Soloist Pro Professional

[jjjacksonjjj]

Hi,

I own a Soloist Pro Professional, which I bought nearly new (it was a demonstrator for the distributors for a while) 15 years ago.

It has the JE-1200 mid-boost circuit, a J-50m HB and 2 x J-200 SC's and sounds great.

Now, I know I should probably leave well alone, but I would love to hear from other soloist users on here who have changed the pickups and/or the mid-boost so I know if it will benefit from a bit of tinkering.

Thanks in advance.

[scotty]

[Inazone]

I have one. The mid-boost was already gutted when I bought the guitar, so I had a Seymour Duncan Full Shred bridge humbucker installed. I'm quite happy with the results.

[Thor Von Clemson]

Ryan- Isnt yours the snakeskin guitar?

[Alvin_Wilson]

1990 Soloist Pro in Pearl White with EMG 85/SA/SA. I have never liked the JE-1200 or the Jackson pickups. This guitar screams with the EMG's.

[goshac]

i changed in my 1992 soloist professional all the stock electronics to Dimarzio Tone-Zone i bridge, Duncan Hot Rails in neck and Fender single in middle.
man, what a difference, now the guitar sounds full thick, deep bass, fat highs. the distortion has improved drastically, much more gain, fuller sound.
cleans: 300% improvment, now i hear the woods, and not only strings as before, clean sound is perfect now!!

change these jackson pickups and you'll see what your guitar is capable for
you won't regret

[jjjacksonjjj]

[quote=Alvin_Wilson;966980]1990 Soloist Pro in Pearl White with EMG 85/SA/SA. I have never liked the JE-1200 or the Jackson pickups. This guitar screams with the EMG's.

I have heard mixed opinions on the EMG's. Are they versatile, or are they just full on heavy rock?

[Newc]

The singles (SA) are great, but I'm still not sold on the humbuckers (81, 85, 89). I've had tons of EMGs over the years and I keep going back to passives. I do like an 85 in the bridge with the Tone rolled back for leads (good Dave Murray tone), but have never found a rhythm tone I was happy with out of an EMG Hum.

As a nitpicky aside, there's no such thing as a "Pro Professional". It's either Pro or Professional, since they both mean the same thing, but were actually two different model specs.

[The Mitch]

I'm more a duncan fanboy but the EMG85 pups in a HSS config are versatile.
Not as "cold" and full blown metal like the 81s

[jjjacksonjjj]

As a nitpicky aside, there's no such thing as a "Pro Professional". It's either Pro or Professional, since they both mean the same thing, but were actually two different model specs.[/quote]


It says "Soloist Pro" on the truss rod cover and "Professional" on the end of the headstock? so I don't quite get what you mean.

[Frigo89]

the model series is the "Professional" series.

the name of the guitar itself is the soloist pro

[RacerX]

It says "Soloist Pro" on the truss rod cover and "Professional" on the end of the headstock? so I don't quite get what you mean.

Don't get PROconfused, n00b!

Check out Henrik's excellent article: http://audiozone.dk/index-filer/proconfusion.htm

"Not all Professionals are PROs
All PROs are Professional"

[jjjacksonjjj]

My guitar is a pro! Thats good to know - I have always known it was special


I didn't know that the single coils are actually humbuckers. With that mid-boost system it is hard to tell because wound down they sound like single coils. I just thought that the fuller sound with the mid-boost on full was down to the mid-boost on it's own.

I'm glad I found this place

[Inazone]

Ryan- Isnt yours the snakeskin guitar?

Guess I slept through this thread. Nope, the snakeskin is a Concept, although the same person who painted the snakeskin (Dan Lawrence) also refinished my Soloist Pro.