I have this guitar actually. I put a bigs tremolo on it. It’s good for country and jazz but it also sounds really good cranked and heavy. It’s thin so I think that helps. But I’ve used it on songs where I’d normally use a Les Paul and it works fine
Now that I’ve been playing this for a few months a few notes: It’s my go to guitar for messing around. It’s a blast to play. The neck pickup is louder than the bridge pickup for some reason. Also, playing it in a band context, the pickups seem to not cut through the mix very well. Playing by myself it sounds fine, though. So I’m considering attempting to replace pickups myself.
Finish flaws i dint matter tuners got gank in em and the bridge pickup wasnt as loud as the neck pickup when I change strings ill probly drag a nut file at the angles change the tuners and rear pickup
I love mine. Had it like 5-6 months. But it will not stay intune. So I finally ordered a set of Chinese locking tuners. I hope that will solve it because I love playing it. Pickups are a little too dark for my liking, but I bump up the treble on the amp. Compared to the $399 Ibanez this guitar is right on par. The tuners cost me $13. The guitar was $193. So for $206 delivered to my door it rocks!
Very nice I have eight guitars all made left handed my last guitar I got from Amazon LYX telecaster 109 dollars I love it maple finished neck even a vintage telecaster bridge ash color great action alot of fun to play
Mine is supposedly arriving tomorrow. Hopefully it's as nice as yours! I've seen a few with really beautiful grain tops, just like the thumbnail on Amazon but I can only hope. I paid $156 with tax from Amazon.
The pick ups are too bad- not great- but decent. The only thing i would change asap are the tunnining nuts, its does fall out of tune fairly quickly if you play a little harder, alittle faster
I installed locking tuners. They help enormously but I think the trapeze tailpiece keeps it from being almost perfect. My tele has same tuners and stays perfectly in tune. I think a hard tail bridge makes that extra bit of a difference.
The ivy guitars are the best of the low priced guitars,better than firefly scalper ,indio,glarry,I have some of each.the ivy guitars took little to no setup,the rest,took a lot of setup
Would you say this is Les Paul size?? or slightly bigger like an EPI Casino hollowbody? Cool guitar just to jam on in garage for $200. Sounds good acoustically.
Slightly bigger. Maybe a little deeper than a les Paul? I guess it’s closer in size to a Gibson ES 175 maybe? From what I’ve read. I play this thing all the time when just noodling around. It’s got a very cool look and vibe. The neck is very good. The nut needs a little work on the low E to adjust a slight sharpness in intonation. The tuners seem to slip a little bit. I had some crap guitars 30 years ago that I paid twice as much for. This thing is pretty darn ok.
Tbh with you this guitar is kind of like a semi hollow Les Paul. A lot lighter but ver similar. If you look at the updated one they’re selling now on Amazon it’s pretty well a semi hollow Les Paul. It’s a great guitar. The 300 which this is. It’s thin. Like a Les Paul. There’s another version by IVY too which is much thicker and larger body
7.5 lbs. My tele is 8.5. I’m not sure les Paul’s weigh but I think they vary quite a bit from what I’ve read. If you’re thinking about getting one I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. If you get it through Amazon and it’s not a good one just send it back. But from what I’ve been seeing on other channels is they’re usually good out of the box. I’m definitely going to replace tuners (even though these are pretty good) because I have locking tuners on everything else and love them.
@@guitarstuff735 Got mine today. It's something more than 7.5 lbs but way lighter than the 11 pounds someone else cited. Everything looks good, I'm giving it 24 hours to acclimate before I tune it up and plug it in. Thanks for your advice.
@@rjman3616 Sorry to hear that. Was it the actual tuner or the string slipping? The guitar I received a couple weeks ago is perfect in every way. Did you order another one?
@@6bender It was the tuner. All the others were great. And no, I didn't order another. This was my second IYV (and previously a Grote) and I've never gotten a good one. I think the universe is sending me a message :-P
@@tomritter493 sweet! I will say that someone on here suggested putting p90 pickups in it. I really didn’t care for the stock humbucker. I bought some Mettalor p90s off amazon for 35 bucks and installed them. It took me about 6 hours cuz I’ve never done anything like that before. They are incredible in this guitar.
@@guitarstuff735 gfs pickups from guitar fetish are amazing man I friend I jam with has a set in his SG. Mini soaps wow they are stock seymore duncans at a third of the price
If I didn’t have a hollow body with p90s I would definitely fit this with P-90s. I’ve left mine the same. However if you have a Dremel you can extend the pickup gaps just a little bit and retrofit p-90s into it.
I have this guitar actually. I put a bigs tremolo on it. It’s good for country and jazz but it also sounds really good cranked and heavy. It’s thin so I think that helps. But I’ve used it on songs where I’d normally use a Les Paul and it works fine
Now that I’ve been playing this for a few months a few notes:
It’s my go to guitar for messing around. It’s a blast to play. The neck pickup is louder than the bridge pickup for some reason. Also, playing it in a band context, the pickups seem to not cut through the mix very well. Playing by myself it sounds fine, though. So I’m considering attempting to replace pickups myself.
You got a good one. I have 2 both are excellent. But the one that has the sharp horn is the best quality.
@@joshwallace2183 Very interesting! I didn’t know there was a difference between models.
Try raising the bridge pup up a little.
Love this guitar i bought it a year ago can't believe it's selling for 180 right now on Amazon it's a steal
Saw a returned one a few days ago for $150 on amazon.
How did you know it was a returned one?
Got one july 5th. I luv it. It needed adjustments
Finish flaws i dint matter tuners got gank in em and the bridge pickup wasnt as loud as the neck pickup when I change strings ill probly drag a nut file at the angles change the tuners and rear pickup
I have the IYV mustang. Excellent, plays perfectly. Thanks!
The tone of that guitar just changed my mind about trying one.
I installed cheap p90s and it sounds a lot better now to me.
I love mine. Had it like 5-6 months. But it will not stay intune. So I finally ordered a set of Chinese locking tuners. I hope that will solve it because I love playing it. Pickups are a little too dark for my liking, but I bump up the treble on the amp. Compared to the $399 Ibanez this guitar is right on par. The tuners cost me $13. The guitar was $193. So for $206 delivered to my door it rocks!
Very nice I have eight guitars all made left handed my last guitar I got from Amazon LYX telecaster 109 dollars I love it maple finished neck even a vintage telecaster bridge ash color great action alot of fun to play
Mine is supposedly arriving tomorrow. Hopefully it's as nice as yours! I've seen a few with really beautiful grain tops, just like the thumbnail on Amazon but I can only hope. I paid $156 with tax from Amazon.
$156! crazy!
Same bridge nut cut size neck n frets scale as my epi alpine white custom LP. I didnt find not one bad fret work spots
Nice guitar man, I would keep it. Looks like a Birdland ,Yeah youll be able to get good tones with that ,Im happy for you.
Thanks. Very happy with it. Put some cheap p90s in and I like it a lot more! They were just selling on amazon for $150.
The pick ups are too bad- not great- but decent. The only thing i would change asap are the tunnining nuts, its does fall out of tune fairly quickly if you play a little harder, alittle faster
I installed locking tuners. They help enormously but I think the trapeze tailpiece keeps it from being almost perfect. My tele has same tuners and stays perfectly in tune. I think a hard tail bridge makes that extra bit of a difference.
The ivy guitars are the best of the low priced guitars,better than firefly scalper ,indio,glarry,I have some of each.the ivy guitars took little to no setup,the rest,took a lot of setup
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Would you say this is Les Paul size?? or slightly bigger like an EPI Casino hollowbody? Cool guitar just to jam on in garage for $200. Sounds good acoustically.
Slightly bigger. Maybe a little deeper than a les Paul? I guess it’s closer in size to a Gibson ES 175 maybe? From what I’ve read.
I play this thing all the time when just noodling around. It’s got a very cool look and vibe. The neck is very good. The nut needs a little work on the low E to adjust a slight sharpness in intonation. The tuners seem to slip a little bit. I had some crap guitars 30 years ago that I paid twice as much for. This thing is pretty darn ok.
Tbh with you this guitar is kind of like a semi hollow Les Paul. A lot lighter but ver similar. If you look at the updated one they’re selling now on Amazon it’s pretty well a semi hollow Les Paul. It’s a great guitar. The 300 which this is. It’s thin. Like a Les Paul. There’s another version by IVY too which is much thicker and larger body
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Fun review! Can you tell us what this weighs? Maybe compare it to a Les Paul or a Strat in weight if you don't know the actual poundage
7.5 lbs. My tele is 8.5. I’m not sure les Paul’s weigh but I think they vary quite a bit from what I’ve read. If you’re thinking about getting one I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. If you get it through Amazon and it’s not a good one just send it back. But from what I’ve been seeing on other channels is they’re usually good out of the box. I’m definitely going to replace tuners (even though these are pretty good) because I have locking tuners on everything else and love them.
@@guitarstuff735 Got mine today. It's something more than 7.5 lbs but way lighter than the 11 pounds someone else cited. Everything looks good, I'm giving it 24 hours to acclimate before I tune it up and plug it in. Thanks for your advice.
I ended up sending mine back to Amazon. Bad tuners. In fact, the low E tuner was so bad I could actually watch the string fall out of tune.
@@rjman3616 Sorry to hear that. Was it the actual tuner or the string slipping? The guitar I received a couple weeks ago is perfect in every way. Did you order another one?
@@6bender It was the tuner. All the others were great. And no, I didn't order another. This was my second IYV (and previously a Grote) and I've never gotten a good one. I think the universe is sending me a message :-P
You don't have like a kitchen table or something?
During Covid. We stayed outside a lot. Good point
Did the jack plate get loosened up?
It did not
If you don't mind where did you find this for 2 bills
Amazon. I paid after tax about 220. There are returned ones that pop up for 150-180 on amazon.
@@guitarstuff735 I grabbed the brown burst jz300? Absolutly amazing for the price
@@tomritter493 sweet! I will say that someone on here suggested putting p90 pickups in it. I really didn’t care for the stock humbucker. I bought some Mettalor p90s off amazon for 35 bucks and installed them. It took me about 6 hours cuz I’ve never done anything like that before. They are incredible in this guitar.
@@guitarstuff735 gfs pickups from guitar fetish are amazing man I friend I jam with has a set in his SG. Mini soaps wow they are stock seymore duncans at a third of the price
Nice guitar. If only that came with P90 pickups it would be perfect.
Just curious if you were to put in P90s which would you choose?
If I didn’t have a hollow body with p90s I would definitely fit this with P-90s. I’ve left mine the same. However if you have a Dremel you can extend the pickup gaps just a little bit and retrofit p-90s into it.
@@guitarstuff735 Novak.
I put p90s in and love it.
For 200 bucks. Wow.
How much $$? 😉
When available on amazon $223 out the door.
It’s not heavy cause it’s not a not so versatile solid body
BIG NAME Co.'s better pull their fingers out of their H...............e's . They are charging $2-3-4 's for their "crappy guitars." Wow......!