1984 Soloist (pics)

[Immortal]

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Uh, helluwa piece! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Surge]

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Great guitar and a totally cool website!

[xenophobe]

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The pics look so pristine... still, that's a very cool guitar.

[Jim Shine]

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Yeah, the pics look cleaner than in real life. My camera is only 2 megapixels, so the quality isn't that great.

[xenophobe]

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If that's the majority of the wear and tear, she's holding up really well. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[guitarshredder]

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[markschuler]

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Jim,
This is "that guy" selling that other Bob Davis soloist. I would love for you to consider it for your collection. Perhaps we can work something out if it doesn't sell on the bay. I purchased it from jcguitars in April for 2k, but am not playing my painted neck guitars at all. I have an '87 bolt-on Jackson that I play most often and I can't get used to this guitar. Let me know. I apologize if this breaks the "non-selling junior member rule", but I would love to get this guitar to a member of the family, someone who would love and appreciate it. I will send more pics, if you like.
Mark Schuler
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[Greg Crowe]

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I'd be real curious to hear more info on the one Mark is selling now. That guitar looks so "non-Jackson". Jackson endorsee guitars are all serialized and I've never heard of one being sent out without a serial number.

Jim, that silver one is AWESOME!!!! Yogadork has a similar one in red with a Kahler.

[markschuler]

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Greg,
What is so "non-Jackson" about my guitar? It is very unusual, but that is its charm. Neck-through mahogany, with a flamed fretboard. Smaller than Soloist body, no covers on the truss or trem cavity, but other than that it screams Jackson. I am not sure where the serial number should be. It is not at the end of the fretboard and there are no markings in the trem cavity. I am certain it is a Jackson, though.
Mark

[BLOOD SPLATTER]

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Greg,check out www.jacksonmuseum.com,that red soloist with the Kahlers new home!!

[Greg Crowe]

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Greg,check out www.jacksonmuseum.com,that red soloist with the Kahlers new home!!

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That sucks!!!!!!! Yoga beat me out on that one on eBay about 3-4 years ago.

Mark, the body is what I'm referring to as "non-Jackson" but you're right, there is much to that guitar that screams "Jackson". The strangest part is the lack of serial number. Jackson pretty much always put serial number on artist guitars. It's very interesting to look at the first few log pages of Jackson serial numbers and see how many well-known artists are actually listed in the logs. I'm just curious to hear it's story since it's so out-of-the-norm. (By the way, still having electronics problems with the Soloist I got from you).

[j2379]

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as far as faking neckthrus Ed Roman has been faking neckthrus for over 2 decades now.

[Metalcop]

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That Bob Davis must have been some weird dude. A lot of the features on these guitars make absolutely no sense? What is the idea of painting the tuners, pickups and Floyd? How about the giant oversized cavity on the ebay guitar, yet relatively simple electronics on the face? Makes me think that Davis would intentionally think up the strangest things to ask Jackson for to put on his endorsee (read *free) guitars! lol

[xenophobe]

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Endorsees, unless they were like Dave Mustaine or Eddie Van Halen, didn't get their guitars for free... they got them at cost, which is lower than dealer cost.

[Metalcop]

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Not according to the late, great Robbin Crosby. He related a story of going in to the Jackson factory, specifically Grover Jacksons office, to pick up several custom guitars, I believe they were Firebirds by this time period. Anyway, he pulled out his checkbook to write Grover a check, and GJ told him to put it away, since Robbin and Ratt were selling a sh*t load of guitars for him. I think that this was gone over in that audio interview on Robb Lane's old site. I do know that Vivian Campbell has said that he didn't get any free guitars, as did Marc Ferrari and Bryan Jay. I guess that it just depended on your status as an endorsee.