The Avant Garde model marked a change in direction for D’Aquisto toward a freer, modernistic design philosophy, exemplified by this Solo model from 1992.

The two-segment elliptical soundholes establish a theme that is repeated in cutouts in the tailpiece and peghead.
The non-cutaway body, though an older style, was relatively rare on a 1990s archtop.

The Solo was one of several models with which D’Aquisto executed his new ideas in the 1990s.