dinkys size

[jinx]

i guess i never relized they where smaller but how much smaller are they than say a regualar jackson or even an ibanez rg?

[toejam]

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What do you mean by regular Jackson? A Soloist body is the same size as a Dinky. They're 7/8 smaller than a Strat-type body, which really isn't much bigger anyway.

[Budman68]

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Originally posted by toejam:
They're 7/8 smaller than a Strat-type body, which really isn't much bigger anyway.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True, they basically just "cut" off the rounded edges of a strat..... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]


Dave->

[Tekky]

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This picture shows you the two bodies next to each other. The snakeskin (full sized strat) is a tad larger than the other guitars around it. (Dinkies and Soloists)

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** Credit for the picutre goes to Charveljunkie. Congrats on snagging that Snakeskin!!!

[toejam]

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Originally posted by budman68:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by toejam:
They're 7/8 smaller than a Strat-type body, which really isn't much bigger anyway.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True, they basically just "cut" off the rounded edges of a strat..... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Dave-> </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, basically. And just made the cutaways a little deeper.

[jinx]

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thanks guys for the info(and the pics)so i wonder if my rg is smaller than standard strats? i know its jacksons tradmark i assume but we all know how the guitar world is everyone takes everyones ideas

[Budman68]

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Originally posted by toejam:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by budman68:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by toejam:
They're 7/8 smaller than a Strat-type body, which really isn't much bigger anyway.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True, they basically just "cut" off the rounded edges of a strat..... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Dave-> </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, basically. And just made the cutaways a little deeper. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, that's it..... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Sorry, I'm in a weird mood, I'm gonna go mow my freakin lawn now....... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]


Dave->

[jinx]

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well i just put the charvel up and there basically the same size besides the cutways of course

[Toby]

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Once I downloaded this pic from ebay. It shows 1:1 scale body diagrams which have been enclosed to the Jackson catalogs in the late 1980s.

You can see the Jackson Vintage style which means full size Strat body and Dinky style. I compared the Strat body diagram with my Charvel Strats and with my Fender 1979 Stratocaster, and all guitars exactly match with the diagram. The Dinky is 7/8 of the Strat body. There is also to mention that there are 22 frets and 24 frets Dinkys, and that the 24 fret Dinkys have longer cutaways than the 22 fret Dinkys.

[VitaminG]

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that's cool Toby. That pic should have its own post stickied in the Tech section.

[speed monkey]

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Way cool diagram shot...I got a tracing from GMW today showing how the new Dinky bodies are even more cut out in the upper bouts than the "vintage" version...further evolution. The overall outline is the same, but the horns are slimmer, access is increased and it appears the heal is in a different place - this too on a body that will accept a 22 fret neck.

Steve E

[Toby]

Re: dinkys size

Originally posted by VitaminG:
that's cool Toby. That pic should have its own post stickied in the Tech section.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think this diagrams are from the 1988 Jackson catalog. Unfortunately I don't have a 1988 Jackson catalog. But I own a 1987 Jackson catalog. It also contains the 1:1 scale body diagrams for Strat (but only full size "vintage style", not Dinky style), Soloist, Rhoads and Concert bass. I scanned the Strat body diagram and vectorized it for use in vectorized design software (Corel Draw). I didn't scan the other diagram, because of it's a lot of work to scan the diagram section by section, putting the sections together and then vectorizing.

[Miffy rules]

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The horn of a dinky also seems a bit thinner and longer than that of a vintage strat.

[Number Of The Priest]

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AlexL may be able to use that picture to make a Jackson Strat body thing for his JCF Custom Shop Generator! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Toby]

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Originally posted by Number Of The Priest:
AlexL may be able to use that picture to make a Jackson Strat body thing for his JCF Custom Shop Generator! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think, this diagrams (Strat + Dinky body and also other body styles) are usefull for many custom shop customer. I needed the Strat body diagram for my own custom order and I will need it for future custom orders as well. That was the reason why I scanned and vectorized it in many hours. The quality is not absolutely perfect, but I don't have a better vectorizing tool. Mybe, somewhere in the future I will re-vectorize the body outlines, and draw the other graphic elements lime the FR by myself instead of vectorizing it from the scan.
What I still miss are diagrams of the headstocks, or better complete diagrams of the complete guitars.

In the 1980s (when Jackson was only a custom shop), Jackson enclosed the diagrams to the catalogs.
It would be great, if Jackson would still provide these diagrams to the custom shop customers. Maybe they could offer the diagrams as download (the best in a vectorized format to use in graphics software) on the website.