Question about the Custom Shop's Dinkys and Soloists....

[KE2KV2Rules]

ok, i was looking at the Custom Shop Quote form at the official site today and I noticed the first thing you have to decide is what type of guitar or bass you want. Neck Thru or Bolt on so forth. skip a few steps and you get to choose what body. Kelly, King V, Warrior, Rhoads, Death Angel and so forth.

here's what puzzles me. isnt a Dinky basically a bolted on Soloist? so isnt the body exactly the same?

so if i custom ordered a "Dinky Neck Thru" wouldnt that be a soloist, and reverse, if i ordered a Soloist Bolt on wouldnt that be a Dinky?

sounds weird to me.

[kuerbo]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

The Soloist body is bigger than the Dinky. That's my understanding at least.

[Jim Shine]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

The form is redundant in that example, but thats not the only place. How any times do you need to specify headstock direction?

[jonsgon]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

no, i think the soloist and the dinky body are the same, a 7/8th strat size if i'm not mistaken

jon

[Toby]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

Originally posted by xenophobe:
They're RELATIVELY the same size. Of course, in the early days, I think both used different router jigs, but am not positive.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think the first time when the Dinky appeared was in the 1994/1995 catalog. The catalog says the Dinky is the bolt-on version of the Soloist.

[RacerX]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

Originally posted by Toby:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by xenophobe:
They're RELATIVELY the same size. Of course, in the early days, I think both used different router jigs, but am not positive.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think the first time when the Dinky appeared was in the 1994/1995 catalog. The catalog says the Dinky is the bolt-on version of the Soloist. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Try 1992, when they were first called Dinkys. Earlier catalogs referred to them as "Vintage Style".

[Chuckracer]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

BZZZZZT! Wrong-o, Mr. Know-it-all!

In '86, the Dinky was first mentioned as an offical Jackson model, however, it was available as a Charvel as early as '81.

Have a seat.

[mulder1966]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

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[Thoraby]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

RacerX got

by Chuckracer.

/Master of the obvious

[Chuckracer]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

By '93 the Dinky had become a 24 fret with the same shape as the Soloist, essentially a bolt on Soloist.

[Jim Shine]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

A 22 fret Dinky body will be slightly larger than a Soloist (well, it will be a hair longer, not wider). A Dinky 24 body is just about identical.

[ November 01, 2003, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: Jim Shine ]

[npacheco]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

My understanding is that the Dinky and Soloist are the same size (7/8 strat). I think your thinking is correct as to ordering a bolt-on soloist being a dinky and a neck-thru dinky being a soloist. It's just the nature of creating a generic form for custom ordering. I'm sure a newbie or two has done just that...ordered a bolt-on dinky, basically paying a custom price for a USA Soloist [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] .

[Jim Shine]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

I had a 1989 "Dinky 24", which was ofcourse a 24 fret Dinky. Was 1993 a year where they made the 24 frets standard on the Dinky rather than the previously more common 22 frets?

[xenophobe]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

They're RELATIVELY the same size. Of course, in the early days, I think both used different router jigs, but am not positive.

[RacerX]

Re: Question about the Custom Shop\'s Dinkys and Soloists....

Originally posted by Chuckracer:
In '86, the Dinky was first mentioned as an offical Jackson model,

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">in catalogs? [img]graemlins/brow.gif[/img]