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GMC Forum _ Pavel Denisjuk _ New Guitar - Jem
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 13 2007, 03:19 PM
hey pavel,
i buy the jem7vwh today!
anything i should keep in mind? i check if everything is okay with the frets, play it.. look if everything workd well.. ! or is there anything special thing to check? im not very comfortable with the edge pro trem. so if theres something special to know please tell me 
Posted by: Layzer Dec 13 2007, 03:22 PM
lucky lucky!
Posted by: Pavel Dec 13 2007, 03:23 PM
Jsut a little warning: if you play it and it feels strange -> don't worry -> usually guitars at guitar-stores are not set-up! I bought a JEM which felt totally strange at store, but i got it home, did a setup and now it plays like butter
JEM is JEM -> nothing to be worried about! And if you try a whammy bar and it goes out f tune, it means the lockers were not locked 
Have fun man and i am glad we are getting another JEM-er in the club
Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Dec 13 2007, 03:37 PM
Yes, welcome to the dark side! As Pavel said once "we have cookies"
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 13 2007, 03:41 PM
yeah looked long for a guitar and after 1 1/2 years i finally found one 
it is complicated to set-up the jem? i guess i can find some stuff about that in the inet =)
Posted by: Pavel Dec 13 2007, 03:51 PM
Nothing difficult! There are loads of manuals and tutorial on he internet
Posted by: Toni Suominen Dec 13 2007, 03:55 PM
Awesome man, congrats on the new guitar!!
Posted by: Crazyfret Dec 13 2007, 03:58 PM
I must confess I didn't know what it looked like so I'd googled it.
Nice guitar, tho I'm not sure about the 'handle'. I also didn't realise it had scooped frets where the neck is bolted to the body! The only guitarist I knew who had scooped frets was Ritchie Blackmore.
Good luck with the purchase
Posted by: Smells Dec 13 2007, 04:02 PM
Yea nice one m8! be sure to post some pictures of it for us when you get it
Posted by: Pavel Dec 13 2007, 06:06 PM
Nice guitar, tho I'm not sure about the 'handle'. I also didn't realise it had scooped frets where the neck is bolted to the body! The only guitarist I knew who had scooped frets was Ritchie Blackmore.
Good luck with the purchase
The handle is just a design trick and i like it a lot - really adds some touch to the guitar
Last 4 frets are scalloped and there are a lot of guitars scalloped nowadays
Posted by: Gerald Dec 13 2007, 06:48 PM
What does the scalloped frets do that is benefical? I have wondered about this and since you mentioned it about the Jem I thought I would ask.
Posted by: Pavel Dec 13 2007, 07:22 PM
We had loads of topics on scalloped frets - it's a matter of preferences, but to me - it improves the access and feeling of high frets. It's easier to fret high frets if they are scalloped.
Posted by: MickeM Dec 13 2007, 07:40 PM
i buy the jem7vwh today!
anything i should keep in mind? i check if everything is okay with the frets, play it.. look if everything workd well.. ! or is there anything special thing to check? im not very comfortable with the edge pro trem. so if theres something special to know please tell me
Congratulations on (almost buying) the JEM
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 13 2007, 11:43 PM
yehaaa got the jem and its amaaaaaaazing!
dont know what to say such a big difference to my good old fender
tomorrow i have to look some things up, i want to put new strings on etc. and dont know how ( of course i know it on my old guitar but this whole tremolo thing looks so complicated, i dont want to break sth. ) ...
i write back later, i guess there are some questions left..
up to know.. thanks!
ps: the scalloped frets are amazing, so easy to fret and even vibrato works much better!
pss: sustain is amaaaazing!
Posted by: MickeM Dec 14 2007, 12:18 AM
dont know what to say such a big difference to my good old fender
tomorrow i have to look some things up, i want to put new strings on etc. and dont know how ( of course i know it on my old guitar but this whole tremolo thing looks so complicated, i dont want to break sth. ) ...
i write back later, i guess there are some questions left..
up to know.. thanks!
ps: the scalloped frets are amazing, so easy to fret and even vibrato works much better!
pss: sustain is amaaaazing!
lol yet another happy JEM customer! Congrats on the guitar!
Posted by: Muris Dec 14 2007, 12:24 AM
Glad you like new axe,congrats!!
Posted by: Pavel Dec 14 2007, 06:35 AM
dont know what to say such a big difference to my good old fender
tomorrow i have to look some things up, i want to put new strings on etc. and dont know how ( of course i know it on my old guitar but this whole tremolo thing looks so complicated, i dont want to break sth. ) ...
i write back later, i guess there are some questions left..
up to know.. thanks!
ps: the scalloped frets are amazing, so easy to fret and even vibrato works much better!
pss: sustain is amaaaazing!
I'm glad you're not disappointed! Now have fun with it!
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Dec 14 2007, 08:33 AM
congratulations !!!! welcome to the JEM-owners-Club
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 14 2007, 05:14 PM
hey yeah its a hell of a guitar played for some hour now!! thanks !
can you tell me a good site where i can look for adjusting jems etc. i fell my strings are 2 high off the fretboard and i dont know how to fix it. also i want to
put new strings on. and is it possible to oil the neck with lemoil? i have some left from my old guitar?!
thanks and if you know a good site please tell me the manual of the guitar is (/%(=!/%!(/%?=!/(?= -.-
Posted by: Unleash-The-Shred Dec 14 2007, 05:39 PM
I never got a cookie and I have had a JEM since I joined a while back.
Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Dec 14 2007, 05:49 PM
In that case you should be giving the cookies out to others
Posted by: Pavel Dec 14 2007, 06:18 PM
can you tell me a good site where i can look for adjusting jems etc. i fell my strings are 2 high off the fretboard and i dont know how to fix it. also i want to
put new strings on. and is it possible to oil the neck with lemoil? i have some left from my old guitar?!
thanks and if you know a good site please tell me the manual of the guitar is (/%(=!/%!(/%?=!/(?= -.-
I got a manual of guitar together with guitar and case, i'll post the link here if i see one. I am sure some GMC-ers have it ready and will share it because i don't have one in pdf or something.
Too may JEM and Ibanez owners here and we ran out of cookies! Awaiting another shipment
Posted by: Alex Lewis Dec 14 2007, 07:21 PM
For floyd trems i know the "action" or distance between neck and strings is adjustable by two allen key screws either side of the whammy bar.
You may need to adjust the screws in the back of the guitar that determine the length of the springs (There should be instant access to these on the back of the guitar) if you find the tremolo is not parallel to the body of the guitar.
For example if the tremolo Sticks out then you need to tighten the screws in the back of the guitar accordingly until the tremolo becomes parallel to the body (when tuned to the correct pitch i.e EADGBE). Obviously do the reverse if the tremolo appears to be sinking into the body of the guitar.
You will definitely need to adjust this if you either change the gauge of the strings you are using or change the tuning you are using.
When changing strings I recommend changing each string individually rather than removing them all then replacing the strings, as you will be able to judge whether adjustments need to be made sooner ( because each time you change a string the trem should stay in the same position i.e parallel to the body of the guitar).
Also when I change strings I tune them to pitch as I go this means.......I change the first string I tune it up,
then change the second string tune that up and check the tuning of the first string again,
low E
then
Low E, A
then Low E, A, D
then
Low E, A, D, G........ and so on
Once you have Mastered changing strings in this way then move on to changing them all at once
with regard using lemon oil on the neck.... if the neck is either Rosewood or Ebony then this is a must!!!!! however if its a maple neck then do not use lemon oil.
Hope this helps
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 20 2007, 03:35 PM
hi sorry for my late answer but i had no internet for 1 week, because of a connection crash here in my hometown -.-
put new strings on my guitar and everything worked well despite i have a big problem with my G string.
when i play it theres always a strange sound like the string is too low and hits the fretboard.
but the height is ok and no string hits the board and also my tremolo is parallel to the body.
everything seems to be right adjusted and i even bought a third set of strings to check if the g string was not working right or so...
can you help me out? otherwise i have to go to the store again..
cheers
Posted by: Pavel Dec 21 2007, 06:48 PM
That's pretty strange to have only 1 string creating buzz or touching the fretboard...did you try rising the bridge a bit? I mean, check if the bridge is on the optimal height. The strings can go low but not TOO low and not TOO close to the fretboard
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 21 2007, 08:52 PM
hey came from the store 1 hour ago.
the guy there told me this is absolutely normal something with bachsyndrom i dont actually know but all in all i can raise the bridge but then it gets a bit more difficult to play despite the buzzing would stop.
i guess some buzzing is okay, in fact it is normal like he told me, so im happy again :D:D
Posted by: Pavel Dec 21 2007, 10:47 PM
One thing you might not have noticed: if your guitar is unplugged and you hear the buzz it doesn't mean it's bad. If you plug it in the amp and play and hear a clean tone from the amp than the buzz doesn't make the difference.
So as long as you hear a good clean tone from the amp the fret/string buzz is ok. I have some of that buzz my self but i guess i got used to it. In the end - the electric guitar is created to be played with amp and not unplugged so as i said before - no buzz out of the amp? You have a good setting!
Posted by: Giacinto Dec 21 2007, 11:15 PM
oh i have a very slight buzz when im plugged in... but i cant get rid of it unless i higher the strings ~ tremolo.
the guy in the store told me everything is alright and it he knows this phenomenom with the g string. o.O i hope this is true ..
Posted by: whammysam Jan 21 2008, 10:11 PM
There are other factors in setting up a guitar such as truss rod adjustment and so fourth. A professional would be able to do this quickly and not too expensively. I was lucky with my ibanez.. an rg370dx. It was shipped from Germany to where I live in the Uk. I was totally amazed when I took it out of the box, discarded all the wrappings, labels etc and found that it was crisp, in-tune!! I only needed to lower the bridge action slightly and it was fairly well set up.
Posted by: whammysam Feb 10 2008, 03:06 AM
I was totally amazed when I took it out of the box, discarded all the wrappings, labels etc and found that it was crisp, in-tune!!
I apologise for saying this.. What I since discovered, is that the day my guitar was delivered, my kid brother took it out of the box and had a go while I was in work.. He did a cool job of packing it all back thats all I can say
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