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Hello!
Like many of the folks out there, I am one of the drooling masses that simply can't afford his/her dream guitar. However, I have noticed that one could potentially purchase a Jem piecemeal. Looking on the net, I see that lots of the components can be acquired individually (bodies, necks, pickups, knobs, bridges, whammies, pickguards, etc).
By trade and personal passion, I am an artist. I think it would be a great experience to hand paint the body to have an even stronger connection with the instrument. I'd get it professionally clear coated, then take all the components and have a tech/luthier put it all together and fine tune it.
Is this a feasable goal? Will I end up paying more than a stock guitar, or might I save money? I think I'd feel too guilty to paint over an existing Jem, they all have too much of a history to do something like that (especially the limited ed ones).
Thanks for any help you can share.
-Paul
(I hope this is in the right section, I could decide which one it pertained to the most)
Like many of the folks out there, I am one of the drooling masses that simply can't afford his/her dream guitar. However, I have noticed that one could potentially purchase a Jem piecemeal. Looking on the net, I see that lots of the components can be acquired individually (bodies, necks, pickups, knobs, bridges, whammies, pickguards, etc).
By trade and personal passion, I am an artist. I think it would be a great experience to hand paint the body to have an even stronger connection with the instrument. I'd get it professionally clear coated, then take all the components and have a tech/luthier put it all together and fine tune it.
Is this a feasable goal? Will I end up paying more than a stock guitar, or might I save money? I think I'd feel too guilty to paint over an existing Jem, they all have too much of a history to do something like that (especially the limited ed ones).
Thanks for any help you can share.
-Paul
(I hope this is in the right section, I could decide which one it pertained to the most)