IYV 6 String, Right, Cherry Sunburst (ILS-300D)

Thought I’d pick one of these up before the inevitable price increase…Not as light as I was led to believe. Mine is definitely not 6 pounds I’d guess maybe 8 still not too heavy for a Les.QC not so good. Looks like it had a misadventure in the warehouse. Missing a screw on the pickup mount and various knicks on the binding but I guess that adds to the “relic” effect. Most importantly set up and intonation was near perfect out of the box. Nut was cut perfect. This pretty rare these days. Pick ups sound decen. Tone control is excellent it really works incrementally unlike other cheap guitars were it's basically on or off. This suprised me. Looks and feels nice (not a fan of glossy guitars) and plays great. Ticks all the boxes for me plus it looks like the one Paul Mc Cartney plays. A keeper for sure.

I have purchased 5 iyv guitars past few years, still have the latest 3. Iyv has improved how I don't know at the price! This model has no issues at all except strings.Pickups are decent however subjective Action was low I raised it , neck straight, and everything works. I like the garage relic finish, no sander marks or cracks. like I said really cheap guitars are hit or miss ! This brand keeps me coming back.

Very nice electric guitar from IYV.Beautifully Relic'd and constructed well.I received a damaged one,with a broken tuner and a small break in the finish on the back lower bout of the body. Amazon customer service made it right, so I kept it.Weight is around 9lbs...I got one of the older versions with the full neck/body joint...the newer ones have a trimmed/sculpted joint.Neck and frets were almost perfect, as was the intonation setup. An excellent guitar.I just sealed up the chip, and replaced the broken tuner...and she was ready to go!

Guitarra barata pero su calidad es excepcional. Tengo una Fender strato hecha en Japón es de 1982, mi gran consentida pero esta guitarra de marca desconocida la compré por su precio y porque siempre quise una Gibson pero son muy caras, ahora bien, la compré sin mucha fé pero que equivocado estaba, la calibré (todas las guitarras hay que calibrarlas no importa la gama) par de ajustes y listo. A mí me interesa el sonido y la suavidad para tocarla, lo estético no me interesa mucho, total es una presentación vintage. No sé pero es ahora mi nueva compañera, me encanta. Cinco estrellas le doy.

I’m trying to break the addiction to buying IYVs on Amazon. I told my wife that I was on the last one several times before. I got the Hoffner style bass first because I wanted a lighter instrument for doing gigs. I wasn’t sure if it would be gig worthy but I tried it out and after adding Gotoh tuners for neck dive alongside flat wound strings, I was very impressed with how well it plays. Then I had to try the PRS style hollow body and it is my featherweight guitar, only 5 lbs 4 ounces. Then I had to have a Gibson style 335 so voila it was next. Then I realized that I didn’t have a “Strat”, even though it was back ordered I found a used one in good condition for $95.That brings me to the Les Paul style. Ive always wanted a Les Paul but the weight was a turn off. I’ve had a broken back and I can’t handle the weight after an hour of standing in my band practice. Also the cost was too formidable for me. Then I saw a review of this guitar on Fulton Street beats. The host had a high score for this guitar. Once I received it I was not sure I liked the relic effect out of the box, so I decided to give it the budget Murphy Lab treatment. I’m a fan of the Gibson relic treatment but I couldn’t stomach the $20,000. price of a Murphy Lab Kirk Hammet Greeny.I did some research and found that it was a lot of fun to try my hand at it. I’m a painting contractor with an art background so finishes are a familiar thing for me. I stripped the finish down to the base coat. It’s a very intense yellow finish underneath the orange sun burst. I believe the base coat is a polyurethane finish because it’s pretty sturdy. The orangey finish came off with some wet sanding. The body also sanded off easily. I had to employ some different techniques to get the aged effects. There’s a lot more to it than just a colored laquer finish.And then I flipped the magnet in the neck pickup. It gives a very convincing out of phase sound. I’m very happy with my Peter Green clone-art project. And the weight is under 7 pounds which is due to the fact that the body is a poplar wood sandwiched between the maple and mahogany. The tone and resonance are excellent. The action was very good out of the box. I’ve left all standard hardware alone except for the tuners (Gotoh) and the two chrome knobs for the Greeny look. Overall I like this guitar more than all of my other ones. It’s got character and tone.Get yourself one and enjoy!

I waited almost 6 months for this unit and am totally bummed. After a day of rest I started the setup. I would have just boxed up and sent it back after I discovered a split in the fretboard dead center where you would find the truss rod underneath. Now I couldn't see this until I cut the strings off and started to polish and level frets, but there it was, started at the 3rd fret and continued to about the 12th. I did polish and restring it, but did request a refund. I own a few IYV's and know this is not part of the relic effect it is a sign that IYV is lowering their standards because I received another unit with the same issue. The guitar weight was the same as the green 300, carved heel, the finish was lacking as the effect of a cherry burst was more like a ugly orange yellow, no red anywhere. Other than those big problems it was an IYV. Played well felt good in hand, but too many problems to ignore.