Ibanez JIVAX2-GH FIRST IMPRESSION

Andrew bought a Jiva X2 and I got to check it out first!
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[@michaelask9018]

The wood is from a tree … excellent. Take my money Ibanez!

[@ahmetayaz41]

Thats a good lookin guitar for a cardiologist

[@olivier42100]

when the inlays flatline it means u r dead 😁

[@PedalPlayhouse]

Yay congrats to Andrew as he gets the Jiva he’s wanted!😊 always a fan of the camera switching angles while playing. It sounds really great with distortion but towards the end loved it the most clean. Also of course you need more dogs 😆 they are so adorable!

[@jamesnorton7601]

I hope Nita realizes that her signature Ibanez is the best looking guitar they seem to make these days. The guitar has it's own vibe.

[@x_Heffe_X]

It’s my dream guitar. Literally the best looking guitar I’ve seen.

[@jamesnorton7601]

@@x_Heffe_X very nice looking guitar.

[@vasotoe]

This was a very nice surprise! And can't wait to play that guitar 🤪 it's quite pricey that's for sure, and yesss congrats Nita! 🤘🔥

[@jeffbutler6729]

Always love your vids! I’d love to see your setup and switching system for all your amps. What a collection! While I can’t own that many amps, I’m definitely considering the Synergy system to acquire some of those “real” amps in a compact setup.

[@mylogify]

S6570SK is the similar Prestige version of this, and 1500 Euro cheaper.

[@andrewmorgan1640]

Thanks for the preview of my guitar. Already have the locking turners to put on it. I’m glad the wood came from a tree. Vacuum cleaners at the end.

[@ThePedroDB]

FYI the little screw-in 'Bolt' on the Bass side of the Trem Baseplate is the Intonation Tool for the Edge Zero tremolo. It also screws into the end of the Saddle and allows precise positioning once the saddlle screw is loosened. It's not a new thing and was present on the old ZR/ZR2 Tremolo. The Jiva X2 and Pia are both over-priced signature models but at least the Vai model has Stainless Frets... I own the previous 'flagship' signature S-Series , the Herman Li "eGen18" model. Fortunately, it didn't cost anywhere near what Ibanez are asking for this Jiva..

[@Ethersis]

You always made me laugh. 😅 Nice Vid!

[@akwamarsunzal]

3500? Yeah, not sure the pocket money my wife gives me will quite stretch that far!

[@charlesharper7292]

Really liked the sound played through the ENGL!👍

[@javierreyes9033]

Always thought Australia was up there but now I know is down there , thanks man 🙏🏾

[@bluematrix5001]

Papillon, I love the fact that you love dogs!! they are the best!!!!

[@Luuke_]

What realistic price tag would you give the guitar?

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I wonder if a Jiva neck would fit on an RG/JEM body, I love the inlays on the fretboard, but am not a fan of the S style body.

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

I put locking tuners on my Kramer. It had a locking nut, but it still doesn’t stay tuned very well it does.now

[@adamcharlton6056]

I was really interested in this guitar as I think it looks beautiful and I was keen to get my hands on a Sabre. I couldn't justify the money, I had bought a J Custom, and an E2 last year. Last week I bought a S1070 PBZ Premium. Made in Indonesia. Came with locking tuners, and stainless steel frets - two of the selling points over the Prestige for me. My local guys were setting it up so I figured if there were any issues out of the factory they would be onto it. Have spent a week with it. My usual daily is an ESP E2 SN2 but I put it away to get used to this. It's great, am starting to really love it. It is fast, light, sounds great with a variety of tones. Having said that I am yet to take it to practice and play it through my board and usual amp. It's not as good as my JCustom, nor my SN2, but it is already opening up new licks/runs/ideas, which was one of many things I loved about the SN2. I wanted a guitar that was little lighter, and easier to throw around at a gig, I've got a little protective of most of my other gutars. The S1070 is a working guitar, with a wide range of sounds, plus all the shredability you could need. After listening to this review i am glad i went with the Indo Premium and didn't bust a nut for the Jiva Ghost. Thanks so much for the honest review.

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

I love that you love us enough to do this for our love in lieu of payment. You know how to say the word, that's more than most. Henning, that shirt really shows off your moobs! Call me weird, but I would rather have Fender style post loader tuning machines. I don't like stabbing myself on sharp needles on my headstocks.

[@farahs8341]

Any thoughts or experience on how well the S Premium and Prestige models with HSH and FR bridges compare to this one? I LOVE how the JivaX2 looks, but that price point is a "love you Nita, but no"

[@johnyblamounth9142]

You don't need locking tuners! You need to put a ball ends where the tuners are, just like Stevie Vai tech does it. Problem solved.

[@user-by6eb6zo7g]

Don't even need to do that edge system is stupid good at staying in tune

[@johnyblamounth9142]

@@user-by6eb6zo7g that suggestion was about convince of changing strings really fast

[@HarryBall-fw7pv]

That's how I run mine. Backwards. It's faster than locking tuners by about 3 sec lol

[@narrowonflow]

why do i keep looking at videos of guitars ill never be able to afford 😔

[@charlesharper7292]

Good morning from Texas! 🌄

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

5th Element reference. 😀👍

[@namesurname5409]

I have an S671 from Ibanes, similar shape, no trem, with locking tuners aaand they are kinda heavy and the guitar does tend to dive a bit. Which is not surprising with the body being so thin and light. So maybe it's not necessary bad that they've decided to use regular tuners. Then again, fast string changes and a floyd.... i dunno, is that even possible? (never owned one, so i'm genuinely clueless and intimidated by that load of metal parts and springs and stuff in floyds) Another kinda funny thing - mine is not "prestige" (and is about 3 times cheaper), but it's cavity cover does have a nice bevel :D.

[@gerrykavanagh]

If you string up Floyds with the ball ends at the tuners, its just as fast as locking tuners.

[@raytorvalds3699]

With it being so thin, I wondered what they did with the trem block. I looked it up and that is one tiny ass trem block. Congrats to Andrew. The Jiva is a sexy looking guitar AND it's made from wood from a tree. I don't see it warranting the € 3.499 price tag, though. But hey, I don't know anything either.

[@Frieden543]

Does jiva has also a X body?

[@asonofmre2]

Where did you get the shelves for the amps and speakers? Does anyone have a good system to store amp heads and cabs?

[@EytschPi42]

Built it myself… 80 bucks

[@PooNinja]

1:49 oooh oooh that smell Is that wedding veil white? How would you write this to a JS model? I really like the inlay on this, but I think I like the shark Finy inlay more?

[@VagendaAdnegav]

I'm one minute in... did you low key just say Nita Strauss sorta equates to Nita Ostrich (Need a Big Bird)??

[@mixodorians12]

Much prefer to be able to feed some more string into the trem,with a bit of excess at the headstock (the strings usually break at the bridge) than have a locking nut. Locking nuts with ball ends are just expensive. A low pro edge, where you cut the ball ends off, and where you can just feed some more string has saved me a fortune over the years, where as harley benton fusion pro, with locking nuts and ball ends eats strings for breakfast.

[@Sticky_Tea]

In the UK, Nita is also considered a bird

[@EytschPi42]

True

Gotta love the Neural logo inlay. :D

[@DimKAt21]

😂

[@ulfvolz4798]

Thanks for another honest video. Now if you could only check the JIVA JR too… probably a MUCH better value for the money…

[@HarryBall-fw7pv]

Ahhhh the smell of Prestige😊

[@zedski]

This seems to be the only S with a Lo-Pro Edge. Would you consider this guitar having any real advantage over a Premium S which is half price and comes with Edge Zero II and different pickups (and locking tuners, ironically)? Is a Lo-Pro any better than a Edge Zero II?

[@JoeHeisler]

That is not a lo-pro edge it is an edge zero with a zps. I think it is an improvement over the edge zero II though. I slightly prefer the lo-pro over the edge zero but I don’t dislike the zero.

[@zedski]

@@JoeHeisler Ah, for some reason Thomann filters pick this guitar up if you filter for Lo-Pro. The actual product page lists it as "Edge-Zero Tremolo". So basically hard pressed to see the difference between this and a Premium S.

[@robertdonosobuchner3129]

The wood is coming from the tree... Always good to know. 🤣👍 This guitar is really good but a bit too expensive, especially if you compare it with other available metal guitars...

[@crock2434]

Hate the plastic switch bezel on the s series ibanez...the backplates get trashed for easy spring access and the locking tuners arent needed on a double locking trem...already enough moving parts....

[@USMarine75]

Looks like the pickups are way too high. Prob what is causing them to overdrive the cleans.

[@akwamarsunzal]

Thats a pretty looking guitar! Ibanez doesn´t really float my boat but this one is sweet..... Does it do old man blues? 🤣 Henning, you should add some old man blues when reviewing guitars, some of us are old and like blues 🤪

[@PaulLembo]

Wish she was into stainless frets, especially at this price point.

[@isaiashinojosa_guitarist]

I never understood the reasoning behind the price, models like the MM1 and the LB1 sell for so much cheaper, and have better specs (IMHO), so I don’t really see how this guitar is worth the 3500, I’d love to get a premium one tho

[@mischkagusta1622]

Had the opportunity to test a JIVA at MusicStore in Cologne and to be honest I feel like Ibanez has some serious struggles in their QC in the top price range. It is a sick piece of heavy metal guitar and fun to play but there were so many little things that shouldn't occur at this price range, like loose hardware or gaps in the binding on the headstock and so on. The fanboy I am I tested some other guitars from the Genesis and SA series and went home with a damned Squire Contemporary Tele instead because it was more fun than anything I tested that I had on my Ibanez Fanboi-List.

[@tostrmofo6686]

I'm always happy if something like that occurs with a 1500+ guitar, because it's usually fixable in minutes and you can get a huge discount. I once got a RG652, so entry point Prestige for 1100 instead of 1500 because the paintjob wasn't perfect and the nut needed to be filed down a bit. I don't care for the paintjob and filing the nut was done in 2 minutes. Also got my S6570-SK for 1750 instaead of 2100 and I can't even remember what the issue was. Probably some fret sprout.

[@charlesharper7292]

Henning, you love animals. You must be a good person. I have 16 dogs and am a bad neighbor! About the guitar. I looks fabulous! As much as this sells for, you would think Ibanez would make the cavity covers fit better, and make them the same finish as the guitar. Nobody does that!

[@DerEchteBold]

I'd guess it's extremely hard to get it the exact same color on such different surfaces, probably looks weird if it's just slightly off.

[@stevekirkby6570]

Just from the off I don't like it - too hot and buzzy whilst trying to get a clean sound. I'd have buyers remorse, especially at that price... I'd want something more versatile. I suppose it needs a good set up... but yea just too dirty fo get nice clean tones. Fine for dirty sounds, so a bit of a specialist axe. As Charles says below, sounds epic through the Engle. Only those readyto shred need apply.

[@Hyperspeed1000]

Idk…the guitar certaintly looks great but the pickups are so hot that you cant get any decent clean sounds out of it which makes the guitar almost useless to none metal players imo. But metal players mostly use the bridge pickups so the h-s-h configuration makes no sense to me either. Imo you can get better Ibanez guitars for the same money.

[@martinclayton7260]

I have 5 dogs, and none of them do what I say? My first proper guitar was a second hand RG550, and I've had it for 33 years, not that there's much left of the original guitar? I just don't really play it anymore, the necks just took thin for me. I'd never sell it, as it has a lot of sentiment value.

[@ericblankenburg]

The new Jackson USA SL2 is a great guitar for $2,700. And yes, it has GOTO locking tuners with a Floyd.

[@Sorefol]

Australia is between Hennings legs confirmed.

[@andrewmorgan1640]

I do not live between Henning’s legs

[@RuskyTheaterBear]

I object to be described as being between a man's legs

[@schorschharrison]

What a sexy beast! Killer guitar too! Man the ENGL transformed you into Henning Malmsteen 11:55! 🫶🤘

[@Matthew_Scan]

Wow must have hot pick ups to push a clean amp

[@SIGMA-PHONIC]

My guy. I'm certain there are many youtubers that would love to work with ibanez and get there hands on that guitar to even hold, let alone review or write with. You should be overjoyed at the opportunity. Seems you're inconvenienced by it. Nonetheless I still thumbs up 🤘🤪👍

[@uziforyoutosay1749]

Have you looked at all guitar manufacturers, their top end instruments are priced high. If you can not afford and just a play as casual non paid gigs, buy what you can justify. Not every can have a wall of amp heads and cabs.

[@nickalderman5943]

€3500, and still bolt on? I just threw up a little. I love the Jiva, but at this price I need a neck through construction and the covers flush mounted. The material is there, Ibanez just chose not to do it

[@tickmagnet]

Animals at the beginning!

[@SamoanBirdKing]

A lot of string buzz for a guitar that expensive. But it looks awesome.

[@ericwright3646]

4:47 "the wood is... from a tree" instant like

[@mylogify]

Instant buy

[@elevenAD]

3:40 preach the gospel, no idea why some companies don't get this!

[@lukecowley4949]

At that price I'd rather get the model below this one. As there isn't enough of a difference for me

[@joachimlindback]

Nice now review some guitars with nut width of 1,5625”/39,7mm.

[@shorerocks]

The only irritating with Hennings videos is... we are here for the animals, and have to endure these strange musical instruments bits! 😂

[@EytschPi42]

Haaaaaaaa

[@Worlds_Worst_Guitarist]

3.500 EUR? Wahnsinn! Ich habe eine S421 (oder 420?) aus 2014. Das Teil ist weitestgehend identisch mit der Jiva. Hab mittlerweile Evolution Pickups drin. Kostenpunkt seinerzeit neu: 375 EUR! Ich wiederhol mich gerne nochmal: 3.500 EUR ist Wahnsinn! P.S.: das Tremolo ist meiner Meinung nach mit Abstand das Beste, was je auf den Markt kam, Top Einstellbar und absolut (!) Verstimmungsfrei.

[@maxmustardman298]

Toan piglet at the end !

[@iloveitall]

1. Never open a case on your knees. 2. Locking tuners: I don't know any Ibanez player that does not have the ball ends at the tuners. So what would lockings be good for? 3. A Prestige for the price of a J Custom? That's what I would have asked the product manager. No offense, just my 2 cents.

[@mousourgos1]

1. why? 2. i do, i cant stand the appearance of ball ends in tuning pegs. 3. Agree

[@DimKAt21]

@@mousourgos1 +1

[@andrewcadorette5643]

It is not blue. You made it sound good, though.

[@derKleine92]

First!🤘

[@quentinjorstad6211]

Hmmm Jiva or fgm 100 for same price….

[@mylogify]

What Henning hates is the cavity covers being above the wood of the body, with a slight bulge 😂 hahahha someone should send Henning a $20K guitar with a cavity like that :D. It would be funny.

[@spacefx1340]

Send it back fella and get a jp majesty.

[@eoinc4091]

Is that pronounced Hivax… No t fair, you have a puppy!

[@B4Rnews]

Henning my man you have a big beer belly , where is sexy metal Henning from the joyo days?

[@Ma-Sa-666]

Hi, I also would like to have locking tuners, but have found on the internet a trick that its usefull for me and I use it on my Ibanez with floating brigde. The thrick is to put the string the other way around, so the string balls are in the headstock, then on the brindge you do have a string lockin mechanism, cut the string to desire length, pass the string and lock it on the bridge, then you can tune the guitar, hope it makes sense. I like the way it looks also on the headstock. Kind of unique looking, just keep it a secret so it does not go mainstream!!!

[@A_random_guitar_player]

Im not trying to be rude but i think that ALOT of people already knows that.

[@Ma-Sa-666]

@@A_random_guitar_player I would not be so sure, but anyway, tip is there for whoever finds it useful.

[@sumtingwong63186]

Im not a catboy. Im a scatman

[@akwamarsunzal]

We need a new category.... Remember "But does it Djent?"... How about "But does it King?" 😉

[@DrAdams-fx6gy]

I'm a neurosurgeon and I but nice guitars, but usually older guitars. Wouldn't mind owning some new Ibanez guitars. Not any new Fenders or Gibsons. I am looking for old Ibanez guitars. Some of the replicas of Gibsons. Looking for original Artist. Sounded good through the Engl. Sure notice the difference though the last amp. Over priced.

[@mars6433]

Just skip to @0:57

[@kicsisziszi]

Wunderbaum could produce new guitar smelled airfreshners.

[@HeadbangoO]

Beautiful. 2K too much.

[@charlesharper7292]

Ibanez was my choice guitar for a few years. I have gotten over it. I kept one.

[@jasonyltan7672]

Just buy a Premium version it’ll be as good if not better sounding.

[@StickyFingers-Ralf]

Ich kann deinen Einschätzungen und Bewertungen im Detail nur zustimmen! Ich kann nicht erkennen, daß 3500 Teuronen gerechtfertigt wären. Zudem, meiner Meinung nach fehlt der Gitarre komplett Charakter im Ton, besonders von Clean über Crunch bis ordentlichem Rock- Sound. HiGain mag ja o.k. sein, das war es aber auch ...

[@koonsickgreen6272]

Gambale on steroids

[@basildog007]

✋️ WAIT!!! EVERYONE!!!! WAIT!!!!..... WHAT... ARE... WE... DOING????? We should be buying MUCH MORE GEAR!!!!!!!!

[@PooNinja]

Si si !

[@gmoulder4567]

No one cares about locking tuners on a guitar with a locking nut. To facilitate faster string changes, use the ball-end of the string at the tuner.

[@kekkonenprkl]

3.5k for a basic level specced Prestige model? Nah, i'll take a j.custom for 700€ less.

[@willtato8778]

I 100% agree. A good guitar should have locking tuners regardless of the type of nut it has

[@scottg8660]

Less guitar, more money lol

[@damianval4626]

Super overpriced for a sabre There fantastic guitars, very cozy to play but your paying for the name on headstock

[@ErebosArt]

Damn that thing is thin body

[@chocolatecookie8571]

The price, hahahahaha. Locking tuners are overhyped. No need for them. They can also add more weight to the headstock which would create a diving neck, as this is the case already with this S-style guitar. 4:12 correct that little carve has no function at all and still manufacturers keep making guitars that way. Tuning with a Floyd is actually very convinient because you can finetune it, which is harder to do without the finetuners. Talking about ergonomics if I would have made me a custom guitar I would first make a mold of my front where the guitar leans against my body. Then the back of the guitar must would fit perfectly for my body shape. That is ergonomics. 17:10 looks like a gathering in a mental hospital 🤣😆

[@johnwilkes681]

VIEL ZU TEUER , No Thanks.

[@BenjaminGoude]

Australia doesn't exist... I don't know what you're getting at here but something's fishy

[@eiou12345]

S5470 or the S970 is way better quality but cheaper than that JivaX2.