Manchester Guitar Tech
Scalloping a Jem Fretboard
Scalloped Ibanez Jem Fretboard
A regular customer of mine asked me to scallop the last four frets of his Ibanez Jem.
Once the scallops were cut and sanded, I sealed the bare wood with a couple of coats of Clear Satin nitrocellulose lacquer.
Can I scallop jem 7v neck? Professional guitar builder said he won´t do it because of the vine thing running through the fretboard. Do you think there is a risk of ruining it? Are the leaves deep enough?
Yes it can be done, just so long as you don’t make your scallops too deep.
I was under the impression that Jems already had the last four frets scalloped. Was this a custom Jem? I’m aware of many people building Jem tribute guitars by putting handles and lions claw trem routes into RG bodies. Was this one of those projects?
No, this is a real Ibanez Jem. The model is the Jem505 which doesn’t have the scalloping from the factory.