Yes...
The newest addition to the family..
Jess II
She is a Flamed thru Black Les Paul shaped guitar


Her specifications
Body: Mahogany with Cream Binding
Neck: Maple neck, Set Neck with Cream Binding
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 22 Frets, Scale Length- 24.3/4
Inlay: Pearl "Tophat" styled inlays
Headstock: Black with Chrome Grover Machine Heads
Hardware: Chrome Gotoh Floyd Rose
Pickups: DV8 Neck Pickup, DV8 Bridge Pickup, Alnico Humbuckers
Controls: 2 Tone, 2 Volume, 3 Way Toggle Switch
Truss Rod: 2-Way Dual Action
Color: Flamed Thru Black


What does the above specifications tell you?
If I were to change the Humbuckers to the P-90 classic
What kind of guitar would you think that specifications resembled?
*Okay maybe take away the Floyd Rose and replace it with Tune-O-Matic, Stop Bar
Now what do you think?

An Epiphone Les Paul Custom?!
Well, surprise, the above is not an Epiphone Les Paul Custom
Neither is it tailored specifically for me =p
She is an Indie Guitar Co. ILP Gotoh Floyd Rose
Founded in England and Manufactured in Korea



I know I am not even 60% good yet
But I know a good sound when I hear one
*No I'm not biased =p
The tone is as ballsy as a Gibson
(I bet if you replaced the Humbuckers with a Gibson burstbucker you'd probably suckered yourself into believing it to be an actual Gibson =D)
But that said, it can never be compared to a Gibson
It's like a Gibson but its just not
But hey for the price, I'm satisfied =D
But I'd say it surpassed the Epiphone LP Custom though

It's solid and has a nice feel
The set neck is perfect for accessing the upper frets
(in particular the 21st-22nd frets)
The best thing about this guitar is that
I do not have to worry about meeting someone with the same guitar in Malaysia
I think all in all there would be less than 100 players with this guitar in Malaysia
An Indie Guitar, nobody knows about it sadly
And I have to admit that I've stumbled upon this beauty by chance as well
(On e-bay too.. tell me about the scare)

It's a well known general rule that you shouldn't buy guitars off E-bay
This is due to the scams and what not
But all in all, this guitar isn't famous enough to be replicated... yet
So I decided to go for it
(Anyway consumer protection in the UK is a very big thing)
The DV8 pickups are alright, not as heavy as I'd like it to be but still sounds good
(Maybe I need to up my skill levels first =p)


So because I'm not good at this yet
(Neither have I found out how to record the audio and visual yet)
Here is a video of a guy playing it at the NAMM 2009



Best thing is it's a LP with a Floyd Rose
(however when I get bored of the hassle I'd probably get a Stop Bar guitar -_-)


So there we go
My new baby



Oh before I stop
There is one thing about the price that I must mention
I still can't believe the price I paid for this baby
Floyd Rose Guitars usually costs above MYR2k in general
A Licensed Ibanez Floyd Rose will cost about MYR2.5k
I got a Gotoh one and it stays in tune like an angel
Go figure

p/s- Just incase anybody wonders, Jess II only cost me below MYR1900

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