A formidable array of technical features specified by Steve Vai.

The Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai Signature Electric Guitar is a top-of-the-line 6-string solidbody capable of exploring the most extreme sonic territories at any speed. The 5-piece maple/walnut neck is super-smooth for easy riffing and incredibly strong and stable with a lead-friendly thin and flat profile. A 25-1/2" scale and bolt-on neck joint get you lots of bass and treble response with a quick, precise attack. A 43mm nut provides comfortable string spacing and 24 jumbo frets deliver greater range while the recessed tremolo provides right-hand playing comfort and allows notes to be radically raised as well as lowered. The alder body produces clear, full-bodied vintage tone that serves all your needs from chunky rhythms to searing leads. A trio of screaming DiMarzio Evolution pickups (humbuckers at the neck and bridge with a custom single-coil in the mid position), coupled with Split-5 wiring give you all the tonal diversity you crave. And of course, there's Vai's signature Monkey Grip on the bass-side body wing.

Alder body

Best known as the body wood for the classic single coil, bolt on neck guitar, alder produces clear, full bodied vintage tone that works well for lead or rhythm work.

Rosewood fingerboard

Rosewood offers a strong, bright sound and an attractive appearance with a long grain.

DiMarzio Evolution humbuckers

The Evolution neck and bridge humbuckers are the result of 2 years of research to come up with the right sound for a very demanding player and his axe: Steve Vai and his Ibanez JEMs. Both pickups are designed for maximum impact and power. The neck pickup is fat, punchy and loud. The bridge pickup is tight, aggressive and louder. Both pickups have a patented dual-resonance configuration to reproduce more harmonic overtones than conventional humbuckers. The Evolution pickups were originally designed with live gigs in mind, but they have so much presence and definition that they're great recording pickups, too; they slice right through even the densest mix.

Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai Signature Electric Guitar Features:

• JEM Prestige neck
• 5-piece maple/walnut neck
• 25-1/2" scale
• Alder body
• Rosewood fingerboard
• Recessed Edge Pro bridge/tremolo
• DiMarzio Evolution neck humbucker
• DiMarzio Evolution middle single-coil
• DiMarzio Evolution bridge humbucker
• Vine fretboard inlay
• Gold hardware
• 43mm nut width
• 24 jumbo frets

Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai Signature Electric Guitar Includes:

• Ibanez hardshell case

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Ibanez JEM7V Steve Vai Signature Electric Guitar

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Best guitar I have ever played Glad I own it!!!!

Posted by Paul Richards from Seattle, WA on Dec 10, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Metal, Expirimental, folk

It may not be made in America but it plays way better than any other new or vintage guitar I have ever played on. The pickups are ridiculously sensitive so you might have to dial them away from the strings a bit. The floyd rose system is perfect. I can pick it up with the tremolo bar and everything is still perfectly in tune. My only problem is that it has to be set up for the string gauge you are using and pretty much just one tuning too but thats what you get with a floyd rose. If you own this guitar and get a good guitar with a fixed bridge you can pretty much play it all!!! Really fun to play!

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If it's good enough for Steve...

Posted by Gelbkreuz from Chicago on Jul 20, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: blues, rock, some metal, fingerstyle, slap

I decided on the JEM after comparing it against the Jackson soloist (SLH), the Fender HSS, and a range of others (including other RGs).

My desire was to find a guitar with wide tonal range that was first and foremost easy to play, light weight, could accept low action without buzzing, had a very good neck, and had a good trem. My criteria did NOT include vintage reproductions (but interestingly, it has good sound compared to a 62 strat reissue).

I love the guitar. It is a bit too pricey though.

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Great guitar

Posted by xxxtheevanxxx from Miami on Jun 20, 2009

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Metal, Shred

I own a Line 6 Variax, an Ibanez JS 8000, and a Fender Strat 1957 commemoration. But this guitar beat all three of them when it came to playability and feel. It is pricey but definitely worth it.

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Intoxicating

Posted by Blake from Mississippi on Jun 20, 2009

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Anything from Johnny Cash to Slipknot

After leaving the Gibson guitar factory in Memphis I've realized that the Ibanez Jem is probably the best guitar I will ever play. Compared to the Gibson's this guitar sounds as good; the way it plays on the other hand is unlike any guitar I've ever played. The Jem is a guitar that makes your playing faster and more precise, I can't explain why I can just tell you what I felt. I wish I could afford one, unfortunately these things cost a pretty penny (and a few thousand dollars added to that). Theres a reason behind this, and theres a reason that so many people buy these in spite of the price. Also the guitar isn't that bad looking.

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Rob

Posted by ibanezrulesj7 from Baltimore on Apr 11, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock,Metal,Thrash

I have owned this guitar for over 2 year. This is the sweetest guitar I have ever played. I had a charvel model 6 and it played well and so does my les paul. The Jem 7 is truely the almost perfect axe to play the only down side that I have found is that the trem arm makes a slight noise when it moves. Over all this is a great guitar.

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