Ibanez JIVAJR-DSE Deep Sea Blonde Signature Nita Strauss
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A JIVA Signature: Ibanez "shred" DNA at the Service of Nita Strauss
The JIVAJR follows the lineage of Ibanez performance-oriented guitars: a thin Wizard III neck, fast playability across 24 frets, and electronics designed to offer multiple pickup combinations. This Signature version reflects a modern approach to rock and metal, where precision, tuning stability, and sonic versatility are at the core of the specifications.
Who Is It For, and In Which Styles?
This electric guitar is especially aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking fast action and comfortable access to the upper frets. It excels in modern rock, hard rock, and metal (staccato riffs, palm mutes, fast solos), while remaining relevant for more versatile genres thanks to the middle pickup and 5-way selector switch.
Sound
The quilted maple top adds brightness and presence, while the meranti body supports the midrange with a balanced response, useful for cutting through a saturated mix. The ebony fingerboard enhances attack and clarity, with tight lows and mids and incisive highs, promoting articulation and sustain.
Regarding pickups, the Quantum pickups are built for speed: responsive lows, dense mids, and precise highs. The HSH configuration combined with the 5-way selector allows switching from a full humbucker (neck or bridge) to thinner, snappier intermediate positions (split/center combinations), very practical for alternating rhythms and leads without changing guitars.
Technical specifications
| Electronics: microphone configuration | HSH | Nbrs of frets | 24 |
| Category | ST | Bridge / tailpiece | Floyd |
| Left handed | No | Electronics | Passive |
| Strings | Steel | Color | Gradient |
| Nbr of strings | 6 | Finishing | Glossy |
| Top | Dapple maple | Hardware | Black |
| Fingerboard | Ebony | ||
| Top/back/body | quilted maple top / meranti body | String spacing | 10.8 mm / 0.43" |
| Neck type | Wizard III / maple neck | Nut | Locking |
| Scale length | 25.5" / 648 mm | Hardware color | Cosmo Black |
| Nut width | 43 mm / 1.69" | Neck pickup | Quantum (H) (passive / ceramic) |
| Width at 24th fret | 58 mm / 2.28" | Middle pickup | Quantum (S) (passive / alnico) |
| Thickness at 1st fret | 19 mm / 0.75" | Bridge pickup | Quantum (H) (passive / ceramic) |
| Thickness at 12th fret | 21 mm / 0.83" | Selector | 5 positions (neck / intermediate / center / intermediate / bridge combinations) |
| Radius | 400 mm / 15.75" | Controls | 1 volume, 1 tone, 5-position selector |
| Frets | Jumbo | Factory tuning | 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E |
| Number of frets | 24 | String gauge | .009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042 |
| Bridge | Edge-Zero II | ||
Questions frequently asked
Is the JIVAJR-DSE suitable for metal and fast solos?
The Wizard III neck measures 19 mm at the 1st fret and 21 mm at the 12th fret, with 24 Jumbo frets on a 648 mm scale length. This setup promotes fast action and extended access to the upper frets for shredding techniques, staccato riffs, and solos.
What Floyd Rose is equipped on this Ibanez Signature Nita Strauss?
The Edge-Zero II bridge is paired with a locking nut to maintain tuning stability during vibrato use. The string spacing at the bridge is 10.8 mm.
What pickups and positions are available?
The HSH configuration combines two Quantum ceramic humbuckers at the neck and bridge, along with a Quantum alnico single coil in the middle position. A 5-position selector provides access to the neck, middle, and bridge pickups as well as their intermediate positions. Controls include one volume and one tone knob.
What woods make up the body and fingerboard?
The top is flame maple, the body is meranti, and the fingerboard is ebony. Ebony contributes to a clear attack, while maple adds brightness and presence.
What is the original tuning and string gauge setup?
The factory tuning is standard E: E-A-D-G-B-E, with a string set of .009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042.
