I've said this before, and I'll say it again. Avoid Jemsite like the plague. All the time you'll spend wading thru the elitism makes it easier to just figure it out yourself.
too late...
Anyway, I've found a lot less elitism on that site than many others I've joined. The 555 is about the only thing they have an issue with there.
...and anything without an Edge trem...and anything not made in Japan...and anything that doesn't say "Ibanez" on the headstock...
Did I miss anything? Jemsiters tend to be Japanese Ibanez snobs, and will attempt to tell you that all Korean Ibanezes are junk and every trem ever made is a piece of crap compared to the Edge/LoPro Edge. Has anyone ever considered that there might be reasons that so many of us have fled here from Jemsite?
As far as the dude above who said the guy'd be better off buying an RG550 and having Dimarzios put in it and having a vine done - are you insane? A pair of Evos will cost you at least $100, plus the $300+ cost of having the vine done. You still won't have the JEM "extras" like the monkey grip and lion's claw, and you can't buy a Evo single coil ANYWHERE. So, buy a used RG550 for $300-$400, then throw in another $400+, and you'd end up several hundred dollars OVER the cost of a used JEM555.
The trem is not junk people, the TRS line have been used on guitars from every major guitar manufacturer from Ibanez to Jackson to Fender to Gibson. Get over the elitism, buy the used 555 you want and get a Schaller OFR for $70 and STILL save money. Better yet, buy a used RG and avoid JEMitis altogether... ;-)
~d~