Well, this is going to be very long as it will contain all the information you need to know on the jem 555 and how it compares to other guitars through facts.
The Guitar and What its made of
Neck:
The neck is made of Maple wood and the fretboard is made of Rosewood. It has 24 frets. The rosewood fingerboard gives the guitar excellent sustain, due to the exact same neck as a fender except that the fender neck is shorter and has a different shaped head, it produces the exact same sustain (i didnt realize this until i did my FACTUAL research, not research on fanatical opinions). The neck is mdae of identical materials to the standard stratocaster (upgrade) except for the inlays, which on the jem are much more elaborate and detaled what with the Pearloid Vine inlays.
The Body:
Made of basswood. A little info on basswood; Basswood is a soft wood with tight grains. The softness of
basswood means that sharp highs are dampened and smoothened. That helps
offset the tinny sound associated with knife edged tremolo contacts. It is lightweight, but this does not alter the sound of the guitar. Deep,
breathy sub-lows aren’t resonated in Basswood. The reduction in these
outer frequencies leaves the mids pronounced in a hypothetical response
curve. Its very suitable for the typical guitar range, and very
suitable for lead guitar, because of its pronounced “out front” sound.Complex overtones are muted along with the highs leaving a strong
fundamental tone. In other words rich frquencies both high and low are given off unlike woods such as mahogany which is open grained with large pores, dampening sound.
The pickups:
DiMarzio Evolution (Humbucker/Single/Humbucker). The
setup of the humbucker, single coil, humbucker pick ups gives a wider
range of tones than the stratocasters solely single coil setups.
The pickups are made from ceramic, the same material as the fenders.
However the humbuckers give a more rock-metal style sound rather than
the blues-rock ungain sound associated with fenders.
The tremelo:
The tremelo bar used to be the Lo-Trs 2 until in 2003 it was replaced with a EdgeProII which is identical to the highest thought of tremelo bar to date, made by ibanez, the 'edge pro' which can be found on steve vai's guitars and the jem 7v wh except the edge pro II is missing the saddle inserts and the arm holder, and is shorter in length (from stud to fine tuners). Note they are both double locking so any tremelo sound can be achieved, like all the ibanez models with tremelo bars, can also recieve built in intonation for one way tremelo. More information on the edge pro series here: http://www.jemsite.com/news/edge2003/
I may do more, but that pretty much sums it up. Everything I wrote down is proven to be true be it the molecular structure of wood, materials used to create parts of the guitar or basic well known facts.
But of course, if you are unchanged, go play one with an open mind.
1. I love Ibanez in general, their guitars are good quality and I love the shape.
2. Its got the sweetest neck I've EVER seen, those natural tree pics are awesome and even count as fret indicators up to 12.
3. It has a whammy bar, and I need whammy bars, they are just awesome.
4. Its got sweet pickups, Ive tried one at a shop before and it sounded absolutely amazing, and that was marshal, lets see how it is on a line6
5. Its got a handle! The only guitar in the world (jem) that has a handle to my knowledge (please dont spoil my philosophy by saying there are others :'(
Yeh! I am teaching some guy guitar and I may find a job at a club for a while to help pay for it, it will be AWESOME!
Should I keep my Ibanez SA260 FM or not? Ill probably sell it but I want to see your reasons.
A few witty quotations i found in a library in sco
Current mood: chipper
- He hath but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it, but hath already comitted breakfast with it in his heart.
-I feel very humble but think I have the strength to fight it! *while accepting a medal*-Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in prostitution.
-History teaches us men and women act wisely after they have exhausted all other alternatives.
-Thanks to modern technology, History comes equipped with a fast forward button.
-History is not what you thought. It is what you can remember. History gets thicker as it approaches recent times - I made this one
-The devil himself had probably redisigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from deserving airport layouts.
-If you watch a game its fun, if you play it its recreation. If you work at it its golf.
-Golf is like a good walk spoiled.
-If it turns out there is a god I don't think that he's evil. But the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
This is just going to be a bunch of questions that are all exciting, nigh impossible and interesting to think about. I think they are mostly going to be questions I have thought up and never found an answer to. Dont use any other rescources other than your own brain.
What is energy? Humans dont exactly know what energy is, we know all forms of energy exist as heat, be it wave energy, sound or kinetic, they are all forms of heat. Potential energy is not in heat form initially, yet it is transformed into useful energy which will always turn into a form of heat energy.
What is gravity? Personally, this is the most interesting question of all, no one knows. There could be so many theories, its just exciting to think about. If I'm in a mall bored or outside at night I will usually end up thinking about gravity. Sure, we can calculate it. Sure, we can explain it to a very basic degree, but what exactly is it?
What are the purposes of existance? This is a tricky one for the scientific minded. It seems there is nothing that requires anything to be anywhere. For life, certain things must be met and in life certain things are required, but is everything just here to pose questions? To interest life that is, or is it there to taunt life and make life question its existance. If life is not there, then what is the purpose of anything being there, if nothing senses it, is there any point? If things do sense it, is there any point? Why should there be? In this way only questions are posed to life for it to desire the answer and continue. Is that desire for knowledge the purpose of existance, or the purpose of existance of life. What is the purpose of existance then? Well, thats what this question is. Ive thought about it a lot and sometimes I come to depressing theories and sometimes to interesting theories, well, here is you chance to think about it.
How do emotions, thought and picturing images in your brain happen? Yes we know what cells these happen in and what those cells are made of, but how do chemicals allow us to see images in our head, allow us to think without substance to put thoughts on (i.e. paper), allow us to feel.
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