Although I'm EXTREMELY wary of online trading, auctions, etc... I saw a classified ad a few weeks ago here on jemsite. A guy named Aaron was looking to trade a JS for a Jem. Well, I have a DBK that I hardly touched, so I asked if he was interested. The DBK is at the shop right now getting a pro setup from a guy who worked on my other Jem and did a perfect job.
Well, I got the guitar today (JS1000), it's an '03, and minty... I could not have asked for more. My wife really doesn't care for the DBK, and as mouthy as she is, she loved the JS when I showed her. Honestly, I don't know a whole lot about these things, as I've been a Jem whore for the past couple years and I froth at the mouth when I touch my VWH. I LOVE the JS... Love the way it sounds, plays, looks, everything... As far as the neck goes though, I've heard that the feel of it differs from the Jem, but I really don't feel a difference.
Sorry : ) Just in a good mood. I also bought my wife an Ovation acoustic today at a local shop. They have multiple guitars previously owned by
Paul Gilbert as well. One is running for about $2,000 and the other for $350. The cheaper one is a complete custome job, pretty effing strange. I have to take a look around the shop, but the guy has a few amps that were owned by Paul as well. He said they were unloaded when he left Vegas. I don't know how much of it's true, but one guitar has "GILBERT" on the extremely small headstock, and the other guitar looks like one that he used in a video I've seen. It has a pickup that moves up and down to whatever position you'd like. Strange.
Anyway, I'll be taking the RG back from her and I'm going to turn it into a custom job... It was slightly damaged during sex one night... so I figured the large chip out of it is a good start : D
It's been a good day.