Jay Turser Guitars.....Any good ???

[Rocker35]

Anybody tried Jay Turser guitars ?
Are they bargain basement gems or complete firewood. Let me have your opinions please.

[Norman_T]

Are they another Samick made guitar? I have a funny feeling that they might be..

[3 cent hero]

i really liked them, but their strat copys aren't very good

[tenniso]

it depends on the model you get. i have a jt136 which is a copy of the gibson es-137 i think. i really love mine and the guys at the guitar shop who set it up for me all agreed that the quality was very good. i did get a tune-o-matic bridge from stew-mac though. the pickups sound pretty decent thru my blues deville 410. but i will probably replace them with a pair of '59s. mine stays in tune, it is intonated, looks good and plays good. what more can you ask for? especially in a bargain instrument.

my only advice is to play before you buy.

[jeremy]

they are ok. overall they are really good looking, ok sounding, and play decent for the money. but with any cheaper guitar, if you find a good one then youre in great shape. ive played mexi strats that were killer, better than most americans, but i had to play 100 to find 1 great one, same with epi's

[babaca]

I haven't tried Jay Turser guitars but if you are looking for a great bargin guitar you should look into Agile guitars. All of these copies my be made by the same company but the only on I own is an Agile LP copy. It is a very good guitar in feel, sound and looks. I find myself picking it up more often than my Gibson. Best $250 I ever spent! If you want to know more, let me know.

Rock on.

[Rocker35]

they are ok. overall they are really good looking, ok sounding, and play decent for the money. but with any cheaper guitar, if you find a good one then youre in great shape. ive played mexi strats that were killer, better than most americans, but i had to play 100 to find 1 great one, same with epi's

I hear what your saying jeremy. My Squier plays a lot better than most American Strats I've played - it's a good 'un!
Here's what caught my eye on e-bay for £149 (about $270)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=3722405964

[Panzer]

This one caught my attention http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...722479120&rd=1

[ex-250]

yeah i saw that sg copy too, looks pretty nice

[Hawkman]

I bought a Jay Turser PRS copy a few months ago. I don't intend to play it. I will act like Pete Townsend and smash it on stage at my next gig.

[Zerberus]

The ones I´ve played made Epiphones look like PRS´es in comparison, I honestly can´t say ANYTHING good about them...

This applies to Electrics and semi-hollows. The "pure" acoustics may be on par with what I expect a guitar to be, but I seriously doubt it after playing the others

[presa_tito]

I have only tried the les paul copy with the serpent inlay because I own one. The pickups are crap, but what cheap guitars aren't. I put the Zakk emg set in and now it rips. I think it played just as well as all the epiphones I've tested. I think their les paul and sg copies are the only good turser guitars though. I havn't heard anything good about any other models.