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Originally Posted by technomancer
You clearly drank the Koolaid as guess what, mahogany, maple, alder, and rosewood are not exotic woods... never have been, never will be regardless of what the EBMM marketing department tries to say.
Also, having played a number of high end guitars, including Ibanez J-Customs and a number of customs from various builders I can tell you from experience the EBMMs are nothing to get excited about. They're well built, but they're on par with things in the $2k price range from a number of different sources. And the fretwork on them is blown away by what you find on an Ibanez J-Custom.
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firstly mahogany, maple, and rosewood are all exotic woods depending on where they are from. Mahogany is on the endangerd list, the rosewood is not crappy rosewood as is the maple.
Secondly, I have tried many many J-customs. Dont like them, simply put. Fret work was standard and in no way anything to get in a fuss about. Thats why i havent purchased a J-custom. Many other "custom" shops or series guitars have caught my intrest and ended up in my hands, but high-end Ibanez (apart from LACS which i have yet to have the fortune of trying) have never been anything big for me. EBMM on the other hand i think is brilliant. How you cant see, i dont know. Go and try a JP BFR, see if you ever want another Ibanez again.