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I've always thought "Dinky" was a horrible name. As a kid, our playground name for our private parts was "dink".
The definition of "dinky" on Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dinky?s=t) is:
Yes, I am aware it was originally "Dinky Strat" to denote the fact that this new (at the time) superstrat shape was 7/8ths the size of a Strat body. But couldn't they think of another name to denote the slimmed-down, refined shape? While smaller, the Dinky guitar is not necessarily informal, unimportant, unimpressive, nor shabby.
At least the other original shapes were named after (or were a nod to) significant persons: Rhoads, Double Rhoads, King V, and Kelly. The Warrior (which came later) and the Soloist are cool and appropriate names.
Guess it's too late and we're stuck with it, the same way Leo Fender called his vibrato bridge a "tremolo" system, and the tremolo circuit on his amps "vibrato" effect.
The definition of "dinky" on Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dinky?s=t) is:
Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby:
We stayed in a dinky old hotel.
We stayed in a dinky old hotel.
At least the other original shapes were named after (or were a nod to) significant persons: Rhoads, Double Rhoads, King V, and Kelly. The Warrior (which came later) and the Soloist are cool and appropriate names.
Guess it's too late and we're stuck with it, the same way Leo Fender called his vibrato bridge a "tremolo" system, and the tremolo circuit on his amps "vibrato" effect.
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