Jackson DK2M Dinky Electric Guitar

July 27, 2007 by Jo Minor 


For screaming metal music, Jackson guitars have come to be regarded as one of the top brands. The recently released Jackson DK2M Dinky is already becoming a popular guitar among rockers. It retails for $899.99, and comes in Snow White, black, or Inferno Red, as well as some custom colors.

The DK2M Dinky is a superstrat styled guitar with a very unique look and some high quality features. One thing that makes Jackson guitars stand out is the compound radius fingerboard that flattens out as you move up the fretboard.

Jackson Guitars started in 1978 in San Dimas, CA. It was originally called Charvel Guitar Repair, and was co-owned by Wayne Charvel and Grover Jackson. Charvel sold his part of the company to Jackson and Jackson began creating guitars under his own name as well as the Charvel name. From 1979 to 1986, Jackson made guitars at the location in San Dimas.

In 2002, Fender bought out the Jackson/Charval name and moved their manufacturing to their Corona, CA, factory. Now you can buy a Charvel guitar that is almost identical to the old original Charvels, and you can buy new Jacksons, too. Jacksons are famous as aggressive rock guitars. They have a reputation of being well made and of high quality, yet of a reasonable price. They are also known for their fast necks.

Jackson Dinkys are made in a style of guitar sometimes called a “superstrat.” This name is used because the body is shaped very much like a Fender Stratocaster, but the features are hotter, or “super.” For instance, a Dinky will have hot humbucking pickups, and also often has a pre-amp to make the pickups even hotter.

There are variations within the Jackson Dinky line, but all are basically geared toward heavy metal and rock music. The DK2M Dinky electric guitar is the only Pro series Dinky that has two Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups as standard features. Seymour Duncan is one of the top names in electric guitar pickups. The Jackson DK2M Dinky features these Duncan pickups: a JB TB4 humbucker at the bridge and a Jazz SH2N humbucker at the neck.

Advantages: The gleaming white version of the Jackson DK2M Dinky electric guitar, with its black hardware and trim, and pale maple neck and headstock is a very eye-catching guitar. It is simply beautiful. The strat style body is one of the most comfortable ever designed. The neck is slick and fast, and very playable, due to the compound fingerboard radius.

As far as sound is concerned, the DK2M is versatile enough to play everything from screaming metal to soft ambient jazz music. The Floyd Rose keeps the guitar in tune well when you use the whammy bar. The pickups are real hot and have great tone. Sustain and harmonics are very good, too. All in all, the Jackson DK2M Dinky compares very favorably to other guitars in its price range, as is to be expected with a Jackson.

Disadvantages: This will sound a small gripe, but the volume knob on the Jackson DK2M Dinky electric guitar is directly below the bridge pickup. This location can be a little bit troublesome to get used to. In fact, if you like to steady your picking hand with your pinky, you will probably find yourself accidentally messing with the volume. It might even be enough of a problem that you would want to get a different guitar. Try it out first if you can.

Specs:

  • Carved alder body with flamed maple top (transparent finishes)
  • Rock maple bolt-on neck
  • Black binding on neck and headstock
  • Bound maple compound-radius fingerboard
  • Fingerboard radius flattens from 14 inch to 16 inch up the neck
  • Neck dimensions: .735 inch at first fret, .810 inch at the twelfth fret
  • Scalloped heel and carved body back for easy upper fret access
  • 24 frets
  • 25.5 inch scale
  • 1-11/16 inch width at the nut
  • Natural scarf joint headstock with black Jackson logo
  • Sealed die-cast tuners
  • Floyd Rose licensed Jackson Low Profile JT580 double locking 2-point tremolo
  • Black Delrin sharkfin position inlays on maple fingerboard
  • Dual Seymour Duncan designed humbucking pickups
  • JB TB4 pickup at the bridge
  • Jazz SH2N pickup at the neck
  • Black hardware
  • One master volume control knob
  • One master tone control knob
  • Three position blade pickup selector switch
  • NPS strings in .009 to .042
  • Deluxe molded case is optional
  • Available in solid metallic colors Black, Cobalt Blue, Inferno Red, and Snow White
  • Transparent colors available include black, blue, and red
  • Graphics finishes available include Crimson Swirl and Eerie Dess Swirl

You can watch a video of the Jackson DK2M Dinky here. A fellow named Duncan plays a white one and shows off some of the unique features. The video is very informative and the bloke is a right good guitar player as well.

If you are unfamiliar with the term “Superstrat,” here is a thorough definition, along with a list of some of the most notable of the guitars that fall in this category. The Jackson Dinky guitars are on the list, by the way.

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