What's so dinky about an Adrian Smith??

[Axewielder]

OK I did a close comparison between a photo of an Adrian Smith and a Jackson Strat, both resized to the same scale. The Adrian Smith is clearly a full size Strat. However, the Music Zoo and Guitar Center call it a "Dinky". Jackson also refers to it a "San Dimas DK"...and everyone knows DK's (i.e. the DK1 and DK2) are dinky's. Confusing? :think:

[Misanthrope[ALWT]]

that is quite perplexing.. i've always wondered why they called it a dinky when it seemed so much more like a strat to me.. the specs in question do match up, so i'm not sure. if they call it a DK merely because it's a bolt on and it's not a Charvel, that's shameful. Maybe they just thought if they threw on a "DK" it'd look less like a Charvel with a "Jackson" thrown on the headstock...?

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Yeah, I think it is just because Jackson didn't want to have a "whole other category" for one damn guitar. If you look at jacksonguitars.com, the Dinky category is all of the bolt-on Strat-style guitars (which all happen to be Dinkys) and then there's the Soloist.

Rather than stick the AS sig on its own as a whole separate "Strat" category they just fudged and called it a Dinky.

It's a full-size Strat, I'm sure of it.

[Misanthrope[ALWT]]

Yeah, I think it is just because Jackson didn't want to have a "whole other category" for one damn guitar

that's what i feared their motivation was.. i think that's a little wierd though, it's just very nitpicky. i mean, the concert bass series only has two models, and nobody's throwing a fit.. it'd probably boost sales anyway if next NAMM or something they unveiled a strat line, haha.. but that isn't too short of ridiculous, considering that whole "Charvel exists" thing.

[Axewielder]

Well if you look at the catalogs from the 80's, they clearly differentiated between Dinkys and Strats.

I blame Fender!

[Misanthrope[ALWT]]

hahaha ahhh, FMIC.. the perfect scapegoat for all your Jackson troubles

[Grandturk]

It's a full-size Strat, I'm sure of it.

It is... And it's fabulous.

I think of it as a San Dimas. Jackson has been using that designation on all of its full-sized Strat bodied guitars lately. The DK designation of course is misleading.

[Dukeman5]

Adrian Smith Dinky

I just got one of these. The difference between this body and my Jeff Beck strat is the body radius. The edges on the strat are rounder and not as sharp. The Adrian Smith body is exactly like the Charvel. I agree that this is not a true dinky. I had 3 custom guitars made in 87 & 88 that were a smaller body with a sharp body edge. These were the same bodies that were used on the tobacco burst Charvel Ltd Ed's in 88. They were awesome dinkys and can be seen on the Jackson website in the catalog archives.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

It's also the body that Charvel uses for Warren's new snakeskin signature guitar... The 22-fret Dinky.

[Axewielder]

It's also the body that Charvel uses for Warren's new snakeskin signature guitar... The 22-fret Dinky.

Arrrrrrgh!

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Arrrrrrgh!

No, I meant Warren's is like the '88 22-fret Dinky body. If that is what you are arrrgh'ing about.

[Grim]

Are Dinkies actually smaller than soloists? (i.e. DK1 vs SL1)

I've never noticed it.

[toejam]

Are Dinkies actually smaller than soloists? (i.e. DK1 vs SL1)

I've never noticed it.

Dinkies and Soloists are the same... they're both 7/8 scale of a full-sized Strat.

[mccullpl]

I assumed it was because they cant use the word "Strat", but why they didn't just leave it as "San Dimas" instead of adding the DK, I don't know...

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Probably didn't want to blur the line between Charvel and Jackson, which is understandable considering the AS "Dinky" is a Charvel San Dimas with a Jackson label on it.