Forum Lurker Trying to Redeem Himself (USA Soloist content)

[Drazden]

Hey guys,

I've been around for a while, but I don't remember ever actually posting my guitar. It's a 1989 USA Soloist (I was told it was a custom order, but I'm not sure how the factory worked back then.)

I bought it in 2002 for $500. It's pretty worn. Needs a refret, but it's still my best-sounding, best-playing guitar. I love this instrument. His name is Terry... Not my name. It was on engraved on the truss rod cover when I bought it, and I kinda like it. Decided to keep it.

I've never seen another Jackson with the hum/single pickup configuration. I had it all torn apart to clean it and set it up today, and I found that the humbucker in it is in fact a Gibson pickup. It sounds great--very EVH. The pickup at the neck is fantastic, too.

One thing, though: Is there any way I can get my guitar's build sheet?

[AK47]

Build sheets are now impossible to get since the FMIC takeover.

Nice custom I like it!

[wakeUPdead]

H/S is the best dude, I just pop out my middle pup on my SL1 and wing it. Very badass fiddle!

[Davey]

H/S is really the best combination hehe. lovely guitar

[neilli]

Very cool - h/s is pretty rare on Soloists....

[excon]

Nice Jackson and quite a steal for 500$. Worn guitars have their own kind of appeal. Too bad for the original owner though.

[delt]

Thou hathest hereby gaineth thy redemption, for thou hast posteth pictures of a cooleth guitar

[scotty]

Very nice axe, thanks for sharing.

[straycat]

I like that one H/S is my fave set up.

[HiOctane]

Nice Jackson and quite a steal for 500$. Worn guitars have their own kind of appeal. Too bad for the original owner though.

Very true- sometimes a worn-in guitar has a vibe that you just can't get anywhere else.

That is a very cool axe, and the hum-single configuration is very rare on Soloists.

I'm fairly sure that in 1989 that it was a custom order, as nothing was "production" at the time. The final test- if it's a JXXXX serial number, it was definitely a custom.

[Drazden]

Yup, it's definitely a custom then. The pickups scream--the neck does a great Hendrix, that glassy Strat sound. Just gorgeous. And the bridge is full of mids, super growly. I didn't really like it when I got it, but I've really grown into the sound.

I love my guitar. It is kind of wrecked, though. The guy who had it before me got a bunch of dings and chips in it, and filled them with black nail polish. It still plays and sounds great, but if I leave it without waxing and polishing it for a while, it starts to look a little dingy.

Of course, that could be because it gets played every chance I get.

[emperor_black]

Excellent looking guitar!! The volume knob seems to be placed a lil further away from the bridge pickup than a regular soloist. Lot of people would like that.

[Drazden]

Now, question. What would the stock pickup have been? I'm sure it's still the original in the neck, but the bridge has been switched out for a (somehow) F-spaced Gibson pickup.

It probably came with a Jackson pickup in it, right? The Gibson is not original--the pickup ring doesn't fit quite right--there used to be a bigger one there.

I really do wish Fender was releasing the build sheets on these. It'd make it a lot easier for me to see exactly what, if anything's, been done to it.

I'm pretty sure the trem -- A JT590, if I don't miss my guess--is stock as well.

[The Mitch]

Cool, I like Miss Baker

[Drazden]

I wonder what Mister Baker would have to say about that. haha.