Soloist Variation Question?

[Big Al]

Has Jackson ever made a production or at least limited production Solosit with body and neck binding?
I have a non-Jackson guitar with a natural (non-painted) flamed maple top, ebony fretboad, H-H configuration, FR, satin gold hardware and body/neck binding. It's one of those guitars that takes my breath away every time I open the case. Would like to find something similar in a Soloist but (for me) a big thing that makes the non-Jackson guitar is the body binding.
Did they ever make a non-custom SL2 with body and neck binding?

[neilli]

The only US made bound body production Soloists were the SLAT series (archtop, 22 fret, string thru)..

[Ward]

neilli, is this custom similar to the production SLAT series? (I'm not familiar with the specs on those)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JACKSON-SOLOIST-ARCHTOP-SLATQ-USA-CUSTOM-SHOP-GUITAR-W-OHSC-VERY-RARE-/150814972411?pt=Guitar&hash=item231d45d9fb

Might give Big Al some idea what he would be looking at...

[neilli]

Yeah, very similar. So much so that (unless I'm missing something), it is a production guitar. The name was SL (soloist) AT (archtop) Q (quilt) and then a suffix for the pickups: H for humbucker, M for mini hums and I can't recall what the P90 one was, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was P.

[Big Al]

I have been doing some searching but I cannot find anything that quite fits the bill.
I am just on a big high with the Soloist. I thought I was more of a "bolt on neck" kinda guy but recently I have beeen playing my soloists more and more. I have a couple of SL1's with graphics and one that is an amber sunburst. I would like to get a sunburst or natural SL2 but I am looking for something a little different...that's why I am asking about the body binding.
How about any limited productions through MF?

[toejam]

The only US made bound body production Soloists were the SLAT series (archtop, 22 fret, string thru)..

Technically, they didn't really have binding. I believe they had the edges taped off so the natural wood showed through on the sides so it looked similar to being bound.

[neilli]

Good point Joe - wasn't really thinking of that, but yeah, they're not really 'bound' as such...