Ibanez JEM Jr - BLACK Finish | The Affordable Steve Vai Signature! - Review & Demo

[@craigzinga]

My daughter picked up a used Jem Jr. just last week. I set it up for her. Man. Plays like butter and almost beats my Strat

[@matthewskaj9531]

Great demonstration of the versatility of tones with this guitar. Thanks! I’m sold.

[@adamsan7494]

I hate how ibanez has stopped using rosewood across their range. Love a jem though.

[@Barbarapape]

Monty's guitar wax makes the disliked jatoba ones much darker, but still not as dark as Rosewood.

[@adamsan7494]

@@Barbarapape Yeah I have some of Monty's wax already. The replacement woods aren't a deal breaker but I really like rosewood.

[@subaie3]

It's cuz rosewood is an endangered wood and even fender are switching to indian laurel and pau ferro

[@atanastsvetkov1530]

I couldn't agree more. Aesthetically, all black guitar with a brown fretboard doesn't look great. It's better to go maple fretboard if they are not going to use a dark wood.

[@iwritegoodessays9779]

@@Barbarapape YES! fk JATOBA man. The wax for my rosewood strat made my ibanez guitar unplayable. I dont know why but Jatoba fretboard really hate sticky stuff, the wood will eat the wax and keep it forever like shit

[@comparedtowhat2638]

That was great fun Dagan. It has been some time since I looked at this model. The new ones looks a little fancier than the early JEM Jr. I will check this one out. Thanks!

[@richieismyhero]

I have the white, yellow and pink, the black looks ok but would look amazing with gold hardware. I wish they had done the green to go with the pink and yellow, I would have gotten that. A Pia jr would be cool

[@chriskitchen4772]

I would like the green too !!!

[@richieismyhero]

@@chriskitchen4772 it would look so cool much better than black

[@chriskitchen4772]

@@richieismyhero Yesssssss !!!

[@jagerking7020]

The black needs a pearloid pg and or some wacky dayglo pickup bobbins etc

[@richieismyhero]

@@jagerking7020 yep that would be cool

[@sudan47]

Clicked so fast. Most awaited guitar for and the review. You’re always so cool my man!!

[@whitestripe484]

This one really needs to be all black(or at least have black pickups/knobs), it just looks so metal yet classy… If I didn’t had FR guitar already I’d definitely got this one

[@scrimpmster]

Get one and customise it 😀 The optimal numder of guitars is G+1 G is the number of guitars you already have then just add one. Then repeat 👍😀

[@whitestripe484]

@@scrimpmster doesn’t work like that for me, I have two 6 strings and it’s already one too much. For me a guitar should either be perfect or unique, and I already have the perfect one

[@havochowl6766]

My uncle has the full black JEMJR that was made in Indonesia few years ago. It has doesn't have the Tree of Life inlay, rather it uses the simple dot inlay. The fretboard is still Jatoba, monkey grip is there, quantum pickups, etc. But yeah, it is full black and it has bronze logo, not white.

[@syedzareefintisar2298]

​@@havochowl6766 I`ve that one now & it`s so cool

[@IronValorantClips]

man, i just ordered it i dont think ill regret it

[@TempleSpeedWay]

New to Floyd roses? Regardless I still have a bone stock Jem jr and a fully customized one. Feels strange with the aggressive look and how versatile it is out of the box.

[@hotmetalslugs]

The fact that they completely took the real Jems off the market is a real shame.

[@SoundtheTrumpet2023]

That is a real JEM.

[@jorgecasadob]

That Vai lick tho hahaha Good one Dagan :)

[@georgearchibald4773]

looks terrible with white pickguard and hardware, would've been much better with all black. to me it makes it look like a squire strat or pacifica with the white. shame bc I really like the jem jrs

[@jagerking7020]

You are right. The white yellow and pink look sick though. The black looks like dog balls. Just grabbed a white one tonight and blown away with how well it was setup, how amazing it stays in tune and also the case is great as well.

[@AMSQUIRELALONDE]

Nah I think it looks nice like this. Also it comes in 3 other finishes.

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

Full white jem jr looks better in my opinion. Add it with white pearl pickguard just make it better

[@pablomartinez1083]

i totally feel ya

[@benjackson1077]

Nah I like it

[@christineblack4654]

I just bought a jem jr used in white. it's fine but what's with the super high nut? I own gibson, kramer,jackson, other Ibanez, bc rich, fender, prs and others. none are that high at the nut. can I just buy a lower nut I mean so the strings will be lower at the first frets. I like low action and this would help the overall action. it's like 3 times to high. I will have to file down the groove were the strings sit or file down the wood under the metal nut but I dont like that because it wood mean it's stronger and I would take a lot off. all other guitar I have are 3 times lower, I would expect this on a Walmart guitar or something. I very suprised by this on a Ibanez. realy sucks. sorry for the bad spelling I am french. If I can get a lower one please give me the link for the righ one... anyone thanks.

[@SavitTheGoalie]

We don’t need anymore jem jr’s we need a pia jr

[@danielsaturnino5715]

Yeah yeah that's cool but that white LTD hanging on the wall back there has all my atention... :)

[@michaeld2716]

Thanks. Looking for a guitar that stays in tune.

[@SH-ii6uo]

It seems PMT Newcastle have restocked on their white Jem Jrs after I bought their last one.

[@Brad143]

You Need to change the bridge tremolo and the pickup

[@brikbravo]

Cool!!!!

[@reggepot]

on mine the humbuckers kinda sound a bit like single coils

[@brogoram]

What actualy the tremolo jem jr?? I searched the spec all over internet they only said "double locking tremolo". Well...is it lo pro 2? is it edge special? Is it gotoh?.. those sites never tells. Can anybody tell me?

[@cz08]

Its a licensed cheap floyd rose made by ibanez, its the same used in GIO and their entry level guitars. It's the only thing worth changing in this guitar

[@DelawareSongs]

hi Dagan what model is that guitar strap you're using? thanks!

[@mathias6423]

Pickups does not sound that good, if you can afford to change the pickups or at least the bridge pickup you have a pure gem of a guitar for cheap.

[@Jamestele1]

OK, I guess I'm buying one. Nice

[@PMTVUK]

You should!🤘

[@Barbarapape]

When will Ibanez make a Jem Jr version of the Pia? I have the Jem 7V in White and the Jem Jr in Pink, i won't be buying a black one. Black guitars are a magnet for greasy fingerprints. Also please go back to Roswood fretboards, the Jatoba ones look terrible.

[@Coles-bootleg-vids]

I agree on Jatoba looking bad, but until recently there was a ban/restriction on rosewood, so, many companies migrated to Jatoba for the low-end guitars. But usually if you pay at least $900 or so you get rosewood due to the higher price range.

[@Barbarapape]

@@Coles-bootleg-vids My $500 Sire lary Carlton has a Rosewood fretboard, the larger companies bought large stocks of the alternatives and it will take a few years if ever for them to bring back Rosewood to mid priced models. Ebony is a good alternative, i just can't stand brown fretboards. Thankfully i bought my Jem Jr just before the ban.

[@Coles-bootleg-vids]

@@Barbarapape I personally really like Maccassar Ebony or whatever it's called, other really dark tones of it are just nice as a whole imo. I wish that no one put that ban in place.

[@Barbarapape]

@@Coles-bootleg-vids The ban was not needed, the amount of Rosewood used in making a fretboard is very small. This was all caused by people making very large amounts of furnture from Rosewood. I agree regarding Ebony, that deep dark look and tones are to die for.

[@Coles-bootleg-vids]

@@Barbarapape for real, it was utterly unnecessary, if anything they could've made it so musical instrument companies were exempt from the ban. But whenever there's lawyers involved it always ends in disaster, regardless.

[@johnjjohningtoniii2439]

Apologies for not playing like Mr Stevie Via, you see I just stepped out of the pool.

[@Esoteric_Eulogy]

IBANEZ STEVE VAI SIGNATURE JEM JR BLACK or ESP LTD EC-256 COBALT BLUE UPGRADED SEYMOUR PICKUPS

[@michaelmetal71]

at least these are offered in a lefty version,now IBANEZ need to update their left handed guitars and give us a couple more models like a lefty Nita Stratus version

[@MarioHernandez-zc7dv]

They already released a Nita Strauss signature in lefty

[@TimFan-wb4my]

You are right, but aleast us lefty's have easier time deciding on a guitar do to lack of options.

[@fredericadda]

Compared to the Jiva Jr, the fretboard is jatoba (instead of ebony), and the vibrato has a bad reputation (vs the Edge Zero II on the Jiva Jr). I went with the Jiva Jr.

[@raytorvalds3699]

Jiva Jr also has much cooler inlays (imo). Very cool guitar, congrats !

[@balgus82]

@@raytorvalds3699 Yeah I never really cared for Vai's leafy inlays.

[@raytorvalds3699]

@@balgus82 Me neither. Don't care for the handle either.

[@fredericadda]

@@raytorvalds3699 you are right! The “beaten path” inlays are brilliant!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

if i was to buy a JEM JR i'd pull out the imitation floyd rose and install a real floyd rose in there

[@toddmerriott6901]

You can’t use that trem long before it won’t tune. Put a Floyd in mine

[@briandennehy6380]

I'm presuming this bridge never stays in tune?

[@mikehebert7950]

Fuck that was cool.

[@SouthpawSatch]

The only thing you need to change on this guitar is bridge, its trash and made from cheap materials. Fit a Gotoh GE1996t bridge and you will be rocking, the guitar itself is fantastic. I fitted Dimarzios on mine but it's not essential.

[@neekituh]

Could you perhaps share the name of the exact model to replace the bridge with? Looking at the selection on the Thomann website there's a plethora of 1996T models to choose from.

[@rastacritickal5128]

ENVIAME EL IGNO DE USA PLEASE CO ESSA GUITARRA

[@rastacritickal5128]

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[@jagerking7020]

This dude stole his shorts from a pirate 😂

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

Ugh, how to ruin a brilliant design! If it’s a Jem it might not have to be neon, but it most definitely should not be black.

[@radegojic4862]

I agree

[@chriskitchen4772]

Black is sooooooo boring. So over done.

[@olafdiers3613]

It's a " signiture " , but not the original Vai Jem .....every brand has cheap guitars options of famous models . Lower price , but also cheap parts .....

[@Jkobe2345]

Amazing demo but I feel like he could demo an old broken piece of shit and it'd still sound good so idk if it's a good guitar still xD

[@rastacritickal5128]

U S A

[@rockermanpre747]

The amp sounds terrible either and or the pick ups on the guitar don't sound that good either. Thats a horrible muddy sound no clarity.

[@stephenjohnson899]

That amp sounds like crap,its way to muddy sounding..Need some chorus and delay in it on high side..