Well, as the title says, Im planning to build a jem, of course I will post pics
now my plans are to work the whole summer ( I don't earn much money cuz im 17)
With the money I earn I will build myself a nice guitar.
for the parts I saw the site of jemparts the only problem is that I can't find a descent neck.
Im looking for the pyramid neck.
im thinking about swirling because I did it before and It is not that hard, but I also like the colors
desert yellow and shocking pink.
any thoughts ?
Greetings
It could a cool experience!
You probably know jemsite.com?
It's got to have the hole for the hand! Maybe do a variation on that?
Your idea sounds great!
I wish I could tackle project like that.
Maybe you can find a used neck on ebay or craiglist?
Swirl painting sounds awesome. It can look very effective.
I'll be following this thread to see the progress
so yesterday started with the plans, today did some research:
- found a body on a site of patrick sims
this one is 450 dollars but it is already painted.
I could get it complete without electronics and tremolo for 950 but that wouldn't make sense
I looked further for a plain body :
wich brought me to this 2 , both 165 dollars
main difference is the squere heel, I need to overthink that, what do you guys think ?
I tried to buy a body from patrick sims once, it did not go well. I would recommend you avoid sourcing anything from him, if you google around a bit you should find that he doesn't have a great reputation.
The second of the two, have that on my Ibanez and it's more comfortable.
contacted Ed Roman, He told me he could make me some parts for a reasonable price but because of
the copyright infringement he cant make all the parts , So he will try to make me a pyramid neck.
Yeah so our neck is fixed, now further with the body.. Ed could make me one without the monkey grip
Ill first ebay en then ill see...
Congratulations mate, seems like a nice project!
If you want to make a swirl painting, I suggest you practice a bit on a similar plank of wood, it's tricky!
I would suggest Korina (also called Limba) as wood for the body. Great sustain, warm sounding and a bit more mids - compared to mahogany. Lovely wood.
Where are you based, the US? If you happen to be in the UK then jaden rose might be a good person to contact;
http://www.jadenroseguitars.com/
Im based in the netherlands, I've contacted some youtubers that build them, they gladly liked to help
me in my guitar building journey
Curved heel is more comfortable, plus it's the one Ibanez uses, at least on RGs
Good luck with the whole thing, let us know how it goes, and take some pics!
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