History of the USA SLS

[Thor Von Clemson]

I've been looking around online for a black 1997 SLS to go with mine and I can not find many of them. I think 1997 was the first year the SLS's were made. They changed slightly in 98 though I am not sure if they changed the body thickness or not. The only noticeable differences I see are the pickups changed and some cosmetic things changed.

From what I can tell from the catalogs, they stopped making the USA SLS's after that until around 2003. The rest, as they say, is history.

Have any of you owned or played a 97 or 98? If so, what did you think? They seem to be somewhat rare around here and the net. I am not sure if that's because Jackson did not make many of them, if no one likes them, or some other reason.

[Newc]

I got one shortly after getting my JacksonStars NASL, and the neck of the SLS felt really wide by comparison. IIRC the neck profile is like the necks on those Granite-finished Dinky Pros - a little fatter around the edges than I care for.

Plus it was a TOM, and I have yet to play a Jackson with a TOM that wasn't a Rhoads that I liked. Something doesn't "feel" right with them otherwise.