This article includes a, related reading or, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks. Please help to this article by more precise citations. (June 2012) Jackson Soloist Manufacturer Period 1984 - Present Construction Body type Solid Neck joint Neck Thru Woods Body Alder, Mahogany Neck Maple, Mahogany Fretboard Ebony Hardware Bridge Locking tremolo and String thru H-S-S, some artist signatures use H-H, H-S-H or H Colors available Black, Quicksilver, Natural, Cherry Sunburst The Jackson Soloist is an model by officially produced since 1984 (prototypes were available in the early 1980s). Overall design started as a with differences from the such as a design and often a double-locking tremolo bridge and premium woods. As the 1980s brought up a guitarist phenomenon, the Soloist was acclaimed in and music, especially. Contents.
History San Dimas era (early-mid 1980s) There are examples of the Soloist idea going back to the days before Jackson was an official company and just a side project of while he was running. Early examples have set necks, -shaped bodies, style, and often Charvel appointments like. In the earliest days of the official Jackson company, the general Soloist style was not quite official. These models often have variations in items that later became standard like size and shape and controls placements. This Soloist Student Model was completed on the same day as the first officially logged Soloist on August 28, 1984 The first official Soloist was serial #J0158 completed August 28, 1984 (though later serial numbered guitars were completed a week and a half earlier).
Before that the Soloist styled guitars were named 'Custom Strat' or 'Neck-Through Body Strat' guitars. The earlier models were typically true custom guitars that follow no real standard. By the time J0158 came around the factory had a basic spec outline used as a default on all guitars ordered and only changed when specified by the customer. Original platforms. The Soloist Custom: standard the body, 24 frets, 'Sharkfin' or dot genuine pearl inlays, binding on the fretboard and headstock. The Soloist Student: standard the body, 24 frets, genuine pearl dot inlays.
The intended meanings of the model designations was to be similar to Standard ( Student in this case) and Les Paul Custom. The designations do not make one a lower quality instrument and the two are made in exactly the same fashion. Original options Originally the customer had the choice of 3 different bridges:. tremolo;. cam tremolo;. String through the body ( style) options were vast.
A customer could get any configuration and any brand. The standard pickup brand was until very early 1985 when the company began using in-house wound pickups standard. Finishes were practically unlimited. While the standard colors were Platinum Pink, Ferrari Red, Ivory and Black, any custom color or airbrushed graphic was available for an upcharge. Some items changed to help cut costs and speed up production. An example of such a change was in the mid-1980s, when the hand-shaped nibs in the binding beside the frets were discontinued to save time hand-shaving the binding between each fret.
In-house manufactured pickups also became standard. Necks were also changed from a laminated style early in the year to a single piece of wood to prevent wood wastage. Ontario era (late 1980s) 1986 was the year the company moved from aka and over to. 1987 they began using a Floyd Rose-styled tremolo made in Asia with their name on the top plate.
It was still possible to purchase a Floyd Rose or Kahler tremolo bridge, but the JT-6 Jackson unit was the default. A quick way to differentiate the different bridges was to look at the nut at the furthest end of the fretboard. If the nut was the primary nut with screws that go through the neck to the back, it was a Floyd Rose tremolo equipped from the factory.
If the clamp was behind the nut and mounted to the surface, it was equipped with a JT6. This is a 1987 Soloist archtop. This was made with Brazilian rosewood fretboard, mahogany body and a flamed maple top. It was finished with nitrocellulose lacquer.
Also, the Soloists were introduced. The initial runs were made with Brazilian rosewood fretboards, flamed maple tops and mahogany necks and backs.
Graphic finishes were very popular in this era. The list of common styles is long and unique styles even longer. In-house manufactured pickups became standard in the beginning of 1985, and mid-boost controls were introduced in many guitars. Pickups were handwound by ex- employee, as discovered by Fender Custom Shop founder who visited Jackson in the early 1990s to purchase their then-unused pickup winding machines and found her working there. She was hired by Jackson in 1985 when the Fender factory closed down and when Fender was sold by to. The expensive Masterwound pickups were wound by her and possibly the same machine since the mid-late 1980s.
Up to this point these guitars were each made to order and each was given a serial number that matched a detailed work order. Production era (1990s). Chudi jo khanki haatho me mp3 song download. This is a 1998 'Shannon' Soloist. A limited production 'reissue; of sorts hand signed by luthier Mike Shannon. The next big change occurred in 1990. At this time the company decided to offer Soloists in production runs rather than make them to order.
These are marked by the UO serial number code. The J+4 digit number continued on only through the Custom Shop. Many different models were unveiled through the 1990s. It also saw the introduction of the imported Jackson Soloists at this time. The JT6 tremolos were dropped in favor of the Floyd Rose style, which are recessed into the face of the body. Later in the decade, genuine Floyd Rose models returned.
Basic ID Domestic headstock logos will have 'Made in USA' below or beside the logo. Guitars with the 'Professional' and 'Performer' logos are always imported. A USA J series serial number will always have 4 or 5 digits later, but any more means that it is an imported guitar. Archtop Soloist models have a JA + 4 digit number serial number. For the 1980s custom era, the two standard classifications are the Student and Custom model. Student models feature rosewood fretboards and dot inlays.
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Custom models feature ebony boards, sharkfin inlays, and binding on the headstock and neck. There are many examples which blur the line.
Often one can find examples with alternate fretboard material, or Students can have binding. Remember, any option was available for the asking. Soloist models always are the body construction. Later Models There are many variations on the Soloist's basic design in production, but they can be split into four basic groups: SL1, SL2, SL3, SLSMG, and SL4X. The SL1 The SL1 is the flagship Soloist model. It has an alder body intersected by a quartersawn maple neck. The bound fingerboard is made from ebony and has 24 jumbo frets and triangular 'shark tooth' inlays made from mother of pearl (all SL1 and SL2H models use real mother of pearl for their inlays).
The SL1 uses a original double-locking tremolo. It also has an HSS pickup array of, with the neck and middle pickups being single-slot overlapping Classic Stack humbuckers, while the bridge pickup is a TB-4 Jazz/Blues 'Trembucker' humbucking pickup. The SL1T is the same guitar, except for the addition of a fixed bridge. All SL1s are made in the US. The SL2H The SL2H (the 'SL2' is a different model which was produced in the years 1996-1997) shares the same characteristics with the SL1 except the pickup configuration.
The guitar is made up of the same wood, 24 frets, neck-thru construction, same bridge, etc. Contrary to the SL1 the SL2H only has 2 pickups at neck and bridge positions. In addition, the SL2H uses a 3 way toggle selector switch rather than the 5-way selector blade found on the SL1 and SL3. The SL2H features an 'Original' locking vibrato, while the SL2HT uses a fixed bridge. The SL2H-MAH is made of mahogany (neck and body 'wings'), with a transparent paint finish on both body and. All SL2Hs are made in the US.
The SL2 is again a USA made Soloist with neck-thru construction (all Soloists have neck-thru constructions). The SL2 can be considered a more modest version of the SL2H, made up of maple thru-body neck and poplar wings, with an ebony board and 'optional' sharktooth inlays. Most of them had a plain fingerboard without inlaid markers on it. The bridge is Jackson's -licensed double locking tremolo JT-580 which is widely used on Japanese-made Jacksons.
The Jackson logo is not 'mother of pearl' on SL2s while it is on SL2Hs. The SL3 The SL3 belongs to Jackson's Pro Series guitars. The body is made of alder and includes a flamed maple veneer on transparent finish models. The SL3 features the traditional Soloist setup of two single-coil slots for the neck and middle positions and a hot humbucker in the bridge position.
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails are fitted in the single-coil slots and a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker occupies the bridge position. Additional features include an FRT-02000 or JT-580 double-locking tremolo, 24 frets, a compound radius Rosewood fretboard, sharktooth inlays and matching headstocks on transparent finish models. Jackson SL3s are manufactured in Japan. There is also a newer MG-version of it, SL3MG, which has the same features but with EMG 81/85 set. Also there was a very high quality Japanese manufactured model that came to the market from the year 2000 till 2002 - the SL4 and it was from the high models of the Jackson guitars as they were made from alder or mahogany for the body-maple or mahogany for the necks but with two differences from the SL1 or the SL3 of Japan that were built late 1990s and early 2000s—the SL4 comes with 22 comfortable frets-humbucker pickups and Takeuchi JT 580 lp bridge units, as the model was coming in solid-trans-quilted maple finishes. Alongside the American lines of Jackson guitars there was other economic line—in prices—from 1987 till nowadays that called Pro lines for all Jackson models, and the top of these models in Soloist model were the 1990s models till 1996. The SLSMG The SLSMG (Super Lightweight Soloist MG) is the entry level Soloist model and belongs to Jackon's MG series guitars.
It features the design that is obligatory for any Soloist. Along with the discontinued U.S. Made SLS, the SLSMG is one of the few Soloist models not to feature the traditional pointed Jackson headstock with six inline tuners. Instead the headstock is fitted with a three tuners per side setup. Models released prior to July 2006 featured passive EMG HZ-H3 pickups while models released after this date are equipped with active EMG 81s and 85s in the bridge in the neck positions.
The SLSMG's carved body is made from mahogany. The string-thru design makes the SLSMG one of the few Soloists without a Floyd Rose tremolo. All SLSMGs are made in Japan. The Chicago MG Jackson briefly partnered with Washburn International with headquarters in Vernon Hills, Illinois and for a short time manufactured a version of the MG model on Elston Avenue in downtown Chicago. Additional models of the MG were imported for Washburn to Jackson's specifications. At that time, Jackson began to experiment with CNC equipment to customize the geometry of individual necks to the requirements of various artists.
Other MG components were precision CNC machined by a local stair manufacturer resulting in high precision, repeatable MG assemblies. SL4X The SL4X is based on a now discontinued Charvel '80's guitar. The SL4X has the Soloist body shape, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 24 frets, and dot inlays. The SL4X is distinct from other Soloists by having three single coil Seymour Designed Hot Rails pickups and is the only Soloist to have a pickguard. The SL4X comes in the colors of Daphne Blue, Bubblegum Pink, and Neon Orange in the spirit of the '80s.
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The Serial Number Charts Refer to USA-made Jackson & Charvel instruments only. The below information was taken directly from Jackson Guitars website. On Neck-Thru Body Models: The serial number is stamped into the fingerboard at the last fret. On Bolt-On Neck Models: The serial number is stamped into the neck plate. Models that are sold outside of the continental United States cannot be tracked using this serial number inquiry system. These models are shipped directly from the manufacturing plant to the distributor in your country and are not tracked here in the United States at Charvel. The history of these instruments are not known to Jackson since the were not shipped thru their facility and therefore cannot be tracked by Jackson's service staff in the United States.
Please contact your country's distributor for more information regarding these instruments.
Here are some pics of the one I have. It's a very sexy one. It's a Transparent Blue Jackson DK2S. I plan on upgrading the bridge and middle pickups with a Dimebucker and a Hot Rail. I want to start a Jackson and Ibanez collection.
I play this guitar through a Digitech RP250, Crate PowerBlock amp (which is very good for the price!!!!), and a Behringer BG412H Ultrastack cab (also awesome). I had the Behringer V-Ampire LX-1200H head but I didn't need a modeling amp so I sold it and bought the PowerBlock. And, I just upgraded to the Digitech RP250 from the RP100. Huge difference!!!!
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