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Hi,

I got a half built jem and Im trying to figure out what bridge I have in it. Its a single locking floating bridge. It says Tremelo Liscensed Under Patents on it.

Heres some pics:

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http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4366/picture0011ey.jpg

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http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/699/picture0027lh.jpg

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http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4331/picture0037zi.jpg

Cheers.

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I dont know much about Ibanez guitars but I think that's called a Edge Pro bridge

http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=JEM7V&z=y

!!METAL MATT!! :D

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Pretty sure its not an edge, the edge is a double locking bridge this is a replica of an Ibanez not an origional and its single locking. It only locks at the nut not at the bridge.

I dont have callipars or anything and Im trying to see if a OFR will fit it. The tremblock is also to small for the route as the springs bend around the the wood when you pull up. I really am not haappy eith this bridge, I need to replace the nut so the low quality really doesnt point to an edge. The strings almost come out when you bend dive bomb and the tuning stability is crap.

Help would be great.

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Sorry I dont Know Anything else Im not A trem guy :D

!!METAL MATT!! :D

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Pretty sure its not an edge, the edge is a double locking bridge this is a replica of an Ibanez not an origional and its single locking. It only locks at the nut not at the bridge.

I dont have callipars or anything and Im trying to see if a OFR will fit it. The tremblock is also to small for the route as the springs bend around the the wood when you pull up. I really am not haappy eith this bridge, I need to replace the nut so the low quality really doesnt point to an edge. The strings almost come out when you bend dive bomb and the tuning stability is crap.

Help would be great.

It looks like the new Edge Pro. If memory serves the Edge Pro can work as a double OR single locking trem (but I'm a bit rusty on my IBZ trems). But, yeah, everything about that picture says Edge Pro to me.

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That looks like an "Edge Pro 2" to me.... If you take it off, on the front of the peice that goes down into the body it should say Ibanez if indeed it is an Ibanez trem. I dont think any companies have started to make that design beside ibanez anyway.

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I cant see either Ibanez or edge written on it anywhere. Its a (please forgive me) plywood body so Im sure thats not Ibanez, not to sure bout the neck no finish so presume thats a fake aswel. It only cost me 20 Euro so Im not worried that I got ripped off on a fake. It has no way of adjusting the saddle except for moving the screws into either one of only 2 holes.

The guy I got it off said it was a kit he bought off Ebay.

Heres more pics of the hole thing and of the trem arm which does look like an edge arm.

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http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7475/picture0043tq.jpg

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http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5985/picture0052wx.jpg

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http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4193/picture0060wb.jpg

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http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3365/picture0079gi.jpg

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Is there anyway to change the saddles to locking saddles?

And I would agree that really is zero resistance. It bends so easy its scary. Ill wait until I get the new nut before I do a proper setup and see if it gets stiffer.

EDIT: After looking up the zero resistance bridge i have come to the conclusion its not one of those.

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There was a point, not too long ago, when I could give you every spec on every RG in production over a 10 year period without even thinking about it.

But that time has passed, sooooooooo..

What you have is one of two things:

1. An old RG150 that's been retrofitted with a single locking bridge. This would account for both the plywood body and the IBZ neck, as well as the "good try, but not quite" monkey grip route.

2.A chinese copy with an IBZ neck tossed on it. China is notorious for backwards engineering products (both legally and illegally) so quickly that they can have the knockoff on the market before the original appears.

The bridge is a little bit of a conundrum because, it DOES look to the naked eye pretty much exactly like a Edge Pro looks, right down to the IBZ style push fit arm, but it could very well be a Chinese copy.

Either way, you got it for about $35US, so that ain't bad.

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So I think from this thread Ive figured out a new trem is the way to go. Gonna measure for a OFR somehow. Ill try and borrow a callipars to get the measurements, have a look at the trem route comparison thread and see what I can put in without routing. Do you think its worth putting in a OFR?

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It's not a real Ibanez, guitar or bridge.

The bridge looks to be a copy of the Edge Pro. It's ***not*** a ZeroResistance trem system.

The guitar looks to be a not-so-good copy of a JEM:

- Strap button on back of body

- No JEM ever came with a p/g like that.

- No AANJ

- Far-too-basic inlays

- Machine heads are the wrong shape

- Trem cavity cover not countersunk

- ...and I don't think the grip is cut/placed correctly.

Even with all those bad points, it would make a cool guitar to dink with.

Email me a link on where to pick them up. I might get a couple to test with.

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Kevan is absolutely right.

This guitar has NOTHING.....I repeat....NOTHING to do with Ibanez RG or JEM range. This cheap knock-off type guitar. Probably an X3 Guitars product. http://www.x3guitars.com/

Having said this......found some good reviews on guitar:

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data...s/X3_XV7-1.html

There are a large number of cheap Ibanez Jem type Chinese knock-off floating about.

Ibanez recently developed the JEM 333 to under cut their cheap JEM 555 offering, just to counter these $150-200 Indonesian/Chinese knock-off.

If you want a Jem....buy one on ebay. For $600-1000 one can be had. You will never regret it. If you don't like to pay that kinda money, and are not into the Jem features.......pick-up a RG 5XX, or 7XX. You simply can't go wrong with those.

The newer AANJ models go for $200-400 on the bay.

Trem still keeps me puzzled.

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