Ibanez Jem appreciation thread!!!!

[TheShreddinHand]

I don't know, I find the VWH one to be really classy looking. The 10th is gorgeous as well, just wish it didn't have the writing right there on the pickguard.

Eric

 

[robare99]

Put a different pick guard on it....

 

[TheShreddinHand]

So for any of you JEM owners out there. Do you ever find that the tree of life inlay is a distraction to your playing at all?

For instance, for fretboards with offset dots or no dots at all, I find it difficult to keep my place on the fretboard during string skipping tapping passages. Playing rhythm isn't really a problem and leads isn't too bad, but tapping passages are difficult.

So, on the complete opposite side of the spectrum, the JEMs have quite a lot going on on the fretboard and is that distracting at all for soloing/lead play? I would tend to think it's not too bad for rhythm but having never played one, I really don't know! Thanks guys!

Eric

 

[Jet9]

Since I'll take any change I can to show off any of my Ibbies:

I don't own this one and I personally didn't like the way it played very much, but damn is it one sexy piece of plexiglass.

 

[willis7452]

Here's my er.. Jem.. kinda. The guy who had it first didn't like the monkey grip so he put a 87 rg550dy body on it. So im trying to track down an original body for it since I have everything else for it.

 

[shadowlife]

That's the coolest DNA i've ever seen.