Are JET Guitars Worth the Hype - GREAT Specs for less than £300?

I’ve reached that point where I no longer care about the product you’re featuring. I come here and stay to hear you play. Soothing, nostalgic and melodic.

I have to say that I got a JS300 after watching Dave Simpson's review of it and for £159 and after dropping the action on it, I couldn't be happier! Amazing quality for the money.

Hi, John. My JS-450 arrived today. The Tremolo bar it's the right one. Just need a little bit of adjustment. Hope the language isn't a problem, I make a short and simple video yesterday about that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0S52k9Y0yk&lc=Ugyz7zwjHAUOaMeLwl54AaABAg In the bridge, under the screw of the e string there's a little screw to adjust the tension (the same Allen Key to adjust the action of the saddles). Hope this info help other people.

I have a jt300 that I've been modding and it's a fantastic guitar, with a little fret polish and some new bits I'm really happy with it

Man, your playing is wickedly good! You are one of my favorite guitar players recently.

Johan Laur would be proud sir! Great demo, tones, and playing. Cheers John!

I have lefties of the JT300 and JS400. Had them about a year. The JS400 was perfectly setup out of the box, including floating trem. The JT300 needed a tweak of the truss rod. The necks on both are super comfortable. I bought them cos of curiosity about the roasted necks. They're still fine a year on. The pickups in both have no finesse but they sound honest to my ear and are fun to play. The necks feel small in my hands and they're very comfortable to play. At some point I will replace both tone pots. As with nearly every other manufacturer, they provide right-handed pots wired backwards.

I have the JS 300. Amazing guitar for the money. My guitar tech did a very thorough set up including dressing and polishing the frets.. The action and intonation is spot on now. Guitar tech did recommend the tuners to be upgraded.

Honestly, my Jet JS400 is the best Strat I've owned, and I've owned some expensive Fenders, replaced the trem springs, tuners fine, pups replaced with Iron Gear single coils. Had one for a year, no issues, still tight, really chimes and the HB for crunchy tones

Beautiful intro, as always, I start my day with your improvisation instead of watching the news.. And I am a much happier person for it LOL. The Jet sounds good! (Especially in your hands) With a 2 post Wilkinson trem, a properly cut bone nut, and locking tuners, (assuming it was strung with the strings pulled taut before locking them down, and then less than a full turn of wind around the post at pitch, all strings pre-stretched at pitch), it should hold tune as well as any guitar without a Floyd Rose could. With a setup a that price point, it seems like a great deal for all the features and the finish. The website says all the pickups are ceramic. I was wondering about the extended high end on the single coils, but without a 60's strat "scoop" to them; but I think there is probably a 500k pot to accommodate the humbucker, so you get more highs on top of a mid-present ceramic single coil. It is not bad actually!

John, as always your playing on any guitar makes it sound good !!! Also, your intro piece with looping (I think ?) and more stuff sounds great. I’m sure that many of your followers would be really interested in learning how you “build” these intros from the ground up. The kind of chords you use, the looping and other instruments you apply and the lead part on top. I would definitely pay a fee in addition to being a patron to have you take us through that. Cheers !! Paul

Very nice test, John and your playin‘ is one of the best I‘ve Seen on YT. But what I‘ve missed is a few sentences about the pickups…?…! But I‘m very impressed! Thks

Beautiful guitar and beautiful playing as usual.. 👍👍👍👍👍!

Looks great and sounds great to me, those pickups seem pretty versatile. If I remember right about this brand, the big thing I found odd was I think they only offer some models in one color/finish? Some others might have two or three options, I think your model has some options. If I were in the market for something like this, I'd definitely give it a go (or a Harley Benton Fusion) as the price is pretty compelling to make an impulse buy and try.

I picked up a Harley Benton Fusion III HSS in a beautiful burst from Thomen in Germany. Took less than a week to my address in the UK and only cost £350. It has blown me away. All my other guitars cost well over £1000 but this one plays as nicely as any of them. 24 stainless steel frets, roasted maple neck, Wilkinson trem (will put in a full steel block at some point for £35), push pull tone knob, locking tuners. The neck is one of the best I’ve played, no sharp frets at all or buzz. Set up beautifully. My only criticism would be the pickups but I’m replacing those with a Andy Timmons Dimarzio set and the eternal electrics to high quality pots etc. This will be my dream HSS guitar for not much money. I would highly recommend. 😊

I just received by JS-400 today...and have to say..it is AMAZING for the price..oh my god, the neck is sublime for feel, no sharp fret edges tbh, I just love it after 1 day, only downside was while gently stretching out the strings, the high E string snapped , so ernie ball slinkies fitted and things are looking up..still need the strings to bed in, but cant fault the general quality of JET guitars..I have a few guitars, most expensive are my Fender and Gretsch..budget ones like the JET are 4 Harley Bentons, 1 Donner TC and one Eastcoast ST1, the only 2 guitars i ever received out of the box that the intonation was spot on was the Gretsch 5230T and the Jet JS-400..that shows the quality that JET gives you at roughly a 3rd of the price of the Gretsch and better than the Fender ltd edition player series i bought at £700 last year which needed a lot more intonation and set up 🤔 this JET is going to be my go to guitar to have fun with..that neck wow 😃

Was literally just looking at Jet's and now this video sweet!

I have the JS 300 and when it arrived, I went over it with a fine tooth comb and I really didn't find anything negative about it. The setup was perfect, at least for my taste. I guess sometimes its the luck of the draw and it lived up to the hype these guitars receive.

A couple videos back, about the Squier, you said something like “maybe I’m just so happy to be fortunate to play guitar that I don’t really care about if it’s like super expensive.” And if that ain’t the cure for GAS, I don’t know what is. Beautiful sentiment I’m going to try to carry forward with me.

Hmm, managed to snag a used deal of about 140 pounds for a js400. It already had some nice elixir strings on it, only had to lower a bit the action to my liking by reducing the neck bow and lowering the saddles. Nice hefty neck, fretwork allows for ~1.5-1.7mm @ 12th fret (haven't tried lower), nut almost perfect, maybe a hair too high, stays in tune well, sounds OK in general and great through an Orange Rocker 15 so far. I'd see its fret edges leaving area for improvement, maybe add locking tuners (this one hasn't got those). With the 10-46 elixirs it's a bit stiff for my liking but does ring out nicely and doesn't buzz. No blemish I could see with the finish, frets undersides are also filled after being hammered which is nice, looks very cool. Dunno, I'd maybe think to throw in a gotoh bridge and locking tuners at some point, maybe some different pickups, but really it's more playable and better sounding than most strats in this price range. Dunno, pretty good vibes here, I like it better than classic vibe, especially the lack of thick gloss on the neck.