Player

JDS Guitars   Montreal, Missouri  USA 
Jedson Guitarn 1960s to 1970s

The Jedson trademark appears on entry to student level solid body and semi-hollowbody guitars; some models with original design and some models based on classic American designs [Source: Tony Bacon and Paul Day, The Guru´s Guitar Guide ].

http://www.pbase.com/merlenmeyer/jedson_acoustic_guitar

http://jedsonguitars.blogspot.com/

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Jedson/Telecaster+Bass/10/1

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Jedson

see Dallas Arbiter

Jenkins Luthier

1995 to present

"I started making guitars in 1995. The date of manufacture is easy to determine on the instruments. All of the guitars are signed and dated on the underside of the soundboard. All of my instruments have access panels, so it is easy to access and read this information. They have no serial numbers." [Source: Chris Jenkins, email 20/3/2008]

http://www.guitarnation.com/jenkinsprofile.htm

Jersey Girl Guitars

1991 to present

Kaz Goto and Akiko Oda

JJ Guitars

 

Formerly JJ Hucke. UK based guitar manufacturer, producing hand made solid body electric guitars. The brand JJ Hucke appears in 1997 on Wayback Machine. Founded by British luthier Jens Jurgen Hucke

Joe's Guitars    

John David Scott Guitars

1999 to present

John Harb, David Amirault and Scott Fraser formed John David Scott Guitars in 1999.  John and David formerly worked for Larivee.  [Source: Harmony Central]

"The guitars are made on Annacis Island Delta,  British Columbia (Canada).

The guitars have a cycling four digit #. The first two are 1-99 and the second is the year of manufacture.

For example 78-07 would be the 78th guitar I made in 2007 I am in the 100's now.
The serial # is Stamped on the block where the neck joins the body.
" [Source: David Amirault, email 4/10/2008]

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/John+David+Scott+Guitar+Company

John Ray Guitars

 

See R for Ray

Jay Johnson  

A Harmony Brand

http://harmony.demont.net/brands.php

Jolana

 

History

http://www.junkguitars.com/stories/czech.html

http://www.cheesyguitars.com/jolana_sn.html

http://meatexz.com/cheesyguitars/guitars_jolana.html

Tornado http://www.galepp.com/gitarre/gitarre-e.htm

http://www.galepp.com/gitarre/gitarre-e.htm

http://www.jolana.info/

Forum Cheesy Guitars

http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/cz376062/seznam.html

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Jolana

Edward B Jones

1979 to present

Started making guitars with David J Rubio in 1973 and set up won shop in 1979.

Image courtesy of Classic Guitar

Jerry Jones

1980s to present

Jerry Jones has been making guitars in Nashville since the early 1980s. [Source: Illustrated Directory of Guitars By Ray Bonds ]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jones_Guitars

http://www.jerryjonesguitars.com/faqs.htm#Where%20do%20I%20find%20my%20serial%20number

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/brand/Jerry+Jones

Joodee

 

Joodee was a brand name owned by Daion. According to Wikipedia they were made by Dyna Gakki but Blue Book which I believe is a better source says they were made by Shiro Tsuji and the T and Joodee Guitar Company. For the Daion entry Blue Book suggests these guitars (including Joodee) were made by Terada Guitars.
http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_joodee.htm

Reviews http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Joodee/

Jordan Guitars 1979 to present "The first guitar I made that still exists is from 1979. Acoustic guitars have paper labels that are dated and signed. Early electric guitars are brand stamped "HANDCRAFTED BY JOHN JORDAN" usually in a pickup cavity or tremolo cavity and dated. Later electrics sometimes (but not always) have "Jordan" or "Jordan Custom Guitars" logos on the headstock as black or gold decals embedded in the finish or as pearl Jordan logos (for fancier models) like the archtop on my website. There are no "standard"
models as every guitar I've ever made was built to order often with unique designs for each customer.
I've always resisted serial numbers as I make many kinds of instruments, but my total output is over 400 instruments perhaps 1/4 of which are guitars and basses (I make more electric violins than anything else).
My website promotes mainly my electric violins, but there are a few guitars on there at this link. http://www.jordanmusic.com/custom.htm

There is another company under the name Jordan that made solid state amps and effect pedals and operated out of Pasadena, CA in the 1960s and 1970s that ceased business before I began. I have no connection to this company but I do own one of their wah pedals and every once in a while I get a call or email asking about their products. I hear their products show up on ebay occasionally which is why I get emails about them, so they must have made a fair amount of gear." [Source:  John C. Jordan, email 26/3/2008]

Joshia de Jonge Guitars

1992 to present

"I started making guitars in 1992. The year of manufacture can be found on the label and the date the top was glued on can be found on the underside of the top on the treble side next to the sound-hole." [Source: Joshia de Jonge, email 24/3/2008]

Jubal Guitars 1984 to present "Unity started in 1994, Jubal started in about 1984. The year of manufacture is not written on the guitar, and not part of the serial number.  I might be able to tell the year of one if I looked at the guitar." [Source: Aaron, Unity/Jubal email 10/4/2008]

Jaime Julia

 

Jaime Julia is the head luthier and one of the founding partners of Alhambra, S.L.

http://www.zavaletas-guitarras.com/files/julia.htm

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