My Jackson Student Soloist

[Bengal]

OK, here's another one given to me by my "famous" friend...





I believe it's a 1997. I asked the question here a while ago and found out that it was a small run done for some guitar shop in Texas. Jackson had this one sitting around the factory until they gave it to Jim in 2001. I like to set-up his guitars everytime I'm over at his house but I always took this one out to play myself. I love this Soloist. So last Christmas Jim called me up and said he had a present for me. This was it...

I do have a question about this, check out the pic below...



See the gap between the end of the fretboard and the neck pickup? Were all 22 fret Soloists like that? My theory is that this was supposed to be a 24 fretter, but they decided after routing the spot for the humbuckers, that they would slap a 22 fret fretboard on it. Just a theory though...

Either way, this guitar smokes. I replaced the black pickup rings with the chrome ones. Seems to look cooler that way. Kinda ties the whole guitar together...

[Bengal]

No one here has seen or owns one of these?

About to proclaim, "Rarest Jackson Ever"...

(Joking of course)

[RR24MAD]

Sweet,I like the EMGs and the chrome pickup rings !!! Congrats !!!

[neilli]

Cool guitar, and who's 'Jim'?

The pickup is too far forward for it to have been a 24 fret neck, and also, the lower cutaway would have gone further back....

[Alvin_Wilson]

Cool guitar, and who's 'Jim'?

Jim Root of Slipknot and Stone Sour fame.

[Bengal]

Cool guitar, and who's 'Jim'?

The pickup is too far forward for it to have been a 24 fret neck, and also, the lower cutaway would have gone further back....

So all 22 fret neckthroughs have the neck pickup sitting that far back?

[paulbag]

Cool...

[kmanick]

I like that ...alot
a student soloist would be a nice to have.
congrats.

[Diego_]

Sweet!

[neilli]

So all 22 fret neckthroughs have the neck pickup sitting that far back?

Not sure about that, but I still think there's not enough room for 24 frets...

[Bengal]

Not sure about that, but I still think there's not enough room for 24 frets...

It doesn't really look like there is room. But my Student knowlege is quite limited. Never really saw one in person until this one. I always liked the more classic look of these. Don't get me wrong, I love Sharkfins, but this is a little more classic and laid back...

[Ben_D]

What are these student models and why they're called "student"? It seems that every student model I've seen has dot inlays and rosewood fingerboard.

Nice guitar even though I'm more into RR's and V's.

[Bengal]

I think they are called Student models because they were a little cheaper than a regular Soloist. No binding. 22 frets. dot inlays. A little less flashy then their big brother, so they dubbed it the Student...

[sully]

don't forget rosewood board instead of ebony, as well.

[emperor_black]

...and aren't the frets medium jumbo in the student model as opposed to Jumbo in a regular soloist?