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I have had a few SL2HT's and it took me awhile to figure out I don't like the control layout. It feels too cramped to me. Maybe I'm nuts but that did it for me.
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"I have so much gayness at times. My wife walks in my music room, and there I am, in my undies, listening to "Sister Christian" while lighting fireworks..doin' blow." - Bill Z
"I leave off the back plate and pinch my forskin between the tension springs. That may not work for everyone. But I find that the people love it. Half the tone is in the pud." - Bill Z -
I love the soloists. I love all my neck-thru's but also, to me the soloist shape is just sexy as hell.Hardware: all black, all the time.Comment
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Guitars are a personal choice so what people like is what they like. I have been playing professionally since 1964. I was into vintage Les Pauls from 1967 through 1984 and had loads of them. They did it for me until a friend who owned a music store spotted me in his place to get some picks. He told me I just had to try these new guitars he had and I was polite and did.
The guitars he wanted me to check out were Jacksons and I fell in love on the spot with the Soloist. I bought one that day and a couple more during '84-'86. The only one I bought that I didn't like was one of the earliest archtops. I prefer a Kahler to a Floyd, and that was the real issues I had with the archtop.
Like I said, guitars are a personal choice. For me, the Soloist is it. With the right pickups it's equal or better than anything I have played, and I have owned a played a lot.Last edited by 1fastdog; 09-04-2011, 06:58 AM.Comment
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I like Soloists but not the ATs. As beautiful as they are they just don't sound right to me. Too much maple I guess...Comment
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I've never played a soloist tbh, never even seen one in person. :O I live in the boonies tho. But, I prefer bolt on necks usually, and more specifically,non painted necks. Painted necks just drive me insane. I understand you can just sand the paint off, I just did it to an epiphone. But it was a $400 guitar, not a $2000 guitar. I would feel like I was committing a crime if I sanded the neck of a soloist.I'm going to give you the keys to the LamborghiniComment
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I played bolt-on's for decades. Only been playing neckthru's since 2008. Whenever I try a bolt-on in a shop, I don't like it. I will have to get used to playing both if I want to make use of a Roland guitar synth, as I can't afford both a USA Soloist and a synth at the same time.Fuck ebay, fuck paypal
"Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).Comment
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Howdy fastdog! With those years you could very well be our "elder statesman" of the JCF!Originally posted by 1fastdog View Post
You may be in your mid 60s, good sir?
A great history & review; let's see pics of your "vintage" Soloists!"Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)Comment
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I'd really like to hear how these older soloists compare to the new, especially the feel of the neck!!!! My future goal is to get a custom shop soloist, with the only custom option being the neck dimensions of a DK1. Seriously, I wouldn't change anything else.....just a black SL2H with a slightly different neck. I really wish Jackson USA would offer neck options on stock models to avoid HUGE custom shop fees for such minor adjustments.Comment
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I'll take an older soloist any day.Love a top mount floyd or flat mount Kahler.Its all about neck angle to me.
The SL2H with a recessed trem does nothing for me.Really? well screw Mark Twain.Comment
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Stalker!Originally posted by Twitch View Post
"Got a crazy feeling I don't understand,
Gotta get away from here.
Feelin' like I shoulda kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear..."Comment
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buy a Soloist and have a luthier reshape the neck? might be a cheaper & faster routeOriginally posted by lynchfan6 View PostHail yesterdayComment
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I tried that route before I sold my SL2H. I contacted several, and they all refused to take the risk unless it was a multi piece neck.Comment
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I can't afford a USA Soloist over here in the UK, but my SL3 is far and away the best guitar I've ever owned or even played. Best sounding and best playing too, it's actually so good I find it hard to believe a USA version could possibly be any better.Comment
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I have a DKMG, a DK2M, two RR1:s and a CS SL1 and for different reasons I like them all,
but if i had to choose only one it would have be the CS SL1.
It's just a great allround guitar that plays exceptionally well.
Then again if I had a SL2H with the exact same specs as my SL1 except for the pickup
config. I would probably liked that one even better.Comment
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