ILP-400FR Solid Body Electric Guitar, Satin Black

This is my 2nd guitar. I bought a esp ltd kh202,and modded it out. The quality was exceptional on that guitar, paint fretwork,and playability. I added all the mods and it wouldn't tune above e flat.,so im buying this setup for higher tune playing, and classic rock,and leaving my metal shred guitar drop tuned for that metal. I got a perfect guitar, had 2 tiny scuffs on the back side near the strap button. Unnoticeable at even 5 ft away.the frets are smooth,and the edges are also smooth w a binding thats is clean and smooth as well. This is a great feeling guitar. It had a warm sound very vintage. All my upgraded parts will be here this week to assemble the final product. The factory sound was great ,and I prefer the bite of active pickups, so i opted to hot rod this model,and unlock the potential tonality of this awsome guitar.

Overall perfection!!! Great sound quality and build of an electric guitar! This will not let you down for what the price is, which I got at 209. Floyd Rose makes it even better with this guitar, also. Easy to play, it is a bit on the heavy side, but the sound makes up for it.

Not a chance! And........maybe. This is my third IYV LP style guitar. All purchased from the Zon. First off, let me say this is NOT an ILS-300 with a floyd rose route. First and BIGGEST difference is that this guitar boasts a 25.5" scale length (fender like) as where the ILS-300 is a faithful 24.75" scale (gibson like) secondly, the body is thinner, and lastly, IT WILL NOT FIT IN SOME STANDARD LES PAUL CASES! And the ones that it does fit in, do not support it properly! Let me say this is the guitar I have been dreaming of for some time, minus the 25.5 scale length. When I unboxed it, first thing i noticed was a broken high E string. So, off to guitar center for a set of strings. I chose 9's, as the longer scale length tends to make the strings feel stiffer. When I re-strung it, immediately the High E was laying on the frets all the way up! I assume this is why it broke in shipping. The low side (top) of the floyd rose was standing 1/4" proud of the top where the high side (bottom) was flush. So a complete tremolo reset, truss rod adjustment, and fret level was in order. (The old green iyv lp's were pretty dern good straight out the box) this one is definitely a "luthier special" for sure. I did notice when I pulled the floyd rose out, I expected a barely metal plasticy "licensed floyd rose" but to my delight, it's a genuine floyd rose special! This tremolo on its own would cost you 100$!!!! And this 189$ guitar includes it?! MIND BLOWN! FACE MELTED! etc. The second issue was well known before I even purchased it. The dreaded "Destiny cnc" pickups. I thought ahead and ordered a set of Seymour Duncan AHB1N And AHB1B Pickups. They are Seymour's versions of EMG's 81/85. I didn't even try the stock pickups, as I have had 2 other iyv's and replaced them both promptly. Some folks like them, and they are 4 wire pups so if you want to get push/pull knobs and coil split, you can do that! However, my issue with them was, getting them to behave at stage volumes. So, in the Seymour's went. After about 4 hours of labor, this guitar became "what I was looking for" minus the scale length of course. I used to be a strat man, so it's okay. I mean, I'll live. But I must say it's now an amazing guitar, and I think I like the Seymour pups better than the EMG's. I can't stress enough, that this guitar has a ton of potential! But it requires a lot of effort to get there. Or if you pay a luthier, you're looking at 190$ for the guitar, 220$ for the pickups, and I assume, at least 200 for the labor required. So you're looking at 600$+ That being said, a kramer Assault is a very similar guitar. It is 400 some $, It includes AlnicoV pups, which are light years ahead of destiny's, but not nearly as good as the actives. Seymour, or EMG. And it is possible that, in this age of buying guitars sight unseen, the kramer may come in, in just as bad of condition. Doubtful, but possible. But after the work, provided the tech is good. There's not a guitar that will keep up. Huge les paul tone and a wiggle stick?! Fuggettaboutit! You'll spend at least 1000+ elsewhere getting all this. That genuine gibson like this will cost you 8k! And that ibanez is just a fancy strat. Also, I swapped a knob so I could quickly identify the bridge volume. And lastly slapped on my trademark "spirit animal" graphic. Who wants to battle?

Tons of quality issues. They need to step up and qc their products. Guitar looked great online. However, paint flaws , rusty hardware, dents on body, glue on back of guitar body. Truly disappointed. Step up IYV. If Firefly can give a quality instrument at a budget cost you can too.

Guitar arrived with a giant (kind of deliberate looking) hole in the box. Thankfully the instrument was undamaged. Overall, it's a good guitar, and you really can't beat the price especially considering the features on offer which include a locking nut and a floyd rose. The pickups are decent and the setup was fine outside of tuning. The stock strings will get the job done until you have to change them out. This is now my third IYV guitar and I haven't been let down yet. The packaging and shipping still need improvement.

The guitar was playable out of the box however due to poor packaging there are a few nicks on the back side of the body. I have no complaints about the quality of the guitar that part is awesome, but they definitely need to package them a lot better!

This is my fifth IYV guitar. It plays and sounds better than any of the rest. Some reviews mention needing work, mine played great out of the box. Frets are level, truss rod adjustment is good. Intonation is slightly off, but not enough to notice without a chromatic tuner.

I haven't even restrung it yet, I just tuned it up and verified no fret work needs done. Obviously the string are awful and the paint is imperfect but that is what flat black is for. Outside of that the tuners are shockingly good and it's a legit licensed FR that I can sell for 60$ and replace with an OG Floyd from my parts bin. The intonation was set correctly on arrival and really the only other comment is it is insanely light 6.6lbs almost making me question if it's mahogany.