Archtop Professional?

[Sergio]

The ultimate Archtop Soloist Pro:

Is it a rosewood board?? It's the best archtop Pro I have ever seen!!

[charvel750]

Yes, precisely it's a Brazilian rosewood board which is very similar to pau ferro wood in appearance. Brazil has the most uncommonly good rosewood in the world. Except for Jackson Custom Shop guitars, the LTD '91 was the only Brazilian rosewood fingerboard in production. But nothing beats the quality of the tops on those '91 LTD's. Almost every Soloist Pro I've seen (about 30) have decent tops, but not the kind that blow you over and knock your socks off!

[Daywalker]

How much are you willing to spend :-) ?

This is mine:

(it has a seymour duncan JB in it now but i have the original Jackson p'up)

[jackson1]

How is that more ultimate than the LTD '91 AT Pro? No abalone, no gold, no Reflex, no quilt top, etc.

I'm with Joe here His model even has body binding, both abalone AND MOP inlays and possibly the thickest bookmatched top on any Japanese made Jackson. At $2450 new, no wonder it has maxed out specs. No point in having a competition, though - all Archtop Professional's are to kill for (but I do like Mike's the most, LOL!)

[DonP]

How much are you willing to spend :-) ?

This is mine:

(it has a seymour duncan JB in it now but i have the original Jackson p'up)

:ROTF:

Sorry , that isn't an archtop professional. Be careful with your postings. It almost sounds like you are trying to spam, which is a violation of forum rules. Once you meet forum requirements, and are given access to the Classified forum, you can post it for sale in there.

[Sunbane]

He's been a member here a while though, so I suspect he was just joking.

[Daywalker]

:ROTF:

Sorry , that isn't an archtop professional. Be careful with your postings. It almost sounds like you are trying to spam, which is a violation of forum rules. Once you meet forum requirements, and are given access to the Classified forum, you can post it for sale in there.

Easy tiger - Im joking.

I have respected the rules of this board from the beginning and even tho i'd love to have the post-100-post priviledges - i refuse to fill this board with benign drivel to make up my post count like some newbies do.

This guitar is 1992 Dinky AR (archtop) Professional (MIJ).

I'm not an expert on guitars so apologies if it is not the type of "archtop professional" you guys are talking about it.

Geesh - when did the reception here get so frosty.... :-(

[emperor_black]

so, here is a Newbie question, does the SLSMG have a "Archtop" body type?

[Sunbane]

so, here is a Newbie question, does the SLSMG have a "Archtop" body type?

Yes, at least according to Jackson; MG Series SLSMG Super Lightweight Soloist™ : Mahogany carved-top body, mahogany neck (through body), compound radius ebony fingerboard", etc...

[Daywalker]

Yes, at least according to Jackson; MG Series SLSMG Super Lightweight Soloist™ : Mahogany carved-top body, mahogany neck (through body), compound radius ebony fingerboard", etc...

Do you fancy telling me where i went so wrong with thinking my guitar was an "archtop professional"?

Don't worry i don't embarass easily ;-)

I'm fairly certain its a 92 Dinky AR Pro, as i have seen it in the 92 catalog. what are you guys talking about...and maybe i can learn something

[Nazgul]

Do you fancy telling me where i went so wrong with thinking my guitar was an "archtop professional"?

Don't worry i don't embarass easily ;-)

I'm fairly certain its a 92 Dinky AR Pro, as i have seen it in the 92 catalog. what are you guys talking about...and maybe i can learn something

They are talking about ones that were neck-thru and had ebony and MOP sharkfins. Yours is a PRO too, but the cheaper version .

[Sunbane]

Or to be more precise; They're talking about the Soloist Archtop Pro...commonly referred to on this board as "Archtop Pro", or just "AT Pro". This construction was a set neck, 24.75" scale guitar with all the trimmings (bound neck, ebony fretboard, etc). And in my opinion, it should have been named SLAT Pro, because that's what it is.

Daywalker, I do agree with you that your guitar is also an "Archtop Professional". There's absolutely nothing wrong in that statement. It is inarguably a guitar from the Professional series, and it does have an archtop. Incidentally, both those characteristics also match the Soloist Archtop Pro. The people discussing the Soloist should have learnt to distinguish between "Pro" and "Professional". This is known here as "Proconfusion".

[Genebaby]

I own a cherry sunburst string-thru Archtop Pro. Mine has a thin flat neck.

BTW, there are 750s with both recessed and non-recessed trems out there.

Some 750's have a cutout behind the trem, but they are still not recessed. Neck angle is the same as 750's without the cutout. Just a variation in the model over it's production run.

[Sunbane]

Some 750's have a cutout behind the trem, but they are still not recessed. Neck angle is the same as 750's without the cutout. Just a variation in the model over it's production run.

Absolutely correct!

As far as I know, the early ones had the pull-up route, small bevels for the cutaways, and semi-recessed knobs. On the later ones, they ditched the pull-up route, made the bevels bigger and recessed the knobs further into the top. However, I'm not sure all those changes took place all at once, or if they were introduced one by one, over time.

[DonP]

Geesh - when did the reception here get so frosty.... :-(

What part of my post was so aweful? All I said was be careful.