Hey Ibanez guys..Need help What is this?

[Shawn]

Is it real or some kind of mutt?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290046530925&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1

[RacerX]

I don't trust sellers that misspell 10 out of 27 words in the first line of the description. That's 37% !

[Bandersnatch]

It's impossible to tell if that is real from those pictures as the swirls on production JEMs varied greatly.
Ask the guy for the serial number and if it is a standard Ibanez serial number ie: C(indicating what factory the guitar was made in) 05(Year it was made) 015704( number guitar made at that factory that year) it wil not be a JEM.
JEMs had their own serial number which is only 5 or 6 digits, no letters.

[charvelguy]

Thats an Ibanez body.. it looks like an Ibanez neck.
Hard to say if they are from the same guitar but.. I'm inclined to say yes.

[nateb]

I dunno man... that claw recess goes back a hell of a long way.

-Nate

[Guitardude86]

"HAPPY BIDING THANKS FOR LOOKING AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTION."

I guess we'll just have to keep biding our time till something better shows up!

[slash-ed]

I dunno man... that claw recess goes back a hell of a long way.

-Nate

That's true... although I haven't seen anyone go to the trouble of making a fake disappearing pyramid swirl JEM yet.

My guess is it's an Rg something that's been "JEM-ed"... to look like a 77PMC imo which is quite valuable. Except for the fact that the PMC never had AANJ, the claw route is a bit long, and I don't think it had a skunk stripe.

[slash-ed]

PS - notice, no shot of the headstock.

[Robotechnology]

A modified Ibanez or Ibanez clone body with what looks like an MIJ Ibanez neck. Worth the money IMO as long as it's in good shape.

[lhrocker]

The neck looks like a modified RG570 neck. I don't think the original Jem necks had the bubinga stripe.

[jim777]

That's definitely not a Jem. It's likely an RG. The only rosewood boards with pyramids were on 7 strings, so the fretboard is modified, and the AANJ looks less than perfect to me as well from the back. Seriously, I would leave this one alone. If you buy it, you need to be cool with the fact that it may be useless for any purpose other than (bad) wall art. The handle is terribly cut, the pickup rings..what's with those anyway? And Ibanez never swirled anything in that color. Avoid.

[rjohnstone]

That's definitely not a Jem. It's likely an RG. The only rosewood boards with pyramids were on 7 strings, so the fretboard is modified, and the AANJ looks less than perfect to me as well from the back. Seriously, I would leave this one alone. If you buy it, you need to be cool with the fact that it may be useless for any purpose other than (bad) wall art. The handle is terribly cut, the pickup rings..what's with those anyway? And Ibanez never swirled anything in that color. Avoid.

You beat me to it.
The handle is cut in the wrong location (too far up and too far forward) and the claws are too long.
Definitly a modded RG body.
That also should have had a clear pickgaurd on it, not pickup rings.
The neck looks like a legit Jem neck, but without a clear front headstock shot, it's hard to tell.
+1 on avoiding this mutt.

[Shawn]

LOL...Thanks guys. Its very local, just investigating. So much info here when you need it.


Thanks!