Anyone seen this? RG7620, JPM project sold for $1900

[theo]

oh man... I feel sorry for him :c
granted that its a nice guitar.. but.. its not a jpm clone IMHO
petrucci had the custom viper neck did he not?

 

[TMatt142]

custom viper neck?????? I am not aware of this...and suddenly confused...fill me in on the details please.....And yes Mesh....Hustled is the word....

 

[theo]

custom viper neck?????? I am not aware of this...and suddenly confused...fill me in on the details please.....And yes Mesh....Hustled is the word....

it was to do with the neck shape, rounder than a normal wizard neck.

 

[djpharoah]

oh man... I feel sorry for him :c
granted that its a nice guitar.. but.. its not a jpm clone IMHO
petrucci had the custom viper neck did he not?

custom viper neck?????? I am not aware of this...and suddenly confused...fill me in on the details please.....And yes Mesh....Hustled is the word....

I know the guy who has a pair of the LACS JPM7s Ibanez built for JP before he left. The necks were very rounded but still slim (almost no shoulders), fully bound neck and headstock, ebony and rosewoods fretboards wit offset abalone dones and "Ibanez" on the headstock. According to the owner one guitar is alder (B/W picasso) and the blueburst (from the 7th heaven vid) was mahogany. Don't know what you're talking about the custom viper neck.

In this case the person bought a normal RG7620 with the same 3-5 piece basswood body and normal neck for $1900... That must blow especially if he's a member on here.

 

[theo]

I know the guy who has a pair of the LACS JPM7s Ibanez built for JP before he left. The necks were very rounded but still slim (almost no shoulders), fully bound neck and headstock, ebony and rosewoods fretboards wit offset abalone dones and "Ibanez" on the headstock. According to the owner one guitar is alder (B/W picasso) and the blueburst (from the 7th heaven vid) was mahogany. Don't know what you're talking about the custom viper neck.

In this case the person bought a normal RG7620 with the same 3-5 piece basswood body and normal neck for $1900... That must blow especially if he's a member on here.

MAybe it was a custom fretboard radius.. I definately remember petrucci talking about it in an interview somewhere.

 

[djpharoah]

MAybe it was a custom fretboard radius.. I definately remember petrucci talking about it in an interview somewhere.

Don't think so - Ibanez weren't willing to change things up that much for him which is why he bailed. Also you'd want a radius to match the lo-pro.

 

[theo]

Don't think so - Ibanez weren't willing to change things up that much for him which is why he bailed. Also you'd want a radius to match the lo-pro.

ABOUT THE SAME GUITAR XD

What is closest to Ibanez JPM? - John Petrucci Forums

second post

 

[theo]

Don't think so - Ibanez weren't willing to change things up that much for him which is why he bailed. Also you'd want a radius to match the lo-pro.

also List of neck types - Ibanez Guitar Wiki

 

[djpharoah]

ABOUT THE SAME GUITAR XD

What is closest to Ibanez JPM? - John Petrucci Forums

second post

I believe that's with reference to his 6 string JPM models and not his LACS 7s.

also List of neck types - Ibanez Guitar Wiki

His radius is the same as all other JEM/UVs/RGs/RG7s

 

[theo]

I believe that's with reference to his 6 string JPM models and not his LACS 7s.

oh right... eh I dont know
I see the term bandied around a bit, people seem to think its different.

 

[TMatt142]

Ok...moving on then....So basically we're at the point now where one starts hazing the buyer a bit.......

 

[JP Universe]

Hi guys, it was me who bought the guitar... have to say I felt a bit ill in the stomach reading this thread . I based my price on what I can get in Australia (from what I can see). I originally bought a blk dot for $900 off ebay and the seller then bailed on it so I wanted something quick!!!! I looked through ebay a bit more and came across this. An RG 7620 unmodded would be approx $1500 - 2000 new in Australia, So I figured with the paint job, electronic mods and the pickups I was willing to pay $2000 and it went for 1900 so I was pretty happy in the end..... Now i'm having 2nd thoughts after these comments

 

[theo]

bring it down to melbourne and I shall assess it for you

 

[Krankguitarist]

^Hey, 7620's are cool guitars. And that one's certainly a nice looking specimen.

But...do they really go for that much on the used market there?

 

[theo]

everything is crazy here, a used dual rec will go for 2 - 3 thousand dollars

 

[xtrustisyoursx]

note to self:
step 1 - buy gear from crackheads/poor musicians on craigslist
step 2 - sell to australians
step 3 - profit

 

[theo]

note to self:
step 1 - buy gear from crackheads/poor musicians on craigslist
step 2 - sell to australians
step 3 - profit

4 - shipping and border taxes

 

[xtrustisyoursx]

eh, I've shipped to Aus before, it wasn't too bad. It just took forever and you can't do tracking.

 

[theo]

oh yeah? no issues with border tax either?

 

[JP Universe]

note to self:
step 1 - buy gear from crackheads/poor musicians on craigslist
step 2 - sell to australians
step 3 - profit

You're probably onto something there!

Just to put it in perspective for the guys from the US you have to understand that we don't have much choice over here. While searching over the last 2 months for a 7 string (ebay is our only outlet as far as I know, anywhere else is overpriced) I came across a used RG7321 that went for $550 (head sanded off), another 1 with seymour duncs in it for $650. An RG7420 (pink) that went for $650 and the Universe blk dot (average condition) that I won for $900 (but seller pulled out ). After 2 months my savings kept building and i couldn't wait any longer!!!!!

If I lived in America would I pay 1900 US for the JPM clone??? HELL NO!

Does anyone know of a used guitars you can get in Oz for cheap apart from Ebay or somewhere in US they will ship O/S?