IYV IJG-200 TSB

I can compare this to a CV Squire Jaguar which I also recently acquired. The Squire took more setup! But the Squire CV Jag is much nicer, certainly worth the extra $. But this IYV JM is a very good deal and can be enjoyed out of the box--or mine could. JM scale 25.5 ish (Wish it had the shortscale like the IVY Mustang--my fav IYV of 6 now), Despite "semi-hollow" dugout on the top side, it is not as light as it looks...but that might help the tone. I'm still learning it's voices, like many of my budget beauties, I start out thinking, Pickups!! New Pickups! But after a month, I start to like them and learn to use pedals to tune their tones. It has the same basic top/bottom switching as my Jag, sans the bass mute on lower side. I've got the action low with little work. Trem seems fine. Hooray!!

The guitar is of very good quality and has roller fixed bridge. The fretboard is surprisingly good without any sharp frets. It just needed very small thruss rod adjustment and was perfectly good to play. This maybe is the best jazz master style guitar for its money.

I like this guitar, finish and color are nice. Needed frets polished and fretboard oiled. Tremelo doesn't work as is. When I change strings, will have to remove the cover and fix it. Pickups sound good, string height slightly high. Tuners are very average, guitar is heavier than expected, but it's really more of a solid body than semi hollow. Sounds more like a solid body than semi hollow too.

Good guitar for the money. Some setup required, but now looks, plays, and sounds great!

This guitar is absolutely amazing, HIGHLY RECOMENDED

Heavy and didn't like the feel

For a beginner? I've been playing for over 60 years. Gibsons. Fenders. All sorts of fine instruments. But then I discovered IYV -- made in (of all places) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Inexpensive. And.... Good. Really good.(This is my third)Good in what way?Every way, really. Well designed, along familiar lines but with their own little twists. (Here a "Jazzmaster" in general type, but semi-hollow bodied, and with pickups voiced much as classic P90s.Built well. With, here, none of the bug-a-boos that typcially are part of the low end guitar scenario. Her fret ends are smooth. Her finish nearly flawless. Even her wood grain more than passing fair. And her hardware is well chosen and nicely built. (A roller bridge. Smooth, adjustable, tuners.All, if not quite total "first class" pretty dang close.Even set-up was passing fair on delivery. And strings, once lowered to my own preference, revealed no fret buzz whatever.All of that is sayng a lot. But it is all true. And for me that is three times in a row. Three IYVs. All now among my most often played guitars.

A hybrid of a Thinline, a Jazz master and a Jaguar... all my fave features from each in one cool looking, retro styled guitar. Has a very thick body. But tone variations are considerable. I dig it.