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Posted by: snackajacks Jun 13 2011, 07:26 PM

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

Posted by: Stephane Lucarelli Jun 13 2011, 08:24 PM

It could a cool experience!
You probably know jemsite.com?

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 13 2011, 08:53 PM

yess its a very nice site for ibanez fans

Posted by: Daniel Realpe Jun 13 2011, 10:17 PM

It's got to have the hole for the hand! Maybe do a variation on that?

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 14 2011, 11:29 AM

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

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 14 2011, 03:51 PM

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 ?

Posted by: AdamB Jun 14 2011, 05:38 PM

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.

Posted by: dark dude Jun 14 2011, 05:46 PM

The second of the two, have that on my Ibanez and it's more comfortable.

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 14 2011, 05:56 PM

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...

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 14 2011, 07:47 PM

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!

Posted by: Ompa Jun 14 2011, 08:11 PM

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.

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 14 2011, 08:17 PM

haha thats the least I worry about, I did it before, luckily they sell the paint and oil 2 streets away.
its more experimental mixing but an orange or pink jem would also be nice, the neck will cost me 1200 from ed
so thats a no go.

back to the start...

Posted by: AdamB Jun 15 2011, 01:27 PM

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/

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 15 2011, 02:06 PM

Im based in the netherlands, I've contacted some youtubers that build them, they gladly liked to help
me in my guitar building journey

Posted by: Fran Jun 15 2011, 02:54 PM

Curved heel is more comfortable, plus it's the one Ibanez uses, at least on RGs

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 15 2011, 08:24 PM

yeah I got em on my rg550, but the necks are really hard to find , what I could do is finding a new rg550 neck ( Im not going to disasemble my guitar ) and then with a steamer get the fretboard off and put a jem on it, the jem fretboards are easier to find then whole necks.
see were it gets me..

Posted by: Fran Jun 15 2011, 08:48 PM

Good luck with the whole thing, let us know how it goes, and take some pics!

Posted by: snackajacks Jun 15 2011, 09:34 PM

of course I will !
haha I post everything here lately,haha even my new hair xD

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jun 16 2011, 10:05 AM

Yeah they used to make the old Flying V's out of it... must be good !