Lesmortdansant Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Hi I've recently been offered a Jem Junior which is being advertised as a Jem 555. Is there a difference between the specs of the guitars or is it just a different branding for the same instrument? The seller does not know much about the history of the guitar and I cant find any diff between the two He wants approx $1200 AU for it. Any help would be really great. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) There isn't a whole lot of info out there ragarding the Jem Jr. which is also called the Jem333. What I know (or at least what I remember, correct or not) is that it was only marketed to a few Asian countries and it was released there because there was a big problem with counterfeight JEMs which were utter junk and gave Ibanez a bad rep over there. I guess Ibanez wanted to maintain their reputation (and cash in on the market) so Steve and they designed the JEM333 for those countries. I don't know what the actual specs are besides it has just dot inlays rather than the half vine of a 555, and the bridge, pickups, and probably all the other materials like wood and tuners are of lesser quality than the 555. Basically, I would stay away from it and go for a Japanese made RG, but I don't know what the situation is like as far as guitar availability is where you live. Edited February 8, 2005 by bowser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesmortdansant Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Strange thing is on the back of the headstock its stamped JEM 555 and on the front it says Jem Jnr... go figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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