Adrian Smith Sig

[bombtek]

Anyone else notice that the ASDK really doesn't look all that much like a DK?

I went to the Jackson website and compared a DK1 and the ASDK side by side photos. The DK1 has that classic dinky shape. The ASDK looks a HELL of a lot more like a regular Strat than a dinky. Look at the lower and upper horns on the guitars side by side, then pull up a 3rd pic. This time of a full size strat. See what I mean?

[wilkinsi]

The difference in body shape is obvious. I prefer the real Dinky, so I'm inclined to buy a DK1 rather than an Adrian Smith strat. I've never liked the feel of a Fender Strat (I owned a Strat copy as a teenager).

[bombtek]

The difference in body shape is obvious. I prefer the real Dinky, so I'm inclined to buy a DK1 rather than an Adrian Smith strat. I've never liked the feel of a Fender Strat (I owned a Strat copy as a teenager).

That's what I was getting at. The AS seems closer to a strat than a dinky. It is definitely different than a regular strat, you can see that it is, but it seems even more different than a dinky.

[wilkinsi]

Mind you, the JS-1 looked more like a strat than a dinky IMO. It's the feel of the neck I don't like... and I like my guitars POINTY!

[tomanyjacksons]

Makes a person wonder if he couldn't get a Fender endorsement, so he went to Jackson for a deal and said I would rather have a Fender.lol

[Dog Boy]

I hope this isn't the begining of the end...

[Grandturk]

Its a "San Dimas DK."

Which is basically a Charvel "Strat" body, which is basically a Fender Stratocaster body with a sharper (more square) corner radius around the sides. If you bought a Charvel or a Jackson bolt-on between a certain period of years, you were getting a Charvel Strat body, essentially.

Different versions of Dinky bodies appeared in the early to mid 80's, but until the later 80's or so, Jackson Strats were the norm for bolt ons until the Dinky took over.



I'm assuming today they call it a "San Dimas Dinky" because they can't use "Strat."

Makes a person wonder if he couldn't get a Fender endorsement, so he went to Jackson for a deal and said I would rather have a Fender.lol

Doubtful since A. its the same company and B. He's been endorsed by Fender for like 10 years at least.

[bombtek]

[QUOTE=Grandturk;1291597]Its a "San Dimas DK."

Which is basically a Charvel "Strat" body, which is basically a Fender Stratocaster body with a sharper (more square) corner radius around the sides. If you bought a Charvel or a Jackson bolt-on between a certain period of years, you were getting a Charvel Strat body, essentially.

Different versions of Dinky bodies appeared in the early to mid 80's, but until the later 80's or so, Jackson Strats were the norm for bolt ons until the Dinky took over.

I'm assuming today they call it a "San Dimas Dinky" because they can't use "Strat." [QUOTE]

OK makes a whole lot more sense now. I've just never seen it advertised as a San Dimas DK. Or if I had, I didn't pay attention to it. When I see a Jackson guitar advertised as a DK, I expect to see the DK1/Soloist shape that has become Jackson's strat. It just threw me off, and I couldn't figure out how they determined it to be a dinky.

I knew about the 80's Jackson bolt-ons basically being a full size strat and I had never heard of them being referred to as a Jackson or San Dimas dinky.

Thanks Turk.

[Grandturk]

I knew about the 80's Jackson bolt-ons basically being a full size strat and I had never heard of them being referred to as a Jackson or San Dimas dinky.

Oh let's be clear - they really didn't. They used to just call them "Strats" and "Dinky Strats" for a long time.

I guess, according to this catalog, around 89 or so, they referred to them as "Vintage Style" and "Dinky Style" :

http://audiozone.dk/cm/displayimage.php?album=37&pos=6

http://audiozone.dk/cm/displayimage.php?album=37&pos=5

Whereas you can see in 87, they were calling it Jackson Strat Body:

http://audiozone.dk/cm/displayimage.php?album=22&pos=20

Anyway, since Jackson can't use "Strat," I guess they made up "San Dimas DK" as a reference to the guitars they made back in the day - namely, Strats. Interesting to think about, this : You've got the Charvel San Dimas (no pickguard strat), and the Charvel SoCal (pickguarded strat)... shouldn't it really be the Adrian Smith SoCal?

[tomanyjacksons]

The former post was purely for giggle sake. lol

[RR666]

Interesting to think about, this : You've got the Charvel San Dimas (no pickguard strat), and the Charvel SoCal (pickguarded strat)... shouldn't it really be the Adrian Smith SoCal?

Intersting, i never even thought about that, but that would make more sense.

[bombtek]

It should be something other than the Adrian Smith Dinky. Not saying it should be called the Adrian Smith So-Cal as the So-Cal is a Charvel product. But the AS is not a dinky in any way shape or form.

[bombtek]

I personally would have called it simply Adrain Smith Signature. But I'm a boring guy anyways

[Grandturk]

But the AS is not a dinky in any way shape or form.

That's only because you have a very narrow, modern interpretation of what a "Dinky" is. I'm open to all forms of dinkies, be they big, small, red, blue, white...

[neilli]

Ultimately, it's purely a naming issue from FMIC.

The AS guitars are not Dinkys in any convention J/C way. They are strats. The bodies just have the 'harder' edge radius of an SD Charvel. And yes, there were (a few) SD Charvel Dinkys but the AS silhouette is typical of an SD Charvel strat body (and those weren't referred to as Dinkys).