You gotta admit, though, the great thing about the Jems' is that he doesn't stick his name all over the damn thing. It's just like any other guitar except everybody knows Steve helped design it. As for cutting holes into it... yes it will affect the tone. And about the Ibanez logo on it... try to be more creative so people won't think that it's just a rip-off of an Ibanez. Write some kind of phrase where the name brand usually goes. Something like "EetmeE", or anything that would get some attention.