HELP - BFP dilemma

Markie Boy · #1 02-12-2003, 05:13 PM

OK - I only have one Jem....a BFP which I really like. It's not immaculate.....I suppose Rich would call it 'players condition'. However, funds are really tight and I could sell the BFP and buy two 'lesser' guitars.....say a 2nd hand Ibanez S and a rare Ibanez Ghostrider that I have found (beaut guitar...but very different from a Jem).

I am in this dilemma because I play in a covers band that play a lot. Before Saturday - a string had never gone on the Jem therefore I never had to change guitars...

.....but on Saturday, the g-string snapped and I had to switch to my Dads USA Strat......well - you can imagine what that felt like..........Ferrari to a Ford Escort......

Hence the problem!!!Help!!!

EKG · #2 02-12-2003, 05:17 PM

Keep the BFP ;-)

Gresh · #3 02-12-2003, 05:30 PM

keep the BFP and send that strat to someone who knows how to set them up properly. If a good tech gets a hold of a strat....it should be playing pretty good...not like a jem mind you, but it shouldn't kill you. Another option, have the fretboard of the strat planed to Jem specs and refretted with matching fretwire. Tone wise you'd have a different sound, but the change wouldn't shock you so much.

If you didn't have a discontinued Jem it wouldn't be such a tough call. It would be harder to find a BFP later on down the road....and it would cost you a lot more in the long run.

kennydoe · #4 02-12-2003, 06:11 PM

Quality, not quantity, my friend.

Why would you sell a guitar that you love to get two that you might not love? It doesn't add up.

And if you do decide to sell the BFP, let me know.
~K

bpd111 · #5 02-12-2003, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gresh

keep the BFP and send that strat to someone who knows how to set them up properly. If a good tech gets a hold of a strat....it should be playing pretty good...not like a jem mind you, but it shouldn't kill you.

If you didn't have a discontinued Jem it wouldn't be such a tough call. It would be harder to find a BFP later on down the road....and it would cost you a lot more in the long run.

Ditto.

Scott 74 · #6 02-12-2003, 09:56 PM

Don't give into the Dark Side!!!!

Keep the BFP!!!!!!!

Courjan · #7 02-13-2003, 02:23 PM

Keep it!! I'm not saying this because I have one and I love it.
I'm saying this because I've met many people crying because they had sold their BFPs.

**cerealk** · #8 02-13-2003, 03:29 PM

Keep it!

I havent got round to selling two of the three I have yet...

EKG · #9 02-13-2003, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cerealk

I havent got round to selling two of the three I have yet...

someday.....someday ;-)

jemke · #10 02-13-2003, 03:58 PM

keep the bfp! This is one of the most beautiful jems ever. I don't own one. I could have swapt my ibanez js1000 for one but I was too stupid not doing it...

Markie Boy · #11 02-14-2003, 11:34 AM

Thanks folks.......played last night and I just can't bring myself to part with her!

Thanks for your feedback....really appreciated!

Gresh · #12 02-14-2003, 02:40 PM

Another one saved.....well done gentlemen

EKG · #13 02-14-2003, 03:02 PM

This is like JEM counceling...yes, we saved another ;-)

Markie Boy · #14 02-18-2003, 01:09 PM

Guys.....I'm struggling.....how can I get another with no cash and mouths to feed!!!!

I need a Jem as bac-up tp a Jem!

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! !!!!

sniperfrommars1 · #15 02-18-2003, 01:16 PM

you dont need a jem, get a nice 570 or 550, do a custom paint job, or swirl and change the pickups. Not only is it fun as hell to customize your guitars, youll have a jemalike, with the same body style, and proportions, and better yet, the same trem, so you wont really feel and sound that much different.