Yes I've tried Jcustoms, everything from the first batch of the JCs.
I bought an RGART and RGARCH for a fellow Jemsiter back around 7 years ago when the first line of JCs were introduced outside of the US market.
They're nice guitars, however marketed currently with that whole custom shop feel, with the intention of breaking into the Tom Anderson Drop Top, Suhr Standard market. They got list prices to match too.
And yes I've seen quality slips on these models too.
LimpPissket, I'm totally cool with outsourcing, but I feel that consumers should know what they are buying into. Especially when it comes to something like a guitar. I'm a big fan of nike, I have 8 pairs of Dunk SBs. As for what you said about Frank, Scott and Reb, I assure you if you did your research you'd be very surprised, their respective ibanez models were key selling points for the company in the 80s; and that legacy continues with Reb's and Scott's Suhr models.
I understand how you guys feel about my so-called "Dissing" of the brand. Trust me I felt the same way when I first heard this kind of info spewing across the internet. I'm not here to diss anything, I'm just here to inform. I own 3 ibanez guitars, I will never sell them, or substitute them for anything else. More than anything I would like to see Ibanez take consumers seriously and put some damn effort into quality control.
Shredcow I haven't tried out the mod yet, last time I went down to davis they told me they sold the trem arm alone, no holder included. But then again you probably have to educate the staff on the stuff they sell. The guy there told me a certain SD Humbucker sucks cuz the output rating was low.
I bought an RGART and RGARCH for a fellow Jemsiter back around 7 years ago when the first line of JCs were introduced outside of the US market.
They're nice guitars, however marketed currently with that whole custom shop feel, with the intention of breaking into the Tom Anderson Drop Top, Suhr Standard market. They got list prices to match too.
And yes I've seen quality slips on these models too.
LimpPissket, I'm totally cool with outsourcing, but I feel that consumers should know what they are buying into. Especially when it comes to something like a guitar. I'm a big fan of nike, I have 8 pairs of Dunk SBs. As for what you said about Frank, Scott and Reb, I assure you if you did your research you'd be very surprised, their respective ibanez models were key selling points for the company in the 80s; and that legacy continues with Reb's and Scott's Suhr models.
I understand how you guys feel about my so-called "Dissing" of the brand. Trust me I felt the same way when I first heard this kind of info spewing across the internet. I'm not here to diss anything, I'm just here to inform. I own 3 ibanez guitars, I will never sell them, or substitute them for anything else. More than anything I would like to see Ibanez take consumers seriously and put some damn effort into quality control.
Shredcow I haven't tried out the mod yet, last time I went down to davis they told me they sold the trem arm alone, no holder included. But then again you probably have to educate the staff on the stuff they sell. The guy there told me a certain SD Humbucker sucks cuz the output rating was low.
