NG(s)D - Gibson SG something or other, Ibanez Jem Jr

[Los-D]

Congrats on NGD!

 

[DrewJD82]

P.S. @DrewJD82 - I'm keeping the 2nd Jem Jr.

Five minutes with a phillips head screwdriver and it kills. I just can't stay mad at these guitars for ~$500.

This won't stop me from obsessing over the extra $30 I spent on the gig bag I had to buy because I had taken the empty gig bag out of my trunk the day before. Because I'm weird like that. Maybe I'll bring the bag back and test the boundaries of the word "used".

Hahahaha right before I read this post I was going to reply to your previous one saying if you decided to get rid of the 2nd one to let me know.

And yeah, that seems to be right around my area of logic when it comes to spending money I technically don’t have to.

 

[DrewJD82]

What's the difference between a Jem and a Jem Jr as well as those Pia things?

It’s essentially a JEM in aesthetics/design only, the bodies are meranti (which apparently can be multiple species of wood found in South East Asia but is generally Philippine mahogany and the fingerboards are jatoba (weird wood that almost looks and feels like some kind of synthetic wood).

Different pickups and hardware to hit the $400 price point. I’m not even sure what that bridge is called or if it’s a LoTRS and I think they use the Quantum pickups.

They have the Wizard III necks, which is closest to the 90’s JEM necks and makes them a must-buy for me as I really love that neck shape. They’re a bit thicker than a regular Wizard you’ll find on the average RG, while having the same width.

But with the trem route being able to take on a Gotoh and everything else easily swapped out, you can snag a cheap JEM and upgrade it all you want. If these came out when I was at the height of my JEM fanatacism I’d have 50 of ‘em by now.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

 

[mbenigni]

Hahahaha right before I read this post I was going to reply to your previous one saying if you decided to get rid of the 2nd one to let me know.

If I ever come to my senses, you'll be the first to know.

They have the Wizard III necks, which is closest to the 90’s JEM necks and makes them a must-buy for me as I really love that neck shape.

This is what it's all about. The look, and the neck carve. Not for everyone, but it always feels like home base to me.

But with the trem route being able to take on a Gotoh and everything else easily swapped out, you can snag a cheap JEM and upgrade it all you want. If these came out when I was at the height of my JEM fanatacism I’d have 50 of ‘em by now.

I still want a black one! I'll be playing solitaire with these things before I'm done.

 

[la szum]

(I digress, but the Mexican Charvel DK hardtail they had in store had a perfect ebony board. I don't know how Charvel is finding this quality of wood to put on sub-$1K guitars, but wow.)

I agree. For Superstrats I think those Charvels are some of the best quality instruments available for that kind of $$$.

 

[mbenigni]

I agree. For Superstrats I think those Charvels are some of the best quality instruments available for that kind of $$$.

For a hot minute this morning I thought about returning the clearly redundant Jem Jr #2 and grabbing that DK instead. But then I fell in love with the Jem (again.) AND I CANNOT BUY ANY MORE GUITARS THIS WEEK.

 

[duzie]

Damn
Forget the Jem
Some of us may want to hear more about your thoughts on the SG

 

[EOengineer]

Ok Jems are cool and everything but that SG is not getting the attention it deserves in this thread.

@mbenigni thats a killer SG, welcome to the batwing club. I prefer your 50s style keystone tuners to the 60s style that Gibson uses on the current Standard, but my SG is amongst my favorite guitars. It sees almost all the gigging.

 

[mbenigni]

Ok Jems are cool and everything but that SG is not getting the attention it deserves in this thread.

@mbenigni thats a killer SG, welcome to the batwing club. I prefer your 50s style keystone tuners to the 60s style that Gibson uses on the current Standard, but my SG is amongst my favorite guitars. It sees almost all the gigging.

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“In this thread” is the operative phrase here. IRL, it’s the only guitar getting played now. I’ve been meaning to respond to @duzie since he said folks might want to hear more about the SG, but everything that comes to mind is such superlative honeymooner mumbo jumbo, I figure it won’t mean anything to anyone anyway.

All I keep thinking is this is the most “musical” instrument I’ve ever owned, perhaps in a way I couldn’t have appreciated until recently. It just sings on every fret on every string. And I keep thanking my lucky stars that @stonge was with me to nudge me in the right direction. Left to my own devices, I’d probably have gotten hung up on the color, or the wear, or whatever and taken a pass.

This is my first ever Gibson purchase and I finally get the hype and, to an extent, the pricing vs. my bottom-feeder epiphones etc.

Yours is absolutely STUNNING, by the way. Mine’s more of a sleeper. :)

 

[EOengineer]

“In this thread” is the operative phrase here. IRL, it’s the only guitar getting played now. I’ve been meaning to respond to @duzie since he said folks might want to hear more about the SG, but everything that comes to mind is such superlative honeymooner mumbo jumbo, I figure it won’t mean anything to anyone anyway.

All I keep thinking is this is the most “musical” instrument I’ve ever owned, perhaps in a way I couldn’t have appreciated until recently. It just sings on every fret on every string. And I keep thanking my lucky stars that @stonge was with me to nudge me in the right direction. Left to my own devices, I’d probably have gotten hung up on the color, or the wear, or whatever and taken a pass.

This is my first ever Gibson purchase and I finally get the hype and, to an extent, the pricing vs. my bottom-feeder epiphones etc.

Yours is absolutely STUNNING, by the way. Mine’s more of a sleeper. :)

It definitely sounds like you found a great one. That’ll be a lifelong keeper and in 10 years you won’t care what color it is or what you paid for it. You’ll just be happy that it’s there for you to play.

 

[mbenigni]

It definitely sounds like you found a great one. That’ll be a lifelong keeper and in 10 years you won’t care what color it is or what you paid for it. You’ll just be happy that it’s there for you to play.

I already couldn’t care less about the way it looks. (This very thought crossed my mind a couple of days ago.) And the fact that I got it at a reasonable price is just icing. :)