What does "DINKY" mean?

[Terestron]

Just curious..what does "DINKY" stand for?

[toejam]

Smaller/downsized. A Dinky (bolt-on) and Soloist (neck-thru) bodies are 7/8" the size of a regular Strat body.

[ADR]

Like he said "Dinky".. used in a sentence: My,that thing looks dinky (small). Pix a STRAT body, well the Dinky body is as toejam stated 7/8 that size.The horns are thinner if you have'nt noticed.Looks more refined.
Hope that helps.

[Terestron]

Oh..OK..good to know....no wonder they feel so good in my hands....

Thanks!

[Postal]

I placed a dinky template right on top of a strat body once for comparison.

The dinky outside shape was identical to the strat where the edge rounding started. Except the lower cutaway is opened up a little for better fret access as well. The rounding on the strat is a 1/2" radius bit..... so pull off 1/2" all the way around, plus open up the lower cutaway... and ya gots a dinky.

[Chad]

dinky defined: Of small size or consequence; insignificant.

Seems like "dinky" was an overly exaggerated name. 7/8 size is hardly "dinky". 1/8 size....now that would truly be dinky.

Stupid name for a guitar IMO....overly exaggerated and doesn't sound very "manly".

[Cygnus X1]

Funny...when I describe my homemade Bich, I don't call it a "Dinky Bich"...Mini Bich sounds much better.

[Postal]

Funny...when I describe my homemade Bich, I don't call it a "Dinky Bich"...Mini Bich sounds much better.

Gottsta love that name "PMS bich!" though! Too funny!

[toejam]

dinky defined: Of small size or consequence; insignificant.

Seems like "dinky" was an overly exaggerated name. 7/8 size is hardly "dinky". 1/8 size....now that would truly be dinky.

Stupid name for a guitar IMO....overly exaggerated and doesn't sound very "manly".

It is a little exaggerated, but what can you do? They also called Dan Spitz's Rhoads a Dinky Rhoads. When Jackson then put the downsized Rhoads into production, they called it the XTRR (Extreme Rhoads).