All user reviews for the Jackson Dinky DK1 (->2002)

Jackson make some fine instruments and their US production line is no exception. This is a very good built guitar that has a fantastic Sfeel and almost perfect balance. It is very cool pointed headstock which is standard with pretty much all Jackson guitars. You also get the shark fin pearl inlays within the frets. Another great feature in this guitar is the two EMG pickups that are installed. This is the usual 81 and 85 combo they you would see many guitars. This guitar features a Floyd Rose tremolo system which just goes in line with the hard rock and metal feeling of this instrument.

UTILIZATION

Body: Alder with Flame Maple Top on Transparent Colors

Neck: Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple

Neck Dimensions: 3rd Fret: .750 in., 12th Fret: .810 in.

Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Tuners

Fingerboard: Ebony

No. of Frets: 24 Jumbo Frets

Bridge Pickup: EMG 81

Neck pickup: EMG 85

Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

Bridge: Floyd Rose Original Double Locking 2-Point Tremolo

Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup

Hardware: Black (Chrome on Transparent Colors)

Strings: NPS, XL, (.009 to .042)

Case: Includes Deluxe Molded Case

Scale Length: 25.5 in.

Width at Nut: 1-11/16 in.

SOUNDS

This guitar features alder wood with a quartersawn maple neck. This gives it a very percussive and mid range focused tone. This guitar cuts very well through the band mix because of the tone woods that are in combination on this instrument. It has a very thick humbucker pickups which allows this guitar to resonate very well and had a great stick distortions when you are using it in combination with a high gain amplifier. Whatever amplifier you are using with this guitar is going to sound fantastic. Generally Jackson necks are pretty comfortable playing on and they're very similar to the feel of an Ibanez neck.

OVERALL OPINION

You can find these guitars new for right around $2000. They are great guitars for gigging and recording and if you're playing in a band than this is a great instrument to be your main go to guitar. I recommend these guitars for anyone who likes a good comfortable neck and is interested in the aggressive metal type guitar.

This guitar happens to be my favorite production model Jackson. While the Soloists are nice, I generally prefer the feel and snap of the bolt-on models, and thankfully, they have this model to help appease people like me. The guitar is pretty much the same as a Soloist but with a thinner neck and a bolt-on configuration. The guitar features an alder body, a maple neck with an ebony fretboard, 24 extra jumbo frets with sharkfin inlays, an original floyd rose, two EMG humbuckers, one volume, one tone and a three way switch.

UTILIZATION

The fretwork on this was awesome. I was able to get some super low action on this without any issues of fretting out or choking during certain spots. All of the frets were nicely leveled and had a very strong crown going on. The ends were also very smooth, and they didn't cut your hand up all the time like certain other guitars might. The neck joint was nice and tight, and I had no issues getting up to the higher frets, although I'm sure some people out there would find something to complain about since some feel neck-thru is superior for whatever reason. The bridge on this is the original floyd rose bridge, and it happens to be my favorite floyd bridge out there. All in all, extremely solid without any real flaws.

SOUNDS

The guitar had an EMG 81 in the bridge and an EMG 85 in the neck. The EMG 81 in the bridge works great for high gain metal riffs, and this is what I generally play when I pick up Jacksons. They're linear, but they're also very direct and in-your-face. They're a bit sterile with lower gain and clean stuff, but that's not really what I was looking for with this guitar. The EMG 85 works wonders for those fat and smooth lead tones. It's very powerful, and it can even deliver a decent clean tone if you have a clean enough amp. While it lacks overall versatility with these pickups, it gains something when it comes to metal.

OVERALL OPINION

These guitars are some of my absolute favorite Jacksons. If I had to pick only one Jackson from the production line up, it would be this one. They're killer guitars, and they have all of the specs that I tend to look for in a guitar when I'm buying one. You can find some great deals on these as well since everyone seems to be moving towards ESP.