Greetings to all! This is my first post although i've been reading the forum for awhile.
I live in Portugal, and i recently bought a DK2 in Transparent Black (new, one of the last ones that i could find in Europe), that i've been drooling for so long. A really sexy and gorgeous guitar.
It happens that, a couple of weeks later, i found this awesome Elite Soloist in TBK: http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/produ...rent_black.asp
Wow!!! Now i'm having buyers remorse... for just 200 Euros more i could have a MIJ Soloist, with a real Floyd.
Now... What do i do?! First let me put this in perspective. I don't have a band and i just play at home for fun. The DK2 server me very well. It plays great (just as good as my Ibanez Jem 7VWH) and i'm very happy with it. But i always dreamed a Jackson (that now i have), Soloist preferably (that would be awesome).
Being completly rational, the Soloist would not allow me to play any better than what i play on the DK2: i don't play that much on the upper frets (and the DK2 high register fret access is fine with me) and i don't use/abuse that much the tremolo. It's just the psychological factor of having a neck-thru Jackson Soloist that is bugging me (keep in mind that i've never played a Soloist)...
So, what do you think? Is a MIJ Soloist really a better guitar than a MIJ Dinky (in this case a DK2)? The Soloist always seemed to me like a more "high end" guitar than a Dinky and i'm always thinking i have a lesser guitar... I know rationally that i have a quality MIJ guitar, very well made, great pickups, etc. But do you think this Soloist is so much better than a regular DK2, enough to justify selling the DK2 to buy this limited Soloist? Is a DK2 really an inferior guitar than this new Elite Soloist?
Just want to hear your opinions.
Thank you!
I live in Portugal, and i recently bought a DK2 in Transparent Black (new, one of the last ones that i could find in Europe), that i've been drooling for so long. A really sexy and gorgeous guitar.
It happens that, a couple of weeks later, i found this awesome Elite Soloist in TBK: http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/produ...rent_black.asp
Wow!!! Now i'm having buyers remorse... for just 200 Euros more i could have a MIJ Soloist, with a real Floyd.
Now... What do i do?! First let me put this in perspective. I don't have a band and i just play at home for fun. The DK2 server me very well. It plays great (just as good as my Ibanez Jem 7VWH) and i'm very happy with it. But i always dreamed a Jackson (that now i have), Soloist preferably (that would be awesome).
Being completly rational, the Soloist would not allow me to play any better than what i play on the DK2: i don't play that much on the upper frets (and the DK2 high register fret access is fine with me) and i don't use/abuse that much the tremolo. It's just the psychological factor of having a neck-thru Jackson Soloist that is bugging me (keep in mind that i've never played a Soloist)...
So, what do you think? Is a MIJ Soloist really a better guitar than a MIJ Dinky (in this case a DK2)? The Soloist always seemed to me like a more "high end" guitar than a Dinky and i'm always thinking i have a lesser guitar... I know rationally that i have a quality MIJ guitar, very well made, great pickups, etc. But do you think this Soloist is so much better than a regular DK2, enough to justify selling the DK2 to buy this limited Soloist? Is a DK2 really an inferior guitar than this new Elite Soloist?
Just want to hear your opinions.
Thank you!
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