NGD 'Pablo cut' Soloist - from Russia with Love ?

[jeff9beck]

From Russia, with Love!

Okay, so you may be too young to remember this James Bond movie title...

Yesterday was a great day to be alive - because this arrived in the morning, from Russia!
Today, I'm still happy!
It was advertised as a 'Pablo cut' Soloist, I didn't make up the phrase...

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This is a 2008 NAMM one-off guitar, created by Mr, Santana.
Here I have a Jackson custom shop that not only looks super cool (to me), but plays the way I imagine all Custom Shops should play.
Not all of mine play like this one. This baby is effortless.
I'm sure some people will hate the Orange, but, it grew on me, and it's not White: like practically every other guitar.

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So - this is my first single pickup guitar...
The pickup - I am guessing - is NOT a JB, because it actually sounds good!
I will probably try some others, as I feel there's more potential on tap with the right pickup.
I don't know what wood is used for the body or cap.
I may try: Super3, Super Distortion, X2N, Crunch Lab.
I also might try an Arcane, so I'd really like to find out what wood is used before I call to discuss.
It's light at 7.3 pounds so perhaps it's alder, but it doesn't sound overly bright..
I need to double-check my scale as well, it's a new postage scale I'm going to use for shippng.

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I did check the serial number with Jacskon cust service and it is indeed a one-off NAMM guitar.
Yet, if anyone has seen this before, or any other one like it, please let me know?
I'm guessing it was in the US from 2008 until it wound up in the Russian guy's collection.

I was worried it might be a fake, with the whole Russia thing

It reminds me of a car, the way Pablo created and blended the lines on this one....
It's a Soloist, but smaller, with some slightly different dimensions, curves, bevels, contours.

It's got a really cool bevel on the top.
The bevel on top is widest near the neck joint on the Low E side, and makes a 'counterclockwise' circle (contour) that goes back to the neck joint on the Hi E side, getting narrower as it goes from Low E to Hi E.

I hope you guys enjoy this one...I know that I will!

Maybe this tag will help someone identify where it came from or who owned it - so I can find out more about it?

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thanks for looking!

[jacksonaxes]

Very cool.

[neilli]

I remember that one! Very nice..

[lefty]

That's one beautiful guitar! Great score!

[hopkinsWFG]

Amazing !!! Thats why i still like the fastest guitar from jackson the SLsss model

[Catharpin]

Very cool. Kind of like a semi/offset arch top.

[Dave Rocks]

Very, nice! Nice to see a true Custom shop (said for Ian )

[toejam]

Love it! Let's see some pics of the back.

[x_zac10]

I don't typically like orange anything, but I think it looks really cool here!

[Mudlark]

Looks fantastic. I'd love to have that forearm contour along the top of the body on my Soloist.

Orange body binding would be a nice addition.

[toejam]

Reminds me a little of the new Carvin Aries with the beveled contour.
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Ibanez also did it.
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[jeff9beck]

Sorry - I forgot to include a photo of the back.

I guess part of the coolness of this guitar was this neck joint, even though it's pretty common on soloists now.
Not sure about that - 2008.

Thanks for the answers I got from you guys, and a lot of PM's.

So, does anyone remember what wood/pickup config was used ?



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[jeff9beck]

Looks fantastic. I'd love to have that forearm contour along the top of the body on my Soloist.

Orange body binding would be a nice addition.

I like the way you think..I thought the same thing.

This one is a keeper, it just does so many things right...also it feels small compared to my others.
I've got a few now that are "idea givers" and, would also be cooler if they had x or y.

I always like binding and it took a while for me to buy any expensive guitar that wasn't bound.

I've been working on some custom builds ( just designing them, so far ), and by experiencing some new guitars, I have been able to discover and add more features to the builds I will eventually do....

thanks

[jahosy]

Very nice congrats!

What is the material of the inlays and bindings?

[Dave Rocks]

Sorry - I forgot to include a photo of the back.

I guess part of the coolness of this guitar was this neck joint, even though it's pretty common on soloists now.
Not sure about that - 2008.

Thanks for the answers I got from you guys, and a lot of PM's.

So, does anyone remember what wood/pickup config was used ?



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thanks

That is called a "Pablo back side cut" and I have it on both of my CS's