That's one incredible looking guitar my friend.

Sweet guitar, congrats.

FYI, the Soloist and Dinky bodies are the same. The only difference is neck-through vs bolt-on.

Really cool Ibanez vibe on these. I remember when these first appeared. Awesome score. Congrats

Incredible find, sir! You are one lucky man!

Very unique specs. Congrats and enjoy.

Thanks guys, I think this satisfies the 'real' expectation when you work your azz off to pay for an expensive Jackson custom shop guitar.

I HAVE other custom shops, but in playability they don't even come close...why?

And, this guitar is not "worn in" - it's never even been played other than a quick strum after delivery!

The only real obvious difference is the frets..but these are thinner frets - shouldn't that make it harder to play than jumbos?

I think so, from past experience.

Fretting notes, bending, and especially tapping is effortless on this one ..What would make that easier?

I want to know so any other guitars I might buy will ALSO play this well.


So, there were only 5 made - in different colors - this has a PAF Pro humbucker and an HS-3 in a color that cannot be duplicated (I was told)

I will try a Super Distortion and a Super3 in the bridge.

The neck pickup HS-3 "a noise-free pickup" sounds real good but squeals as soon as I stop playing..

I will talk to the guy who specd this guitar out about that... he's the manager of guitars in a big music store - a big Jackson dealer



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Enjoy this beautiful hand-carved neck joint/heel by Mike Shannon

That's one of the Rainbow Guitars run - they did a bunch of colour variations:

http://www.rainbowguitars.com/all%20...cial=&PageNo=5

Not really. Jumbos give it more of a scalloped feel where you don't have to apply as much pressure to fret the string. If someone doesn't have a lighter touch with their fretting hand, the smaller/thinner frets will be better so they don't push on the strings too hard and knock it out of tune. It's all preference, though.

Congrats on a killer guitar! That one was my favorite of that run.

That's awesome! Congrats on the score. I know how it is to be trying to grab a guitar for a long period. Glad you worked out a deal and it made it to you!!!

That is a WICKED guitar. Congrats!

Maybe it's just everything being set perfectly - neck angle, neck adjustment, string height, but and bridge setup. Maybe even the initial pick attack or less string pull from what I think is a low-output pickup, may help playability in this case..

Thanks!

Right: 5 total were made. Thanks!

Here's what I've learned about Jackson high end guitars: most are really good players, lookers, and tone machines. A few are real dogs, and suck in tone but might be good in playability. A few are exquisite like you describe yours to be. Just the luck of the draw really.

Congrats on snagging that killer soloist! Love the guitar!!
Are you going with white or black pups when you replace those?