Jackson SL-1 Bridge Baseplate replacement

[azzzardo]

Hi all,
my bridge plate has a hole stripped and I was considering to buy a new baseplate, but it's not so easy to find.
It should be a Jt590, did someone have the same problem and can suggest a direct replacement for it please?
Thanks

[toejam]

Buy a Schaller since it's the same exact thing.

[azzzardo]

Schaller which one exactly?

https://schaller.info/en/tremolos/359/schaller-tremolo?number=13020432.02&c=51

this one?

[Zedder]

Schaller which one exactly?

https://schaller.info/en/tremolos/359/schaller-tremolo?number=13020432.02&c=51

this one?

Yes, this is the right spare part:

https://schaller.info/en/replacement-kits-for-tremolos/332/tremolo-baseplate-lockmeister-schaller

[ed]

Just make sure it is not the lockmeister one because its different.

You want this:

https://reverb.com/item/2492343-schaller-tremolo-baseplate-black-chrome

With the wider gaps

Not this:

https://reverb.com/ca/item/618120-schaller-lockmeister-tremolo-base-plate-black

With the not so wide gaps for the locking screws

[toejam]

Yeah, just the basic Schaller. Not the Lockmeister.

[Number Of The Priest]

An SL1 would never have been equipped with a JT590. Your guitar is likely early-to-mid-1990s, before the SL1 designation was used. The SL1 debuted in 1996 with an OFR and Duncan pickups; its predecessor was the Soloist Custom with JT590 and Lawrence/Jackson pickups. You likely have a Soloist Custom.

But yes, the "Schaller Tremolo" is the correct replacement bridge for the JT590. You can actually read about the problem you have (baseplate holes stripping) on this site: http://audiozone.dk/index-filer/Trem...ject.htm#jt590

[Newc]

The Soloist Custom was the pre-1990 designation, when they were all Custom Shop models. "Custom" was used in much the same way Gibson used it for the Les Paul and SG: ebony fretboard and sharkfin inlays with bound fretboard - as a LPC and SGC had bound ebony board and block inlays.

The 1990-96 USA Soloist was simply called Soloist USA as noted in the catalogs (while of course the Japan-made version was called Soloist Pro).

But yes, the Schaller-style with the short, fat barrels and shorter recess route was the JT-590, and Schaller still makes the direct replacement, though obviously it isn't called a JT-590 because the "JT" stood for "Jackson Tremolo".
Do note that an OFR with the longer, skinny shoulder bolts won't fit in a route originally carved for the shorter Schaller barrels.

[azzzardo]

An SL1 would never have been equipped with a JT590. Your guitar is likely early-to-mid-1990s, before the SL1 designation was used. The SL1 debuted in 1996 with an OFR and Duncan pickups; its predecessor was the Soloist Custom with JT590 and Lawrence/Jackson pickups. You likely have a Soloist Custom.

But yes, the "Schaller Tremolo" is the correct replacement bridge for the JT590. You can actually read about the problem you have (baseplate holes stripping) on this site: http://audiozone.dk/index-filer/Trem...ject.htm#jt590

Yes sorry, it's a soloist of early 90's (Professional maybe) with licensed Floyd and active EMG's pickups (SSH), like the one in the link

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Soloist-Professional-SL-1-1990-Made-in-Japan-EMG-Case-and-Floyd-Rose-/273517956450

If by chance I find a Floyd Rose II baseplate it will be the same.. or is it a bit different?

[azzzardo]

Yes sorry, it's a soloist early 90's with active Emg's, like the one in the link

https://www.prosonic-studios.com/equipmentsale/jackson

If by chance I find a Floyd Rose II baseplate.. it will be the same, or is it a bit different?

[azzzardo]

last question

https://www.emma-music.com/schaller,us,4,SCH-545064.cfm

this one in the link is the right baseplate?
Because the seller said it is not
Thanks for helping

[Newc]

Jackson used covered pickups, but they were not EMGs, nor were they active. They were passive pickups that ran through a 20dB gain boost. That's what the battery was for, not the pickups. You can remove the circuit and still use the pickups, though they'd be a little weaker.

The seller only has as much info as you have given him. He may know nothing about the JT590 specifically. Schaller offers 2 Floyd Rose style units - the fat barrel and the long OFR barrels. The slot in the "whale tail" for the barrels is the key to IDing the right plate.

https://schaller.info/en/tremolos/359/schaller-tremolo?c=51

Measure the slots on yours and have the seller measure the slot width on theirs. OFR baseplates will have narrow slots.

[Number Of The Priest]

The Soloist Custom was the pre-1990 designation, when they were all Custom Shop models. "Custom" was used in much the same way Gibson used it for the Les Paul and SG: ebony fretboard and sharkfin inlays with bound fretboard - as a LPC and SGC had bound ebony board and block inlays.

The 1990-96 USA Soloist was simply called Soloist USA as noted in the catalogs (while of course the Japan-made version was called Soloist Pro).

As is typical with Jackson, model names can be confusing and the same name can be reused on subsequent models. No surprises there. Yes, the "Custom" label originally denoted ebony/binding/sharkfins (as opposed to "Student" which represented rosewood/unbound/dots) in the 1980s, but Jackson continued to use the "Custom" label in their 1990-96 production models.

As noted in the catalogs, they did NOT call it a Soloist USA; it was part of the "USA Series" and the model actually was called a "Soloist Custom" as seen on page 10 of 15 in the following 1994-95 catalog alongside the Dinky Custom and Rhoads Custom: https://assets.ctfassets.net/4jcppge...95-catalog.pdf

Semantics... insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Yes sorry, it's a soloist of early 90's (Professional maybe) with licensed Floyd and active EMG's pickups (SSH), like the one in the link
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Sol...-/273517956450

That one definitely is a Soloist Professional Pro, factory-fitted with JT590.

[pianoguyy]

But this all assumes you have model x instead of model y.
We don't know what you have, but neither do you. Anything we say is just conjecture.

[Number Of The Priest]

That's true pianoguyy. I'm surprised nobody has yet to ask OP for photos of the guitar. Visually seeing the guitar would confirm the trem type, AND the model of guitar... but more importantly the trem type so we can advise the proper baseplate to buy.

I opened up a can of worms with my "Soloist Custom versus SL1" debate, without asking for photos. My mistake. Not to muddy the waters further, but I actually recently learned that the hard rule of "Soloist Custom = pre-1996 with JT590 and Lawrence/Jackson pickups; SL1 = post-1996 with OFR and Duncan pickups" can be broken. Here is a Soloist Custom with an OFR that was apparently installed at the factory: https://www.jcfonline.com/threads/15...rie-Dess-Swirl