IYV-IJZ-300A TSB Jazz Solid hollow-Body Electric Guitar, Tobacco Sunburst

I am 72 years old. I've been playing guitar for 60 years. I received the IYV-IJZ-300a Guitar yesterday. I'm very impressed. Basically, it sounds like a Gibson 335. Neck is nice; looks straight with a touch of relief. No buzzes. Action is low. A tiny bit smaller than a 335. All electronics work fine. Even the tuners are OK--a little wishy-washy back-and-forth, but if you use proper tuning technique, going from low to high, they work fine and hold the tuning. The bridge is a little iffy. I had to crank the low E and the G string all the way back to intonate it. I am looking for a replacement bridge.In 1964, when I was 12, I bought an electric guitar at Fedco (a forerunner of Costco) for $30--money I'd earned mowing lawns, washing cars, and received from grandparents for birthday and Christmas. That $30 guitar was a piece of junk! Very high action. Very thick strings, like steel cables. It hurt to play it. $30 in 1964 would be about $305 in today's money. I paid $207 for the IYV, which is about $20 in 1964 money. The IYV is way better than that piece of junk I bought when I was 12. The IYV is a more than adequate beginner's guitar. I'm having a lot of fun with it.It has some very minor finish blemishes, some of which (on the binding) could be delicately cured with some real fine sandpaper.One of the first things I did with my 1964 electric guitar was figure out how to plug it into my dad's stereo (my introduction to audio adapters) and crank it to get a killer fuzz effect. I blew out his speakers! He made me pay for replacements.That old POS guitar and a record--Learn to Play Guitar with The Ventures (Wipeout, Pipeline, Walk Don't Run)--was my introduction to electric guitar.

IYV IJZ 300aIt's a beautiful guitar. Basically a design to mirror that of a Gibson ES135, but yet, for the price, plays extremely well. The frets were just fine, the action more than acceptable and the build quality as well as any I have had before, including my Guild, Ovation, Samick and Yamaha. I had no problem with the tuners. The strings are mediocre, and play OK, but a set of Ernie Balls would be a tad better. It's like getting a cheap battery on products just to get you through until you buy better. There are no blemishes I could see, and it seems that IYV is listening to past complaints from years ago and has stepped up to alleviate those issues from the past. But if you are not a professional musician that opts for the best, this guitar is going to be your best buy.It comes in a pretty study box, not double boxed, but being delivered by my Amazon driver, I have yet to receive damaged equipment from shipping for over a hundred items delivered by them.The only draw back was that my guitar had a few scratches on the pick guard as someone must have tried it before. But after contacting Amazon, rather than shipping it back at their cost, I was able to receive a little off as a refurbished price. Allowing me to purchase a cheap gig bag. Great customer service.All on all, I am completely satisfied with my purchase of this product. Everyone who has seen it is blown away by it's beauty and play ability. I would definitely buy a IYV product again.A Korean designed guitar made in VeitNam. You can't knock Korean, because Samick (South Korea) is one of the largest manufacturers in the world for musical instrument.This review is from a guitar player of 60 years, having many previous guitars to compare to.

The five stars is a reflection of the value I got for my money with this guitar. It is truly beautiful. The tobacco sunburst is wonderful, the fret inlays and other pearlescent ornamentation really make this a pretty guitar. I looked closely and the inlays are very cleanly inset, flush with the fretboard except for a small, raised portion on one of the higher frets (15th or so), but it still plays fine. The neck feels thicker and wider than I'm used to as a regular player of an ESP LTD and a Les Paul, but it's not bad, more like playing an acoustic neck. The fretboard does look dry and needs oil. The action needs to be adjusted, but I expected to have to do some setup with a guitar at this price point. So far, it's been difficult to keep in tune, but it's still new with stock strings, so I'll give it some time and see how it goes. All in all, this is the happiest I've been with a $200 guitar. I keep looking at; it really is attractive. Playing it acoustic, it has a bit of a banjo sound to my ear, and plugged in it sounds fine. You can vary tones from muddy to clean. The pickups worked as expected.My only complaint was the box that it was shipped in. There was very little packing material to keep this guitar safe in transit. When it arrived, the pickup switch had punched through the top of the box and left a hole. The plastic toggle on the pickup switch was destroyed, but that's easy to replace. Still, I wished for just a little bit of bubble wrap or Styrofoam to protect it better.