For my money, the Schaller is just as good as the OFR and many miles better than the TRS licensed Floyds you see today.
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The Soloist Pro uses a Schaller trem rather than an OFR, because that's what Jackson was using on all its guitars at the time, including the USAs. Occasionally, you'll find a better deal on eBay.Ī small point of clarification. I believe that jim777 had a Soloist Pro for sale in the classifieds here recently-look for it, because it's worth it if still for sale.īeyond that, I highly recommend the SLSMG as a very good "starter Soloist." It's not exactly the classic design, but they are very good players and can be gotten used on eBay all the time for about $500.Ī new USA Soloist is going to run you just under $2,000 at the moment, with used ones in good shape fetching somewhere around $1,200. Not so with the 1990-95 Soloist Pro, which you can usually find for between $600-800-quite a bit less than used USA Soloists have been going for lately. The hardware on the SL-3 is cheap, and the quality of the woods (and therefore the tone) is inferior to the USA guitars. The Soloist Pro is essentially the ancestor to the current SL-3 model, but about 150 times better. They were so good that they destroyed the sales of the USA guitars, and Jackson "dumbed down" its Japanese line shortly after that. My current Soloist is a 1990 Soloist Pro, which is a Japanese model made exactly to the same specs as the standard USA Soloist of that era (a few minor differences from today). I've owned Soloists from almost all periods, including a couple of very early ones from 1985. If you are looking at used Soloists, then that opens up a huge can of worms, since Jackson has had about 50 gazillion different Soloist variations over the years, as well as different names and specifications for the basic models. Occasionally, Jackson introduces small runs of other other Soloist variants, with a current one being the SLS, which is a USA super-light Soloist with somewhat different specs than the Japanese version.
Mahogany neck and body, bound ebony board, and EMG-81s. SLSMG - Japanese made "super light" Soloist with a tapered body ala the Ibanez Sabre. SL-3 - Japanese made, essentially the same specs as the SL-1, but with unbound rosewood fretboard, plastic inlays, and Ping-made Floyd. SL-2HT has a fixed bridge, and the SL-2H MAH has a mahogany neck and body with a thin maple top. SL-2H - USA-made, with H/H config and OFR.
This is the closest to the "classic" Soloist from the '80s. SL-1 - USA-made, with H/S/S pickup config and OFR.
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There are four current Soloist models (that I'm aware of), the SL-1, SL-2H, SL-3, and SLSMG, plus minor variants of these. If it's a bolt-on with that shape, Jackson calls it a Dinky. Guess I'd be the logical one to answer your questions.
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