I would agree with you on that one, however coming from the UK these prices mean very little. At the moment the mirror jem on ebay is up for about the same price as a VWH is new - £1600. This is, however around $3000.

Oh how I HATE unfair pricing.

 

Since it resembles the DBK (pups, hardware, fretboard) the pricing should match if not be lower since A. there's been sightings of DBK's at decent prices new & used, B. given the production signature offering is not the same as the endorser offering, and C. the competition from Jackson and other builders (see banners above).

I personally see Ibanez at a very important point consumer wise in my neck of the woods. They either start getting competitive against others either in price or option offerings or sink much deeper into the "lower-end guitar maker nitch". The deeper the hole you dig, the further you will have to climb to get out.

 

I personally see Ibanez at a very important point consumer wise in my neck of the woods. They either start getting competitive against others either in price or option offerings or sink much deeper into the "lower-end guitar maker nitch".

I think Ibanez has a very strong and loyal customer base.......specially the Jem line.......and although they bring out some nice guitars.....it all seems bit dull and boring to me......Specially the JS line.....

I vote for bringing back the Radius......and that new "bad-horsie" Jem could be nice addition......and what about that black-chrome JS? And to really blow everyone away....bring out that 8 string Meshuggah guitar instead of that ugly K7.

And opening up the USA Custom shop would be nice. Looking at the Japanese J-custom line....there is a market for those really nice, properly built special guitars.......unfortunately they currently seem to go for the cheap Korean route.

 

Seems like a 7dbk replacement looks more probable.

 

i think free is a good price... but you have to rember the cost of deveoling the paint and everything,... my gues is its going to be a little more then a 7v... Im thinking $4200 ish

 

List is $3099 so expect them to be around $2500 with case which is beyond stupid on Ibanez part.

ilia

 

they could at least have included the Leds and the sustainer, its very over priced in my opinion.

 

And to really blow everyone away....bring out that 8 string Meshuggah guitar instead of that ugly K7.

Who are Meshuggah?

 

A band from EUROPE! You might not have heard of them as they play MUSIC! :twisted:

 

they could at least have included the Leds and the sustainer, its very over priced in my opinion.

If they had done that it would probably be around 4000 $ if not more.

Regards

André

 

Who are Meshuggah?

Norwagian Progressive Death Band. Very technical stuff with very low ends. Good music, but not everytime

In my opinon this BRMR will be too expensive.

What about its pickups? Will they be "evo" or "paf pro" ?

 

or breeds maybe ?

 

List is £1999 in the UK.
so we had the vwh at $1799 the vsbl at £1899 now the brmr at £1999
hey but its still under two grand. lol.

once you get oer the initial wow factor. it is pretty ordinary. it would need the led, laser or sustainer to keep the interest.

i looked for a while at building a chrome faced jem, but unlike the JS shape the Jem lacks the fluidity to make chrome realy work.

Still it looks great and hopefully will be a good seller.

 

still cheaper then the new JS though.

 

still cheaper then the new JS though.

Wait until Jem20th and/or Jem50K next year - I bet they'll be over DNA list :wink:

ilia

 

true,
any news on what is likely to be seen with these models?

 

http://www.drumcityguitarland.com/inventory/images/861.jpg

Breed pickups.

 

still cheaper then the new JS though.

JS is limited, and BRCH is a production model. Like comparing apples and oranges.
Josh

 

mmmmmm oranges.

just a price comparison nothing more then that.

 

A band from EUROPE! You might not have heard of them as they play MUSIC! :twisted:

LOL - sorry, I wasn't really asking the question!!! you can't mod this site for years and not know!!!

Waht I mean is that Korn are famous, even my girlfriend has heard of them!!! Meshuggah just wouldn't sell enough guitars, and that was my point. They're not actually famous to anyone other than complete musos like us lot!!!

Korn are on heavy rotation on MTV STILL and as such are in the public eye. I'm lead to beleive that even then, their models sell poorly!!!

 

it looks great... but the price is WAY too high
i don't think it will sell good... as most of us can't afford that price
i rather build my own custom for that price

 

In all honesty, the Jem line has been about how influential Steve is and how much they think the public is willing to pay. The manufacturing costs I would guess are most likely 1000 at most per unit. The rest is signature value, and given the insane line at Ibanez today at NAMM, Steve is still very much an influential artist.

I am a bit dissapointed that there is no longer an affordable Jem being offered new at Ibanez and hope that they lower the VWH or Bad Horsie at some point, but demand will tell... if people snatch them up, the price won't go anywhere; plain and simple economics.

-Alex

 

$2069.99 retail with uv1000 case for the mirror Jem would seem to make sence, to me anyway, slap a mirror on the front of the body, mirror pickguard and call it $3100, that's just crazy.

One of the larger dissapointments in the Jem line History IMO.

 

Just wait untill next year when MF is having a "blowout" sale.....:wink:

 

Norwagian Progressive Death Band. Very technical stuff with very low ends. Good music, but not everytime

In my opinon this BRMR will be too expensive.

What about its pickups? Will they be "evo" or "paf pro" ?

They are from Sweden actually