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.
omg i was thinking about getting one of those a while back but i didn't know if it was worth the money. ty so much. i think i might get that 4 my next guitar.
Oh and just a note for anyone who thinks the jem 555 is fake (no one yet, they must all have been educated)
THE JEM 555 IS NOT FAKE, THAT IS A RUMOUR!
It came around via the fake 7v wh's that were circling around, that were made in china and many many many copies were sold with only 4 different product keys between them.
I think you'll be pretty happy to see each jem 555 with its own Ibanez based produt code.
The JEM555s are terrible.
That Edge pro II isn't a good trem at all, the pickups aren't evos either, it's made in Korea too I believe and the inlay looks tacky (only half way down and "steve Vai" is written at the 24th fret).
And with the money spent on this you could buy a prestige Ibanez RG, made in Japan, with better pickups and an Edge Pro or Edge Zero trem, with most likely a higher grade basswood, mahogany or alder.
However nothing can fault the higher end JEMs except preference.
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