I got my Jem Jr back in 2008 when it cost £1,000 from dealers here in the UK (now £450), I just wish mine played and sounded as good as that one. I've not had it set up by a professional and now wish I had, but having had several strokes I can no longer play as I did back in the mid/late 1980s, so paying over £50 for someone to set it all up properly seems a waste of money to me. I'd always set up my own guitars other than when Tony Zemaitis (who I knew as he lived near to me at the time and made a fretless bass for a mate) did my late 1980s Yamaha RGX and RGZ back in 1992.

I told my first guitar teacher that the original Jem looked cool with the monkey grip. He said it was a useless marketing gimmick. I stopped taking lessons from him. Your video helped me decide to buy one. My yellow one arrives tomorrow. Thank you! 🙏

wish they had it in a bound neck , that is the only thing stopping me from buying

Love this build.

How is the finger feeling?

Excellent explaination of how to check neck angles and of how to get it right . Thanks very much man!

Love the series! What is the neck profile like on these?

Why get the spalted top if you’re just going to paint over it?

Brings back some good memories. I owned one of these in the late 80's. I also went the rack path. I was chasing Ronni Letekro & Jake E Lee sound for sure. LOL. I can not recall what I possibly used as a power amp. I know the cab was a Marshall 2 x 12 stereo cab. I don't think I was cool enough too run stereo. Go figure!

What distortion pedal is that

Would it be great for a beginner? I can play barre chords and some picking not best to be exact on an acoustic guitar. Would it be best for me to purchase this guitar?

Merry Christmas! That's an excellent video, and it sounds great with the PRS! Are those stock zebra pickups on the guitar or replacements? In either case, they sound great!

Very nice video series and playing at the end! Between your videos and the sale Pango is currently running, I ordered the same kit yesterday. I plan to finish it similar to the Keith Urban PRS 22 fret guitat he plays from time to time. How are the kit pickups and tuners? Decent, or go for slight upgrades?

music is gae af

I wonder if the alcohol had anything to do with the veneer lifting from the body.

GREAT demo. I was just in Guitar Center yesterday and had a old Washburn bass they offered $500 for a trade. Saw this exact Jem Jr and really liked it, but wasn't 100% sure about it. Had my eye on something else.. Came home watched a bunch of demo videos on it and YOURS my friend of all of them I think has sold me. I'll be going back there in a few days to do the trade. Why not it's a even swap and I haven't used the bass in forever. Nice video man loved it. Great job.

Great build , loved the tips on nut adjustment too , getting myself an explorer kit but with a bolt on neck 🤘🏻

getting mines soooon can’t waitttt

Awesome build! The staining turned out so good! Shame the pickups weren't direct mount though :(

Great guitar build. Sounds great and look great. I think the pattern is so reptile so I think I got to try this but go green, brown and some yellow to match a snake or croc.

Looking good, sad that the viner on top is so visible under the paint. It's looking awesome 👍

Thanks for the review, I really liked it and I compliment you, I think it's very honest because it's clearly a low-mid range product but with some adjustments and adequate setup it can become a good guitar at an affordable price and you have demonstrated it without any doubt. And then as usual, what matters is to bring out the hidden character of a guitar and only someone who plays well like you can do it.👍🤗🎸!!!

I’m going to try the series resistor. The Duncan seems to get a big change in volume from 10-9 as the bleed starts to work. So if you’re not carful when playing it’s easy to big a big gain drop by just a nudge of your picking hand.

Now price that 20% lower bc it’s used

I tried to noodle with my guitar to warm my fingers at same time as watching guitar building videos but this time it was impossible because of the backing track. So my solution was to turn audio off and turn the texts on. Luckily you have the subtitles on.

That control cavity is worst then my PRS -- $10 for a cap and resistor

I’m getting one in a month I’m so damn ready I’m upgrading the wiring harness and pots.

Great.. thanks

That's a really nice looking build! What brand was this guitar kit?

love this series I just ordered the kit and I'm exited

I love your beard and your glasses I also have a beard and wear glasses but where I work I need to have my beard shaved completely or have it faded because I'm not allowed to have my beard too much also I'm thinking of building this Guitar kit but installing an FRX Floyd Rose double locking surface mounting tremolo bridge on it because I love to use the whammy bar like Eddie Van Halen and Dimebag Darrell and this tremolo bridge is specifically for Gibson Guitars and Gibson style Guitar kits and instead of installing the half pickguard I'm gonna install the Batwing pickguard, the pickups I'm going to install are the EVH branded Frankenstein humbucker bridge pickup and a 57 classic pickup in the neck or 2 57 classic pickups, and installing Kluson Deluxe keystone tuners, EVH low friction pots and Gibson tone pots, I'm gonna do the Eddie Van Halen frankenstrat paint job on the guitar kit but with a dark cherry red

So it has the strandberg ergonomic cutout (place to rest on your leg) but they put the jack there so it completely defeats the purpose. Still a cool guitar for players that don't care about that feature or just always stand up to play.

JJ crap tubes....If you spent all that cash why not some NOS Brimar or Mullards? U didn't even Bias anything? New tubes need a bias set

All that crap band sound. The Page want to be's

I'm new at this, so i wanted to ask, whats the use for the battery cavity?

Looking forward to some lessons on the parts where you’re playing that guitar 😁 Nicely done 🎸 🔥

Bro go practice. Leave the tiktok trends for children.

Soft and feminine

All the surfaces unflatteringly reflective.

NICE

And it’s dead

Weird

Love the shirt

thank you for doing your part in killing this stupid flavor of the week npc meme

This must be some sort of Internet trend. My daughters are calling everything demure at the moment.

What are you on about, mate?

Ps2: i mean love ps4 Ps4: MEOW!!!!

Ps2: meow

It seems to be so light weighted. Does light weight guitar have less sustain?

It’s so stupid to sell completely painted; bridge, tailpiece, and posts. RUF sells guitars, with hardware like this, out the door. Everyone thinks they suck. They don’t, they just aren’t properly grounded.