I'm going to post my first 100% smartaz comment on here.... nobody take it personally now
Here's an interesting observation comming from a long time vintage Fender/Gibson snob with an appreciation for some of the finer Ibanez's (me)
Some of you Jem folks are even MORE anal than my vintage strat/LP purist buddies... I'd swear I was reading about somone installing a Floyd with a chisel & hammer drill on an original 56 custom color Strat or a 57 Gold Top LOL
The guy changes some parts.... easily replacable parts no less that apparantly make the guitar more usable to him & look what happens. LOL Makes me wonder who is buying all those custom color pickguards & pink & blue dimarzios on the auction sites... I guess nobody here will admit to buying them
Ya know.. If people didnt ever think for themselves & have a desire customize things to their personal taste there would be no such thing as a Jem & ALL of us would still be driving identical black cars & playing cat gut strung guitars..
Even funnier is the reactions to him pointing out a few Jem features He does not like... & all this time I thought THIN SKIN was a recent fender special issue guitar available from Wildwood LOL
I will also say the guy does seems to be a bit of a tool though ...
Sorry folks
just calling it as I see it