What is this soloist?

[adrenaline junkie]

I've had it for a little while, but I know NOTHING about it. The Serial number is; J5764 which is a 1990 Custom according to Jacksons site. I bought it because I like maple fretboards and my wife's favorite color is orange so I knew I could get away with it...

It's got some nice flame on the fretboard.

[nateb]

Nice looking fiddle you got there..

-Nate

[bratfink]

Flicks my switch, nice axe mate.

[Grandturk]

I know nothing about it - but it looks friggin' cool with the maple board.

[kmanick]

all I know is that you barely beat me to it when it was ebay
How's it play? I'd love to have a maple board soloist at some point

[RR_YJMFAN]

That's pretty sweet. I love that color.

[superduty01]

That looks really nice. Love that maple neck

[adrenaline junkie]

all I know is that you barely beat me to it when it was ebay
How's it play? I'd love to have a maple board soloist at some point

It plays great. The neck is really nice. I don't really notice any difference between the maple and ebony though, it's got huge frets.



were maple necked Soloists semi common custom orders back then? I'd kinda like to know where this thing came from, or if it was part of a run of them, or what.

[diffrent strings]

I bid on that too,but it worked out in the end I bought Travis 750xl instead

[poolboydave]

very nice! i love maple boards. what electronics is it loaded with? the single coils look like J100's.

good score!!

[neilli]

were maple necked Soloists semi common custom orders back then? I'd kinda like to know where this thing came from, or if it was part of a run of them, or what.

Maple boarded soloists were not ever a production option, so I'd say it would have been one of the following:

- An individual CS order (either store or customer)
- Part of a small run ordered together by a store though I've never seen another like this so that wouldn't seem likely
- A guitar built by the CS on a whim for whatever reason

[charvel#1]

dude thats killer. love the colour.

[jtr]

A student custom order Soloist would be my guess never have seen one like it ,probably very rare nice fined.

[JZ06]

I like that VERY much! the maple board makes it unique.

[adrenaline junkie]

Thanks guys. Without the original shipping documents, there's probably no way of ever knowing for sure?