Monkey Grip Handles

[Darin]

You never know when you'll need a monkey to hold your guitar for you. I'm not sure how I've lived so long without monkey grips in all my guitars. Hey, if it's good for one guitar, it's good for every guitar. Plus, think of all the trees you save using less wood. Jems are 'eco friendly' as well as streamlined for less air resistance for running faster across the stage!!

[7 Dying Trees]

Love it, it's just fun!

[EvoGiant]

im not sure i like em. they really scream "STEVE VAI!!" ha ha. its kinda like flavor flav's clock necklaces. trademark type stuff im sayin.
but they do look very nice on the jems.

just not on my little RG421. ha ha.

[Crazy_Guitar]

I like JEMs with monkey grip and RGs without monkey grip.

[toneboy]

Eh, for me they just limit the amount of space I have to put graphics on.

[RG1820X]

Originally Posted by ken_r152

I like them. They're located at-or-near the center of gravity of the guitar (the guitar more or less balances at the first finger hole of the handle), it makes the guitar lighter with little or no impact on the tone of the instrument.

Jems would look weird without them the same way that other guitars would look weird with them.

That sums up what I would have written. Thanks.

[funkdubious]

They were cool back in the day,but I reckon they look pretty gash these days.
The thing is if Vai wanted to stop using them he couldn't because then it would be an RG

[Yanic]

You don't need guitar cases anymore!

[Pulsar]

Love them. The thought of me walking in a business suit with a JEM as my briefcase makes me smile every time.

Originally Posted by Crazy_Guitar

I like JEMs with monkey grip and RGs without monkey grip.

Yeah, and I like my Bloody Mary's with alchohol and my Virgin Mary's without haha.

[Clonetool]

Originally Posted by ibanez777vbk

cant imagine a les paul with a monkey grip,can you imagine bb king playing a les paul with a monkey grip hehehe ahhh maybe not.eddie van halens frankenstein would have looked quiet cool with a monkey grip.ive just thought is this monkey grip patented (liecensed).theres no chance of evh cutting a monkey grip in his new wolfgang,but i wonder what mr vai and ibanez would have to say if another guitar company and a artist produced a sig model with a monkey grip.no chance of this happening but food for thought.

BB KIng with a Les Paul lol?

[UV-7-BK]

They rock!!! Nuff said

[mi2tom]

Wouldn't mind, people are there to watch you play not your monkey grip but seriously I own a jem but I rarely hold the monkey grip though, the only thing I love bout the jem is the superb playability I don't really care how nice it look.

[jemaholic]

Originally Posted by Brambram

Let's keep things simple: monkey grips on JEMs, painted F-holes on PGMs, Michelangelo paintings on JPMs, etc. What I try to say is that they're ok, but only on the right guitar.

Um...I think you mean Picasso, right?

~j

[seanp]

Originally Posted by Yanic

You don't need guitar cases anymore!

I'm with Yanic. "We don't need no stinkin' cases!"

[DJR]

monkey grips rule, and are ever so handy... fnar fnar