You know, one of the things I like about this site is that it doesn't suffer from the embarrassing brand myopia that afflicts so many other guitar fan sites... I love my Jems, but let's be realistic; they're mass production instruments, they aren't even in the running for an objective "best guitar in the universe" award... Maybe this thread could get nominated for a senseless hyperbole award?
Of course, the RG550 did get named one of the top ten guitar designs of all time (number five, I think) by Guitarist magazine; a justifiable accolade imho, and a direct reflection on the Jem from which it was derived (or is that visa-versa?

)... Anyway, I digress... and contradict myself...
Oh well...
