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Posted by: funkymilk Jul 14 2007, 03:02 AM

Man, I was watching some Steve Vai stuff today and im drooling when I see his JEM. At the moment I have a Fender strat and it's cool, I like it.. ^^ But I love these floyd rose wammys, and I'm thinking of getting a JEM perhaps. Ok, the question..: Pavel, Andrew, and everyone that owns a JEM, Is it that great? Why is it so great? Can you use it for more heavy stuffs also? And should I buy one? ^^

-cheer

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Jul 14 2007, 03:33 AM

Did you see my http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=4862?

Lopng story short - get one dude

Posted by: Hemlok Jul 14 2007, 03:35 AM

I would like one, but I haven't seen one for sale in Australia yet. It's so damn expensive to get from America! Perhaps a second handy one off Ebay

Posted by: funkymilk Jul 14 2007, 03:01 PM

Ah, thanks Andrew.

Hemlok, yeah, I've never seen one here in Sweden either.. Ebay sounds good, haha. ^^

Posted by: Pavel Jul 14 2007, 03:25 PM

Witnessed,

Pavel Denisjuk, Rijeka Croatia


It's great for heavy stuff!! I already said it is not abut guitar - it's about your amp and pedals! Chris Impellitteri gets killer metal sound with his Strat on his amp so it a proof guitar has almost nothing to do with heaviness of your sound!

Also guitar player from band "Dominici" plays some crazy drop C tunings on a JEM and his sound is also amazing!

Posted by: funkymilk Jul 14 2007, 07:29 PM

Yeh Pavel, good point but you know, single coil... you can't really get that super heavy sound out of it. And I also love floyd rose. You can't do all the whammy stuff with a strat, that why I am thinking of getting me a JEM.

-cheers

Posted by: JVM Jul 14 2007, 07:38 PM

Jeff Beck proves that you can get real heavy on a strat, and whammy the hell out of it too.

Posted by: funkymilk Jul 15 2007, 01:11 AM

Yeah? can u send me some link or somthing? would really be nice. ^^

Posted by: fkalich Jul 15 2007, 01:59 AM

real men play les pauls with baseball bat necks

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VnrABzK4Uds

wammys are for weenies.

Posted by: Pavel Jul 15 2007, 03:34 AM

Chris Impellitteri is also a good example of very heavy sound on Strat! But anyway - if you get a JEM you won't regret that!

Posted by: Rock Jul 15 2007, 03:47 AM

I'm going to see him in October at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, MA. Can't wait. Sitting nice and close in the orchestra section. Oh yeah!

Posted by: funkymilk Jul 15 2007, 12:43 PM

sweet.

Posted by: funkymilk Jul 16 2007, 03:52 AM

Man, I can buy this JEM for 14 000 swedish kronor.. I don't know exactly how much that is in dollar..

Should I go for it?

Posted by: Slammer Jul 16 2007, 03:56 AM

Just for the Record.

14,000 sweden kronor is Equal to $2,106.43 US Dollars. Which is about what most JEMs cost in the USA.

Posted by: Lurgen Jul 16 2007, 08:46 AM

I saw (and played) on at Allans Music in Melbourne, and while I can see that the Jem is brilliant, I'm not so sure it's $4300 worth of brilliance...