A couple of cool scores

[Jim Shine]

I just picked these two beauties up. I thought the rest of you would like to see them.

The first is a 1985 Soloist Student with a cool graphic. This one is very clean. It is an easy 8.5 out of 10.


The next is a bolt on Jackson. The serial number places it to 1987. It has SG36 tuners, factory Floyd (not a JT6 nut), small control plate and flip-flop paint job. It changes from a plain Ferrari Red to a burgundy shade with platinum pearl.


Kudos to yogadork for the info on the Soloist Student when I couldn't be near a computer.

[~K~]

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Nice scores Jim,

That zebra is like Brad Kelly's "Bruce Kulick" soloist ...

[Jim Shine]

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Thanks!

Yeah, I see that now. When I saw it in person, I thought it looked odd. Yogadork was the one that told me who had a graphic like that. Looking at the archives here, a guy named Josh has a Custom version with a serial number extremely close to this one. Close enough that I would bet they were made at the same time.

[XXX]

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Where do i know that one from??????????/ hummm.. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[Manyaxes]

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Nice score Jim! I could kill Chris for letting you get the Soloist before me! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[XXX]

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lol

[Jim Shine]

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What kills me is that it was a walk in. I had my eyes peeled for these things and never saw one and this one pops up at Chris' booth. He cut me a great deal and I appreciate it. I see him at every Saratoga Springs show and the Philly shows and never realized until the other day it was the same store as the site I have visited numerous times.

Were you at the show?

[toejam]

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Sweet! [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] Great scores, Jim. [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[chrisgtr]

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You're quite welcome for flipping you the guitar. A little history on it: The same guitar showed up at my booth at the summer Philly show but we couldn't come to terms on a trade. I was very happy to see him bring it back to my booth at this show and I knew instantly that I was going to have it at any price; well, almost any. I bumped the trade value up significantly over our last meeting and he walked home with a nice Taylor 615 and I had a very cool San Dimas to add to my (temporary) collection. As you know, I was dying to bring that thing back home and put it up on my site but it was a question of "so many guitars, so little money..." In the end I picked up around 30 guitars at Philly but none are cooler than that Soloist. Best of luck with it and thanks again. Regards, Chris, www.chrisguitars.com

[Jim Shine]

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Cool to see you here on the forum! I thank you again and if I ever have anything you need down the road, I will treat you good.

For what its worth, that '85 Rhoads Custom black with gold pinstripes is KILLER. Someone should snag that one up quick.

[Manyaxes]

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I wasn't at the show but I listened to Chris' story intently as a tear rolled down my cheek! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[BLOOD SPLATTER]

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Wow!! Very nice scores Jim [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] !!Congrats bro [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img] !! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Chuck

[shreddermon]

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Damn! Nice ones, Jim. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Jim Shine]

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Thanks! I just cracked open the bolt on and the body is dated 9-10-86 with a work order # of 8179 (matched on body and neck). What is crazy is looking back there have been numbers in the "under 1505" catagory with later work order #'s, body dates, tuner styles and larger humbucker rings.