Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Ibanez Jem & Universe fretwire

I’ve seen a lot of wrong information about this, so I’ll just leave this here for further reference.

Regarding fretwire, the Ibanez Jem 7VWH uses Warmoth 6105 frets, not Dunlop 6105. That’s why you find “W/6105” on the specs.

The Ibanez Universe – all models, as far as I know, including the Jem 7V7 –, listed as having jumbo frets on the specs, have Dunlop 6140.

Actual measurements:

  • Warmoth 6105 – h .047", w .096" (7VWH);
  • Dunlop 6105 – h .055", w .090";
  • Dunlop 6140 – h .039", w .106" (UVs).