GuitarMaestro Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Hi! I bought a used jackson floyd in excellent condition. I would like to know if it is the cheaper version or the one installed on the USA guitars. It reads "takeuchi made in japan" on the base block. Is that one of the trems from a Korean import Jackson or from a real USA Jackson? Thanks in advance, Marcel Knapp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 it's from a japanese one. i have a japanese super tele, and that's what the block has on it, along with a little circular design. it's still good dude, very quality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Good to know! But I guess even the USA guitars have japanese trems on them, as I doubt Jackson themselves build Tremolos in the USA. Any ideas on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Jackson Used either Jackson Branded Schallers or Original Floyds. I've never heard of any other trems unless its a USA Select Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Okay.....thats what I wanted to know. Are you sure? That unit I have here is definately about the same quality then the original Floyd Rose....I could imagine that they would use it on all models. Maybe they used it only for a period of time? Has anyone expirience with that japanese unit? Thanks, MK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwall Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Hey Marcel, got your pm. Tried to reply but your inbox was full :-) Indeed they are correct. The Usa Jackson's has Schallers on them and then in the late 90's somewhere They went with all OFR. The ironic part is that Floyd Rose is Schaller and Vice versa.. To my understanding, the OFR comes from Germany.. (I think its Germany) where that factory makes them both. They are noth high quality trems. As for the Jackson not being built in the Usa.. That is only re: the imports. All the Usa models are built in the Usa. Hope its helped and great to hear from you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted September 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Hi Scott! Thanks alot for your fast answer. I just emptied my om box....did not realize that it was full.... Thats exactly what I wanted to know. Luckily the trem I got still seems to be of excellent quality, but as I know now jackson seems to only use these japanese trems on the made in japan/korea series. The ironic part is that Floyd Rose is Schaller and Vice versa.. Not completely correct. As I live in Germany and know Schaller quite well I am in the picture here. Schaller is a hardware company. They build trems, jacks, tuners, etc. They build the Original Floyd Rose Tremolo for Floyd Rose. Additionally they build a Schaller Floyd Rose which reads "licensed under Floyd Rose Patents". That trem is the best trem money can buy imho. It's an OFR with slight improvements. Schaller builds these units to even better specs than the standard OFR specs. They have more mass and are completely free of any small defects like little runs in the metal, etc.... P.s.: The tuners and pickups you sold me are EXCELLENT and did work great so far. Thanks alot and I'll definately get back at you if I need more Ibanez parts. I can only recommend to buy from vwall if in need of Ibanez parts. Excellent service and prices and fast shipping times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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