Good Years?

[nonamemx]

Im looking into buying a used/vintage Dinky. What are good years? years where the quality was high, ect.

what are some years to stay away from?

[Manyaxes]

Re: Good Years?

As long as it says "Made in USA", your golden. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Good Years?

The good years for used USA Dinkys are 1986-2004, so that should narrow it down for you.

I'd avoid Dinkys whose serial numbers show a build date prior to 1986, as it's probably a Soloist that had its neck cut off and bolted on.

Newc

[nonamemx]

Re: Good Years?

So, would a, say, an 85' USAsoloist or dinky be as good as a new 2004 USA soloist or dinky?

[txcharvel]

Re: Good Years?

I'd avoid Dinkys whose serial numbers show a build date prior to 1986, as it's probably a Soloist that had its neck cut off and bolted on.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]

[StukaJU87]

Re: Good Years?

Originally posted by Newc:

I'd avoid Dinkys whose serial numbers show a build date prior to 1986, as it's probably a Soloist that had its neck cut off and bolted on.

Newc

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newc man, you are too much! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[shreddermon]

Re: Good Years?

Originally posted by Newc:
I'd avoid Dinkys whose serial numbers show a build date prior to 1986, as it's probably a Soloist that had its neck cut off and bolted on.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I get the joke, Newc. But - sorry bro - for the newbie's benefit, the info. is inaccurate.

Dinkys were made prior to '86. I believe the first ones appeared around '83 or '84-ish. Mostly Charvels then, but there were probably some Jacksons, too.

[Newc]

Re: Good Years?

'83 or '84 would be a Strat, not a Dinky. The Dinky ("bolt-on Soloist" with 7/8 Strat size body) was not introduced until around '86, IIRC.
I could be mistooken, of course, but I have not seen (or do not recall seeing) a Dinky model dated prior to '86 (Ontario).

Newc

[shreddermon]

Re: Good Years?

[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I'm pretty sure I know the difference between a Strat body and a Dinky, Newc. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Sorry, bro, but you are quite "mistooken". Take a look through the Charvel Central gallery or Tracy's site www.usacharvels.com. There are pre-'86 Charvel Dinkys in both.

[Dave L]

Re: Good Years?

But in any case, regardless of when Dinkys actually surfaced for the first time, you can´t go wrong with an american-made Jackson [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Jim Shine]

Re: Good Years?

Was the shape called 'dinky' at the factory pre-'86?

[shreddermon]

Re: Good Years?

Originally posted by Jim Shine:
Was the shape called 'dinky' at the factory pre-'86?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Absolutely. Tracy's web site is so cool, he even has pics of work orders for his axes. Here's one from '83:
Dinky work order

Note the body description.

[xenophobe]

Re: Good Years?

I thought the term "dinky strat" refered to the Soloists in early 83... I know that the first run of them were logged in as "dinky strats", and the term Soloist didn't appear somewhere in the higher J02xx range.

[shreddermon]

Re: Good Years?

I suspect that, early on, the term "Dinky Strat" was used to denote the body style generically. Didn't matter whether the guitar was a neck-through or bolt-on.

Or, to put it another way, it wasn't until later on when a true "model" was denoted that neck-through Dinkys were given the name Soloists.

...A bit of conjecture going on here, obviously.

[Newc]

Re: Good Years?

You keep pointing out Charvel (USA, obviously) Dinky Strats, but given the fact that the guy was asking about "used" Dinkys, I doubt he's going to fork over $5000 for a San Dimas Charvel, so he must be looking for a Jackson (logo) Dinky.

Newc