"Class A" Ibanez Jems

[tweenty-seven]

how about the wood,sir?
solid wood ba or plywood?

>> if design habol ko, palit pickups + solid wood (bass wood,etc).. hmm parang ok na yan.. kaso mas mapapamahal ako.. 

[bryanarzaga]

PICS (had very little time so ill be posting more detailed ones soon, even a video demo)
dont hate on my pics, they came from a phone cam 







hard to see in the photos, but yes the last 4 frets are scalloped.
hence wall decoration in the group shot. 

hey brian i saw the pics(downloaded actually)

- trem is not lo-trs but more like the ILT and TRS101 style
- monkey grip is definitely large than normal
- pickguard is not the right pattern including screw holes
- headstock and its trussrod cover,
- lower horn cutaway and upper horn, its too spread out..

ultimately like i think we agreed to it that its no jem replacement nor should it be one..if one dig the colors and just the look, thats their choice..

and to be honest 12K is just a pretty high start for upgrades..

here's a taobao add

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9760431309

thats 570 yuan (using oanda.com) that's roughly $89

but i'd rather get this though..

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=5207852029&frm=

[arpeggiosfromheaven]

PICS (had very little time so ill be posting more detailed ones soon, even a video demo)
dont hate on my pics, they came from a phone cam 
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5581/photo0001so.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3814/photo0002wn.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7379/photo0006y.jpg
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6848/photo0003ns.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/117/photo0004pe.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8172/photo0005tz.jpg

hard to see in the photos, but yes the last 4 frets are scalloped.
hence wall decoration in the group shot. 

wow pwede.

It looks good for me. IMO

[bryanarzaga]

hmm.. i like these too

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10044071249&ali_refid=a3_420435_1006:1102277920:6:IBANEZ:4de16888ea7fc9174aefab491222f833&ali_trackid=1_4de16888ea7fc9174aefab491222f833

[guitarman8294]

hmm.. i like these too

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10044071249&ali_refid=a3_420435_1006:1102277920:6:IBANEZ:4de16888ea7fc9174aefab491222f833&ali_trackid=1_4de16888ea7fc9174aefab491222f833

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=5207852029&frm=


i have a strat that looks exactly like this, except it's an H-S-S floyded..

[bryanarzaga]

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=5207852029&frm=


i have a strat that looks exactly like this, except it's an H-S-S floyded..

looks cool, probably takes upgrades really well

[arpeggiosfromheaven]

parang ibanez super strat na S-S-S ang pup's.

interesting.

[Gerrit]

- monkey grip is definitely large than normal

- lower horn cutaway and upper horn, its too spread out..

Maybe due to the angle of the camera

[stringman]

12k againts 120k? Who would complain? But if the buyer is not after the looks, yeah better get a 2nd hand RG.

[bryanarzaga]

Maybe due to the angle of the camera

it could be really..but i really need a photo of it where it fits an RG form fit case..



calling markV..care to see it fits? 

[bryanarzaga]

12k againts 120k? Who would complain? But if the buyer is not after the looks, yeah better get a 2nd hand RG.

120USD against 12KPHP for me lol

[blacktele]

Looks is ok but the wood, hardware, electronics, and pick ups that it used is it ok?

[stringman]

120USD against 12KPHP for me lol

I would understand the sellers profit here. I'm sure the seller would not be engaged in bulk retail, reason why the price is a bit high. But i've seen some selling lower than 12k, lower than 10k to be exact.