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Real, modded, or a total rework job? I am not sure. Serial number J0130 is logged as a "Strat" with with red and black bullseye graphic and Kahler trem. The oddity is serial number J0132 is for the exact guitar, same specs even same work order #. Both serials completed July 1984. The guitar appears in its current state (only change has been the knobs, they were painted to match the body like the rest of the hardware in the pic) in the November 1984 issue of guitar world. Since the magazine came out in October, it is safe to assume the picture and article were submitted by late August or very early September 1984, so perhaps less than two months after production.
The guitar features painted hardware, meaning bridge, tuners, locknut (originally) knobs, pickup cover and ring. The side dots are also painted to match the body. The face dots are white side dot material. It has a factory Floyd Rose, and never had anything else. The neck ply seams are visable and some areas were factory cleaned out around the arm socket area of the bridge and the wood is solid, not filled and or capped. The body has a round Strat bevel on the back and more squared off Soloist edge on the face. The body outline is like a Soloist except for the horns, which are Strat style.
The body color is a silver metallic with a very light red pearl overcoat that is impossible to get a picture of. The one mod I am sure done to this outside of the factory was for the Gresco Verytone preamp as the article in the Guitar World mag was all about electronics mods to make the guitars more versatile.
So, do I think it is real? Yeah, except for the Verytone I think it was something Bob had cooked up by the Charvel/Jackson crew. Looking at one of his others Soloists and it is evident he was eccentric.
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