View Full Version : My luck is changing...New guitar: Ibanez JEM555BK
GT777
03-08-2008, 06:48 PM
Well, since i lost everything EXEPT for my new RG321MH all my musical life was down in a hole....untill today!
I found this guy selling his gear and there it was this sexy guitar screaming to be played!! I offered this guy $300 and my RG321MH for the JEM and he accepted!!
It seems my luck is changing!! I deserved a guitar of this kind gdaammiitt!!! :)
Now im gonna have to buy a new Line6 POD XT (maybe X3???...) and record again...stay tuned!
Sharing my hapiness with you guys!!!!! Is not the ultimate guitar in the world but its TOO MUCH for my posibilities and i think i made a good deal!
24 Jumbo Frets
DiMarzio® Evolution® H-S-H
Floyd Rose Lo -TRS II
Cool as fuck isnt it?:woot:
macman
03-08-2008, 07:02 PM
awesome guitar I am dead envious & may I say I am so glad to see you back mate. Remember the days of being buddies on Guitarforbeginners .com...I was so hoping you would be back and looks like you are:boobies: I was very sad when I read the message you had to sell your gear etc
Go with the Pod X3 I have the Pod X3 bean and I love it:woot:
anyways, so glad to hear from ya again .....welcome back :bowdown:
slicer
03-09-2008, 12:52 AM
nice one! :woot:
ive got a 555 [white] and love it. evos are top class pups, you may have to change the trs though, mine was one of the newer models with the edge ii. heard nothing but bad writeups on the trs.
still a beaut of a guitar mate, id never part with mine. :)
regards,
jim.
Avalon
03-09-2008, 04:31 AM
Looks an awesome guitar mate, great to see you back too :thumb: , i think you'll have some fun with that :)
The thing that puzzles me though is the Ibanez S series has the ZR trem, which i know from experience is an awesome trem, but nither the JEM or JS edition uses it, and from what i've heard about the newer Edge Pro trems, its not as good as the ZR, its the only thing that kinda puts me off a JS/JEM/RG, but i guess you'll soon find out how stable it is, hopefully very :)
Also, i've been eying up the exact same model in my local guitar shop, they are a lovely guitar, its about £800 there, so it sounds like you got a bargin :thumb:
GEORDIE
03-09-2008, 04:45 AM
Nice Looking Weapon You Have There !!!!!!!!!
Unraveled
03-09-2008, 04:52 AM
IMO It's an ugly fucker!
But the main thing is your heading in the right direction again, and it didn't take as long as you thought it would. Long may it last! :thumb:
Captain Spasm
03-09-2008, 05:51 AM
Congratulations GT ... that's a real looker you have there (pay no heed to my grouchy mate above!).
A well-deserved break too, to get such a bargain when you really needed one.
Looking forward to hearing you soon :thumb:
stingx
03-09-2008, 06:20 AM
Very nice guitar - congrats! Ibanez offers them on and off again in the US. Now it's "off again". I have been looking on the bay for one to mod as I have an OFR and nice pups for it.
Glad to read this, man. I remember you being all bummed out selling the equipment. Good on you!
eamon7
03-09-2008, 06:31 AM
congrats on the nice guitar. i have heard that they play wonderfully. i personally don't like the pickguard but at that price i would own one too. i probably would get a different pickguard down the road but thats me. good now its time for you to get back to doing some more of those excellent covers.
axe2grind
03-09-2008, 08:51 AM
Very nice Vai model GT. Have fun with it and get recording. Can't be fun being out of the game, but with your new gear looking forward to hearing some music from you.:thumb:
Naifuzan
03-09-2008, 09:44 AM
That's great news! I bet ya can squeeze some killer tunes out of that one!
Congratulations and welcome back! :woot:
SteveG
03-09-2008, 12:11 PM
Excellent news mate, good on ya!! :D
Lippy
03-09-2008, 01:07 PM
Mint guitar at an amazing price!!!Welcome back.:)
Bahamut
03-10-2008, 02:45 AM
Looks a real beauty mate and i can tell you that the Evo pup's are fantastic , its good news to see you can soon get back to enjoying your music :)
sky1962
03-10-2008, 02:02 PM
Great news, Pleased to hear your back on the up:thumb: You'll be having hours of fun again. Nice one
csfarker
03-10-2008, 02:16 PM
congratulations!! She's beautiful! I recently found a guitar that I've been looking for forever too, she needs some work but I'm glad to finally have it!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ATATKizer/jammin/RGX.jpg
Master Tang
03-11-2008, 10:47 AM
I have a 555BK as well. It's one of my favorite guitars actually. I changed out the bridge to a more substantial version of Edge, and took out the Evos and put a set of Breeds in.
The bar was my only gripe to begin with. The 555 comes standard with Low TRS, and I replaced it with an Edge Pro. Easy upgrades to do at your leisure. I liked the Evos live, just didn't like them for recording.
Great looking axe bro! Good to see you back:)
Jay
GT777
03-11-2008, 02:29 PM
Thank you very much guys!!!
Im soooooo happy with this girl. I know about the Lo TRS-II issues, cause i had a JS100 before and, as you know, im more a Strat kind of player, so i dont use the whammy bar so often. Right now i dont have the locks in use...
However, here, this kind of guitar (JEM555BK) costs almost $1400 dollars. Really. So...you can imagine how lucky i feel right now.
While i buy some effects unity, could you recomend me some computer software i could use/buy/download in order to do a quick recording of it?
Thanks so much for your nice comments once more:)
stingx
03-11-2008, 07:08 PM
Thank you very much guys!!!
Im soooooo happy with this girl. I know about the Lo TRS-II issues, cause i had a JS100 before and, as you know, im more a Strat kind of player, so i dont use the whammy bar so often. Right now i dont have the locks in use...
However, here, this kind of guitar (JEM555BK) costs almost $1400 dollars. Really. So...you can imagine how lucky i feel right now.
While i buy some effects unity, could you recomend me some computer software i could use/buy/download in order to do a quick recording of it?
Thanks so much for your nice comments once more:)
Just use Audacity or Reaper if you don't want to spend any money :slap:
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