This black Jem 555 has a Jem 10th Pickguard. I couldn't find any 555 with this pickguard, I did find a white '96 555 with a regular pearloid pickguard. If the serial numbers for the 555s start with the last digit of the year, this is actually a '98.

https://www.musicgoround.com/p/80488...c-guitar-black

Just thought it was interesting