It is flame maple veneer in a reddish, brownish, orangeish, copperish type of color that is kind of hard to describe, but very nice. NOTE 2: In the last few months of Charvel production, late 1985 - 1986 a 'Jackson' not Charvel logo was applied to Charvels with the Jackson (pointy) style neck. These plates have serial numbers starting at 6000 and are REAL Charvels. Is it possible that they could just be a little mixed up and that it is really some kind of limited edition color or something? I have never before seen an SL-3 in this color. It is important to note that Jackson reissued this style of neck plate briefly in 2002 and later in 2005. The reason I started this serial number post is because I figured that if I could confront GC with a serial number chart proving that it was a Standard MIJ SL-3, then I might be able to get a few more bucks knocked of the price. After having sat on the wall for almost a year, they now have it on clearance for $579, which is not bad for a mint condition SL-3. GC originally had it tagged as a "Shannon Soloist", and wanted $999 for it, but when I pointed out that it appeared to be a standard MIJ SL-3 with the standard MIJ Maple veneer flame finish, Duncan JB and Hot Rails PUPS, and JT580LP bridge, they retagged it as a "Japan Custom Shop Soloist", but still were asking $999. I started another post a couple of days ago asking what model it might be and all of the people who replied seemed to think it is a MIJ SL-3, though it has no markings on it indicating MIJ. I know that it is not a 2006 because it has the JT580LP bridge and has also been hanging on the wall at GC for at least one year.
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