I could never get used to the shark tooth inlay (I had a purple sparkle 550 from about 1999), but I'd still love to own it!

Might as well have added copper shielding while you were at it. Otherwise, good job!

Leav it alone It was find the way it was

Creo que instalaré este micrófono. Buen video, gracias!

One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen 🤩

She is Hot…Hot…Hot… enjoy!

I have two RG 370 DX both in near mint condition. One is made in Indonesia and the other is Korean. I don’t know much about them. Are they recent remakes for beginners? They at least sound good to me, but that’s about all I know….

Nothing to say 🔥

I have this same guitar, 1994, it's a masterpiece. It was quite beaten up when I got it, but I tried to give her a new life. Still needs some fretwork, and maybe I will install a set of v1-v2 because I like them better, but man, what a guitar.

very nice job my friend! that RG550 is, as you said, indeed a piece of art, the old made in japan era just hits different. keep up the good work. subbed!

ROCKIN 🎼🎶🎸🎸🎹🔊

What Strings On Your Jiva?

Unlike a standard Floyd rose, Edge floating tremolos are not meant to lie flat.

I had an RG550 DX in a blue sparkle finish from about '94 and it had the lowest action of any guitar I have played. Great guitars.

33:45 I share the joy of restoring guitars. I purchased my 1989 RG760 in a used shop and restored it like new. Love from Philadelphia PA USA. 🙏

i did the exact same job to my brothers charvel and he sold it for big bucks thanx to me nice video

I'm sure it was the sugar/syrup content in Coke that did the cleaning, Zero is different

I’ve had the same guitar black and mirror since 96 and it’s my number one still to this day. I think it’s the bound fretboard that makes these necks so comfortable and I know it’s an unpopular opinion but I love the AANJ heal. Mine has been through it all with me. Through the best of times and through the worst lows. It’s the one I will never let go of. I’ve modded it a little over the years it’s got FU big brass block, neon Green distortion trembucker in the bridge, a hot pink pearly gates in the neck and the stock single in the middle. I put a regular 5 way switch in it and push pull volume and tone pots to switch from series to parallel. I put Gotoh cosmo black locking tuners, to aid in quicker string changes. I put a cheap white pearloid pick guard on it and seem to have misplaced the original mirror guard, it’s around here somewhere and when I find it, I’m going to build back a stock appearance with black pickups in it, as I’m aging I think I’m getting less fond of high output pickups, so I’ll probably go back with a 59 or Custom, possibly a PAF pro and get it back to looking like it did out of the factory. I went through a spell that I thought the mirror guard looked cheesy and I was inspired by Kirk Hammets black Fernandez with the pearl guard and black pickups, but had gotten a decent deal on the wild colored Duncan shop floor custom colored PUPs on eBay. Anyway these in my opinion are the best RGs next to the OG original ones from the late 80s early 90s. I had an Indonesian 920QM premium that was fantastic as well and the build quality was probably as good as if not better than the Japanese guitars of Ibanez, the problem was the newer bridge design it had on it, if I’d kept it I would’ve put an edge lo pro like these LTDs had or an Original Edge on it. Anyway killer guitar and I don’t see many in the wild or for sale much so either they were all fantastic and everyone keeps them or they’ve been parted out, I suspect a little bit of both. Oh yeah mine has Dunlop strap locks, strap locks aren’t necessary on these because they had those huge strap buttons but I put locks on everything else and wanted to be able to use the same strap on several guitars. The springs were replaced recently on mine too, I think after 30 years the original springs just gave out, however it’s important on the edge bridges that you set them up with the knife edges parallel to the body not the baseplate like on Floyd Roses, the baseplate on the edge is actually wedge shaped, you can set them up a little higher or lower and they will return to pitch but they perform best with the knife edge parallel to the body this is it’s true zero position and it can be tricky to get your action right if it’s jacked up or sunk into the body too far. There’s a cut out on the baseplate where you can see the knife edge inserts to set the trem angle correct.

Those old necks gives really nice feel in hand .

Congratulations! Legendary guitar, indeed. My old RG550LTD is still the guitar with the best resonance and playability, against all the ones that I've owned so far: J-Custom, Prestige, JEM, JS2450, Tom Anderson, Suhr, Charvel...

I have this bridge, please tell me how you set the scale, I am wondering whether to replace this bridge with a Schaller Lockmeister 6

Schecter for me hands down!

Great review! How heavy is your guitar? I see on Sweetwater that these seem really light, However i am afraid i could get a heavy one (the weight changes a lot between each one)

I was in the Navy and have that hot pink Charvel also. I looked for over a year and found one on eBay finally. Cheers and nice playing!

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Never owned an Ibanez before but I've got the itch for new axe so maybe.

On the cleans the Schecter sounds very nasal whereas the Charvel sounds very open and full.

AWESOME!!!🌍💯

I don’t like binding on Super Strat guitars glad this doesn’t have it.

I appreciate that you played an actual metal riff to show what the Jiva can do. So many reviewers will only do a hard rock/blues riff using the humbuckers, which makes it hard for a metal player to determine if the guitar will suffice or not.

Hey Mr. frédéric, where did you buy that Fret Kisser?, please let me know I’d really appreciate that, I’ve been waiting for this tool since forever, thanks many thanks 🙌🏻

Where did you buy the fret kisser from, Frédéric? I was thinking, I need that now!!!

Antisocial during the tone test. 😄

Est ce que les quantum pickups sont pas pire?

Great video, thank you. I have an Ibanez GIO and I upgraded the Ibanez pickups to DiMarzio, had a decent set up done and also changed the pickup selector to something more robust. Really happy with the results and have turned a cheap guitar into something great to play.

I really appreciate this review. I currently have an Ibanez GIO with upgraded DiMarzio pickups and a great set up. I was considering an upgrade to one of the Jiva models after getting some disposable cash but will now be contacting Kiesel to get something of a lot higher quality.

Just bought a Schecter from NY to NV. Yeah it will require a set up. But what is a downer for the JivaJr is his comments on the frets but especially the nut placement. That is sloppy. The frets - I don't like the idea of re-fretting early, but whatever. Overall it looks to be a good fit for me. But yeah, it will go straight into the shop for a tune-up after I receive it. Long-term, I might do the pots and pickups.... Feels like upgrading a car lol

i tried basicly the same option 3 as you did and was not happy with it. my guitar had ofr studs installed with stainless steel. the 1996 worked somehow but you directly noticed that the awesome flutter that the tremolo is known for was not really there. tuning stability was also bad. i dont think it was because of the tremolo and guess its because of the wrong studs. if you look closely to the studs you also notice, that the gotohs have a different shape. seems not compatible for me if you want to utilize the maximum potential of your trem.

Super video, because other youtubers who change their trems recommend keeping the old mounting studs + inserts and that's totally fatal! You didn't mention the locking nut, if you wanna do it properly you have to change the nut as well! Also, for some reason no one cares about the radius of the gotoh bridge and its nut, because it mostly doesn't match the neck radius. I love the Gotoh, it has lots of cool features but: -in most cases the nut is not included, you have do buy it as well as... -mounting studs and inserts -maybe shorter string locking screws accumulated that's almost the price of a Schaller Lockmeister, which I highly recommend!

Got the same bridge on my "ibanez" project. Great quality for the price, tho I'm used to the edge lo-pro of my rg 550.

Bonjour j'avais la même guitare qui me rappelle mon père j'adorerais cette guitare mais malheureusement quand mon père es décédé j'ai été obligé de vendre ma guitare pour enterrer mon père plusieurs années après j'ai essayé d en trouver une j'ai jamais eu la chance d'en trouver une tu as faite une superbe job sur ta guitare bravo sa ma fais rêver et revivre des moments bravo encore 😢😢😢

Warm Greetings from India! 🙏. Thank you so much for your excellent demonstration, much appreciated. I am genuinely considering a San Dimas guitar with ebony fingerboard in Lime green finish. Should I go abead? Also I am worried about the sustain as I am more of a Les Paul guy. Do you recommend upgrading the trem block to a brass block or upgrading the entire trem system to a Gotoh 1996T ? I believe, the stock Floyd 1000 should be good enough. If the sustain becomes an issue, we can always upgrade the stock Trem block to a Brass one? Yes, please keep making such videos 🙏. Really helps ⭐🎶⭐. Cheers!! Best regards

Where did you get that wiring diagram? I’d love to have that as a reference for my own JIVA Jr. upgrade

Hi! I have the same guitar and the same question about upgrading its "horrible" floyd rose special to the original floyd rose or gotoh. As I can see, you didn´t choose the original floyd rose, which could have been a solution, allowing you to use all original floyd rose stuff, instead of mixing gotoh bridge with floyd rose stud (in my opinion, gotoh studs are better). After playing this guitar for a while. What is your opinion about the gotoh bridge? Is the same quality as the original floyd rose, better...worse... Thank you!

Awesome review 👏👏👏

Thanks for sharing this! I have this guitar in the stone finish. I love it!

Bonjour Frédéric, merci beaucoup par ton video. J'ai la même guitare avec le même problème mais je ne trouve pas le pont 33mm. en Europe. Où vous avez acheté le pont? Je vais choisir aussi ta solution complete (studs + inserts Original FR).

I have a lefty of this guitar (also black) which I got new in '97, nice guitar, very light

This is a very good video there's some misinformation out there about the the various Gotoh 1996 trems, saying they have a potmetal baseplate! Which clearly they do not! By the way you're right calling the threaded inserts for the studs 'bushings' the words are synonyms. Guitar looks factory, new trem is very well chosen! Ready for shreaddy!

Awesome