So is the soloist body like a mid 80's Kramer or more like a modern Jackson or Ibanez?
Need more options in that question bro' , it's more like a Jackson, since the soloist is a Jackson from the mid 80's. The main difference is that the Jackson had a neck thru body. If I'm wrong some of the young turks here will correct me with their usual gentleman-ness.
Can anyone tell me which production guitar model it is closest to?
That would be a Jackson soloist.
I am having a hard time telling from the pics how strat-like it is.
It's a decendant of the strat. So it's very strat like, DEPENDING, on how you trick it out.