Jackson Dinky

The Jackson Dinky is a Superstrat-style double cutaway electric guitar built by Jackson Guitars. Usually fitted with a two humbucker pickup configuration, some models also include single coil pickups or (and) just one bridge humbucker. The fretboard can be made out of ebony, rosewood and more recently maple, or rock maple, with 24 jumbo frets and is always built with a bolt-on neck. Most of the guitars have a Floyd Rose original or licensed tremolo, and a locking nut to help maintain stable tuning. Some Dinkys have hardtail, or String-Thru bridges. The Jackson Dinky is usually preferred by players of hard rock and heavy metal, however, the Dinky is versatile for all styles.

The models

The Dinky is the most common Jackson in production today with over 15 variants on the current market. These are below arranged in the Series that they are given by Jackson Guitars.

USA Select series

There is only one Dinky in this series: the DK1. It has an Alder body and a maple bolt-on neck. The 24-fret fingerboard is ebony. The bridge is a Floyd Rose original double locking 2 point tremolo. This model has two humbucking pickups at the neck and bridge position, both of EMG make. This is the only current US made Dinky, and is a production model made by Custom Shop luthiers.

Pro series

The Pro series has five Dinkys, all variants of the base model: the DK2. The DK2s are made from Alder with a Maple bolt-on neck. The fingerboard is Rosewood with 24 frets. The DK2 model has three Seymour Duncan pickups, two are Single Coil, the third (the bridge) is a humbucker. Variants include:

*DK2L: The Left-handed version of the DK2
*DK2M: A DK2 with a maple fingerboard and un-painted maple headstock.This uses two humbuckers (authentic Seymour Duncan).
*DK2S: A DK2 with an alternative 'Sustainiac Driver' neck pickup.
*DK2T: A string-through-body DK2 with adjustable Tune-O-Matic bridge, with two Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups.
*DK2FF: A DK2 with an abalone flame inlay on the neck.

Pro series Artist Signature

There are two Dinkys in this series and each of the Pro Series Artist Signature models puts an individual spin on the basic Dinky design.

*Christian Olde Wolbers Signature: A Dinky with a distinct camouflage graphic on both the body and headstock. The black ebony neck lacks inlays. This signature model comes with one humbucking pickup and no others.
*Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7-string: The only professional custom model Jackson to be built with 7 strings Fact|date=August 2007. Other than that this exclusively black Dinky matches all the specifications of the Christian Olde Wolbers Signature with a more appropriate seven-string pickup Fact|date=August 2007.

MG series

The MG series features three Dinkys. The DKMG features an alder body and maple bolt-on neck. The 24 fret figerboard is made from rosewood. The DKMG has two passive EMG-HZ humbuckers (the newer models consist of active EMGs 81 and 85) as opposed to the active EMGs that are featured in the DK1 model. The DKMG has two variant models.

*DKMGT: The DKMG with string-through-body, adjustable bridge.
*DXMG : The DXMG is a DKMG with a basswood body (as of 2006, previous years used alder) and alternative pickups (EMG-HZs). But it's DX designation makes it part of the X-Series, with neck/headstock binding and pickups differentiating it from a DX10D. DXMGs are currently made in U.S.A.(they started to make the dxmg in japan and india, But as of 2007 they were made in the U.S.A.)

X series

There are two Dinky models in the X series: The DX10D. The DX10D has a basswood body (previous versions used alder) with a hard rock maple bolt-on neck. The rosewood fingerboard has 24 frets. The pickups are designed, but not made by, Seymour Duncan; both are humbucking. The DX10D features a licensed Floyd Rose lo-profile tremolo.The second is the DX7. A 7 string variant of the above guitar, but has a rock maple neck and alder body, 22 frets and a string thru hard tail.

Performer Series

The performer series is relatively older Jacksons, prior to the Fender take over.This range includes the Jackson RR7, a seven string Randy Rhoads design, with lower quality hardware.

JS series

There are four Dinkys in the entry level JS series (made in India):

*JS1: Two humbucking pickups, both Jackson made. It has a fulcrum bridge. The body is made from Indian Cedro and the neck from maple.
*JS20: The JS20 has the same basic specifications as the JS1 but with a slightly different pickup arrangement. The JS20 has two single coil pickups and one humbucker.
*JS30DK: The JS30DK follows the same specs as the JS1 but with the pickup arrangement of the JS20,22 frets instead of the Jackson standard of 24, and a double locking tremolo.
*JS30DKT Hardtail: The JS30DKT Hardtail is a JS1 with an alternative pickup arrangement and an adjustable string-through-neck bridge. The pickup arrangement consists of two humbuckers, both Jackson made.

External links

* [http://www.jacksonguitars.com Official Jackson website]