War_Blade said:
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rob=ibanez god
I think im just gonna find a regular jem in mint condition then get it swirled.
lol, I just do
a lot of homework, and I've had many conversations with Herc Fede, and Chris Woods
I think your best bet is to
not use a mint Jem, but instead use a beater, like that VBK you posted a while ago, or a RG550 body + Jem or Handmade neck, from a collectors point of view, the Beater VBK is junk, just a player guitar, nothing to get worked up about, or care about. But if you refinished it and swirled it, wow, great guitar, and would look mad chill. Plus you know you didn't ruin a perfectly good mint Jem..A new 7VWH goes for about $1800+ new, but that beater VBK was what? like $900ish?, plus about $300-$400 for a swirl, so, $1300 for a cool all Ibanez swirled Jem, not bad ehh? Only downside is you don't get the AANJ, which to some people is a must. Basically what I'm saying is that if you do this to a mint new (or Old) Jem, your actually going to
ruin its value, but you wouldn't waste money and a good guitar if you use a beater, infact you might actually make a better guitar. Not everyone likes swirls, theres sorta a love it/hate it thing with them...
I personally don't mind the sculped Jem/550 block heel, its big but still manageable, I also have a old RG450L non-sculpted block heel body that I bought on ebay because it was listed as a 570L, and I couldn't tell in the pics that it was the 470
I wanted it for my Jem because I wouldn't have to have a stupid pickgaurd since its rear routed. I think I payed like 45 for it, so no biggie, but the block heel is so fucking huge, its retarded..heres some pics..its to bad too cause I love the Maple and blue on black, so sexy..
heres the guitar, on the 470L body, I love the blue/black
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8769/guitar18gu.jpg
heres the heel, SO FUCKING HUGE no slant, no contours at all..
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6793/guitar28hv.jpg
this is the RG550 body Heel, its basically 1/2 of the old school Jem heel, negligable differences.
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8182/guitar31ux.jpg
now this is a Old School Jem heel, not to bad..(3rd pic down)
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/model/jem777lng.htm
and of course the All Access Neck Joint we all love..
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7813/vwhback9oq.jpg
well, thats my dillema...
If your wondering the Pickups are Bridge Evo, Neck origional first year (1990) Tone Zone, I will end up putting a dummy pickup in the middle, I never, ever use it.
oh, and sorry about the rambling and or spelling/grammer mistakes, I'm quite hammered right now
