DC03. custom 'Jem Fresno' project.

[rastachild]

gorgeous, absolutely stunning. it's nice to finally see one of your projects finished.

now i need a cigarette, lol.

[DaniJem]

hi thanks.

I did a little mistake. i put the pickguard before to have the neck and the pickups are a little disaligned. but i think that it is not a big problem. the guitar sounds good. this is my first guitar project that i finished and i try not to make the same mistake in my other projects. we always learn of the errors.

regards.
dani.

[Flobanez]

Nicely done! That looks classy and beautiful.

[RG1820X]

Very nice work.

[GilkyBear]

Dani, that's just pure class. Very well done my friend!

[Jaden]

Dani, youre a true custom hero my friend and I love your projects

keep on doing it !

[Eggy]

I think that looks brilliant !!

I'd realy love one for myself in the style of where you have green I'd use Ivory, pyramids instead of vine and where you have gold I'd use silver. (If I did one would you think I was copying? )

Great guitar and nice idea about the toggle switch.

[Ibateur]

Dani you've got to record yourself playing your customs.

[waylay00]

Dani, nice work! Looks very good! How long did it take you to build?

[mike570]

That is a mad sick Jem!!!!
I love the toggle that alters the 5-way! Very well done!

[DaniJem]

Originally Posted by waylay00

Dani, nice work! Looks very good! How long did it take you to build?

uffff... I don't know exactly how long it took. I can't tell you.

first, i bought all parts little by little (pickups, hardware, etc).
but when i bougth the body, as i said, it was in very bad conditions and didn't fit anything, with many problems.
in that period, i didn't find a luthier for fix the body, so i bought some tools and i fixed the body by myself.
later, i find luthier. and he made the fingerboard change.
also, other luthier made the lacquer finished.
and you know... luthiers work slooowly. they always are very busy.

Therefore, the process took a long time. may be a year. but I don't know for sure. but others projects are taking longer

dani.

[Lefty Robb]

Looks cool, I just don't like the fretboard, looks too much like a chibanez one..

http://www.ibanezrules.com/fakes.htm

see 2nd one down and 10th one down....

[texshred777]

Very nice dani, I love the wood cavity covers.

[DaniJem]

Originally Posted by Lefty Robb

Looks cool, I just don't like the fretboard, looks too much like a chibanez one..

http://www.ibanezrules.com/fakes.htm

see 2nd one down and 10th one down....

yes. you are right.
but i didn't find a bright and loud green inlays just like a real jem. only that "dark" green
and i think that the fretboard needed a bit of lacquer, otherwise the padauk will be dirty very soon (that said the 'luthier').

in any case, the luthier made me a bad work with the fingerboad... some issues.
I think that I will must to change the neck. I will look for otherone.

also I will try to fix the bridge position (it is not aligned).

dani

[DaniJem]

hi again...

as i said the guy "luthier" that he was making the necks in my projects is disaster and inept. horrible luthier work. in this project, the fingerboard and fret work sucks.
so changed the neck and I put other original Ibanez RG570 neck in very good conditions.

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now, the guitars works fine .

i am fixing all the others projects. i found others true luthiers and they help me with my projects. so i hope to finish them some day...

cheers