I had the JS300 entry level S type and it was really good. Of course the electronics could do with an upgrade but it was worth the price for the neck alone
I have 3 Jet guitars JS300-JT300-JT350. They are all so good I would have a difficult time deciding which one I'd most likely sell...so I am happy with all 3 and wouldn't sell any of them. I like the intro models because those are the guitar that brought attention to Jets in the first place...all three necks are perfect!!
This week I heard a fabuous guitar player who has some very tasty guitars use a Jet S type guitar at a gig and through a SS Fender amp, and i have to say, the sound was excellent.
I have 4 jet guitars amongst a modest collection . Playablity makes them equals and the price means upgrades are affordable . this allows the guitars to grow into themselves . it has been a journey with them and probably wouldnt sell them . good video and nice to hear an authentic assessment against the fender selection . very grateful :)
I have a Jet Strat, bought it out of curiosity. Honest opinion, it’s a very good guitar I have the trem set to float. It stays in tune very well, I enjoy playing it as much as my American standard.
Very nice looking and sounding guitars. Looks like JET is paying close attention to all the important factors. The stability of the Tremolo/Whammy was impressive, though I'd like to also hear if it stays in tune when the bar is pulled way "up". Thanks
All these budget axes of Asian persuasion are coming from the same shops that have mastered guitar making. My HB's are flawless (both Teles).....flawless. My MIA's and MIMs are not made any better in terms of fit/finish. With boutique pups...you often have a GEM of a guitar (e.g. AIO TC4, CV50, HB-TE62DB) for a fraction of the price of a MIA (which come with so-so pups anyway). In fact...ordered a second AIO yesterday...lefty....TC1...walnut set neck Tele...gorgeous and expect it to arrive as advertised...set up like a Custom Shop guitar...like my last one arrived. Such a deal!! Under $500.
They're the best budget guitars on the market by miles. I got a used JS-400 for £100 to take abroad and its easily better than my Classic Vibes and Player strats were.
I would like your opinion. Because I really hesitate between JET and Sire Larry Carlton T7. Is there a real difference in quality? I know that there is a part of feeling when you hold the guitar in your hands. But for those who have had or tried both, I would like your opinion between these two brands! Thanks a lot
Picked up a Sire S7 based on your review;happy with it but neck is a little thin. Interested in the Jet JT 30, is the neck any different than the sire?
What wireless system are you using? I recently bought a cheap joyo set off of Amazon. Best money I've spent on gear in long long time. I can crank my amp in the back room and sit in the living room to play. It sounds glorious without blowing my head off.
Perhaps this is by design. If Fender made the Player Series "too good" then who would buy an American Professional? Unlike the previous Standard Series (the Strat for example), the Player Series is designed to be very similar to the American Standard/American Professional models. They Player Series have the 22-fret neck like the US models (the old Standard model stuck with the traditional 21 frets); they use the same bridges (specifically the Strat) as the American versions where the MIM Standard used a vintage style 6-screw vibrato. They are both modern or updated interpretations of the classic Strat and Tele design so there has to be something to incentivize people to pay the extra money for the American Professional II range.
I like the tele and the weight is 👍‼️ When you say the neck feels thicker than a standard telecaster, are you referring to player series or 🇺🇸 series ❓
seriously considering that gold tele!! I just checked one in the shop today and it's a beautiful player. That pickguard will have to go, however. Anyone know if its standard spec sized for a change to, say, cream or parchment?
Not everyone can afford Gucci gear, I can, and have some, sold a lot of it on, but it's just something to worry about gigging, in case it gets nicked or damaged, I have had a 400 since the first batch, great guitar, changed the single coils and the trem springs were sh#te, easy fix, everything else superb, only Strats I have had to compare were Fender and worth thousands,they didn't do anything this doesn't do, neck on the Jet is fantastic. Only Tele I currently own is a Fazley, neck is a bit rough on the finish, but has a P90 in the neck, I never liked the neck pup on Teles, and sounds great, Jet and Sire are my go to brands now, if Jet have a Tele with a P90 in the neck I'd buy it tomorrow.
700 GBP for a Jet Tele? 🙄 I mean, I am happy with my JT300, but it only cost me 150 quid and even if I upgraded the heck out of it, it wouldn't exceed 250 in total.. These guys are aiming too high, too soon...
I think that's a fair point to make when the entry level stuff is so competitively priced - but this guitar ends up being much lighter, alnico pickups and wilkinson hardware so I think they've ended up with a guitar that compares super favourably with something like a Fender Player
The production is managed by Jet employees on sight in China, my guess is it's a particular number of lines in a bigger factory like PRS at the Cort factory.
Don't spend your hard earned money on expensive cars, watches, clothes and guitar gear! It' s not worth the money. Let rich people do that! If you are just a hobby-player, it is even more stupid, cause brand-names don't offer you anything else than an empty wallet. Be clever!
Have you ever played a high-end fender? Sounds may not be that different, but the playability changes a lot. The Jet is a very nice guitar, but it doesn't have that fender tone. I have never figured out why you can have a fender strat vs any other brand strat and none will sound like a fender but the fender.
@@Kevin20ftw Neck playability comes in all sizes...it's like shoes , if it doesn't feel right you wouldn't buy them. The "Fender Tone" is a myth and can be had with quality wood selection which a lot of low end guitars have addressed as well as quality workmanship and the "Fender Sound" it's just a certain set of pickups and trust me all could be put together for a third the cost of any Fender price range equivalent depending on the hardware...pop on a set of blinkers and nobody would be able to tell the difference.
Many of these newer brands are comparable and better than Squier and entry level fenders in features and quality, but they suffer in resale value Buying them used is even a better deal
Idea! I always appreciate your reviews but maybe if you did the review first, and then the concert for the additional 20 minutes, your viewers wouldn't strain our fast-forward fingers so much.
There are many brands equal to fenders and gibsons for much lower prices. My Harley Benton SC 450 plus plays as well as my Tribute and I prefer my squier and Yamaha 612 to my fender usa strat. Fenders and gibsons are nice guitars but way too expensive. And it's everywhere the same: my daughter bought some summer shoes for my wife for 50 bucks. A friend of us got the same (no brand) shoes for 3 bucks. A crazy world, where you pay mostly for a well-known brand-name. Or take a Gucci bag which is "worth" some thousands of dollars. fxk them all!
Your knife is bigger than mine... I quit playing expensive guitars a long time ago. If you pay 350 pounds for a guitar you are almost guaranteed to get a good one. You could probably also pay much less and still get a good guitar. I also bought a Jet JT-300, and it was excellent with minor work.
The reason i bought a Fender Player is that Fender have made a million guitars or something and they know how to make a guitar. The quality control is top tier, seriously has anyone had a really horrible Fender? Yeah you can probably find a better guitar for the same money, but people saying Fenders are all about the name are crazy. They have earned their name and they would lose their reputation in a heartbeat if the product lost its quality. On the whole i think buying a genuine Fender Player is a great choice for most people.
in the end it's just a copy cat. If you dream is to have a Telecaster you should go for the Fender, never settle for the lesser thing because you will always be trying to justify to yourself why that thing is so much better than your dream guitar.
Seasick Steve would disagree… and he’s made £1 millions out of groll guitars 👀🎈🧠👈🏻 I’ve had the vintage Gibson with P90s, I’ve had the super Strats and the SGs and cheap T-style… Bottom line, if it stays in tune, and neck is easy to play and has unplugged mojo… if you connect with it, it can be as cheap as chips. You can swap out the electrics, change the nut and hardware, it can look beat up as hell, but if it has the magic that you can transmit, it’s a keeper. Spending loadsa a money and visual aesthetics is marketing, marketing, marketing. CNC as any custom shop luthier will tell you, does a better accurate job and makes no difference to sound if done by band or machine. So as long as the woods chosen for the bodies and necks are properly prepared, chosen, dried then geographical origin is irrelevant if QC out of the factory is first class for the price point. Doctor, Lawyer guitars are for hobbyists at £5,000, £10,000 £lala money. Us journeyman mortals can happily buy very decent in C21st CNC modest priced great instruments. I was born in the 60’s when Fender went crap and so did Gibson. They weren’t much better in the 80’s. Tokai Strats kicked them up the arse in the 90’s. I still wouldn’t pay over a grand for any Fender. Two planks of wood and some magnets people, wake up
You are the official poster boy for cheap/junk guitars ... Even if it can play , it will always feel like cheap junk in the hands and most likely cause cancer from handling . 😂🤦♂ In California these come with a "warning may cause cancer" sticker , like every other cheaply made guitars does -
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I had the JS300 entry level S type and it was really good. Of course the electronics could do with an upgrade but it was worth the price for the neck alone
I have 3 Jet guitars JS300-JT300-JT350. They are all so good I would have a difficult time deciding which one I'd most likely sell...so I am happy with all 3 and wouldn't sell any of them. I like the intro models because those are the guitar that brought attention to Jets in the first place...all three necks are perfect!!
I am impressed with my Jet js-400, I have upgraded the tuners to locking ones, but at £170 it's a great guitar for that price
Happy to see Jet Guitars everywhere. I Buy my Jet after your fist video about the Jet JS-450. Now it´s my main guitar! Thanks, John!!!
I kind of like that carbon fiber-esque pick guard. An I the only one?
You’re not alone 👍
This week I heard a fabuous guitar player who has some very tasty guitars use a Jet S type guitar at a gig and through a SS Fender amp, and i have to say, the sound was excellent.
I have 4 jet guitars amongst a modest collection . Playablity makes them equals and the price means upgrades are affordable . this allows the guitars to grow into themselves . it has been a journey with them and probably wouldnt sell them . good video and nice to hear an authentic assessment against the fender selection . very grateful :)
I have a Jet Strat, bought it out of curiosity. Honest opinion, it’s a very good guitar I have the trem set to float. It stays in tune very well, I enjoy playing it as much as my American standard.
I'm always shook everytime i see that giant knife
That's not a knife!
Fam dis is England. We all got dem zombie tangs.
The police have an announced an amnesty for zombie knives
@@peterkelly8357 When they announce justice and equality for everyone I have no doubt they will all be handed in.
Very nice looking and sounding guitars. Looks like JET is paying close attention to all the important factors. The stability of the Tremolo/Whammy was impressive, though I'd like to also hear if it stays in tune when the bar is pulled way "up". Thanks
The bridge was actually decked so I couldn't test that!
@@johnnathancordy Good to know. Thanks
Hey John ! Would you take the Jet Tele over the players ll ?????
Absolutely
Apart from the scratch plate on that tele, the guitar looks amazing and sounds like it too. But, for a 750€, i wouldn't expect anything else tbh
All these budget axes of Asian persuasion are coming from the same shops that have mastered guitar making. My HB's are flawless (both Teles).....flawless. My MIA's and MIMs are not made any better in terms of fit/finish. With boutique pups...you often have a GEM of a guitar (e.g. AIO TC4, CV50, HB-TE62DB) for a fraction of the price of a MIA (which come with so-so pups anyway). In fact...ordered a second AIO yesterday...lefty....TC1...walnut set neck Tele...gorgeous and expect it to arrive as advertised...set up like a Custom Shop guitar...like my last one arrived. Such a deal!! Under $500.
I've got a JS300, with my own pickups in it, and I prefer it to all the Fenders I've ever played.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's pointless someone this brilliant, demonstrating a guitar sound.
Matching headstock on that Strat would be a win
They're the best budget guitars on the market by miles. I got a used JS-400 for £100 to take abroad and its easily better than my Classic Vibes and Player strats were.
I would like your opinion. Because I really hesitate between JET and Sire Larry Carlton T7. Is there a real difference in quality? I know that there is a part of feeling when you hold the guitar in your hands. But for those who have had or tried both, I would like your opinion between these two brands! Thanks a lot
I put a set of Iron gear pups and a set of locking tuners on my Jet JS 400strat, its fantastic for the money 💰 👍
Picked up a Sire S7 based on your review;happy with it but neck is a little thin. Interested in the Jet JT 30, is the neck any different than the sire?
What wireless system are you using? I recently bought a cheap joyo set off of Amazon. Best money I've spent on gear in long long time.
I can crank my amp in the back room and sit in the living room to play. It sounds glorious without blowing my head off.
Perhaps this is by design. If Fender made the Player Series "too good" then who would buy an American Professional? Unlike the previous Standard Series (the Strat for example), the Player Series is designed to be very similar to the American Standard/American Professional models. They Player Series have the 22-fret neck like the US models (the old Standard model stuck with the traditional 21 frets); they use the same bridges (specifically the Strat) as the American versions where the MIM Standard used a vintage style 6-screw vibrato. They are both modern or updated interpretations of the classic Strat and Tele design so there has to be something to incentivize people to pay the extra money for the American Professional II range.
I like the tele and the weight is 👍‼️
When you say the neck feels thicker than a standard telecaster, are you referring to player series or 🇺🇸 series ❓
seriously considering that gold tele!! I just checked one in the shop today and it's a beautiful player. That pickguard will have to go, however. Anyone know if its standard spec sized for a change to, say, cream or parchment?
Which is better: the Sire s3 or the Jet js 380?
Thank you for that review.
That T-style at £700 should have had a belly cut.
Tight fisted not to do a belly cut 😢
Jet je-350 is a belly cut tele and sells for half that price
They both sounds really harsh in the upper end, especially the tele.. Anyone else? Or is it just me? Great playing as always. Thanks for the review. 🙂
What amp were you using for the js 380 John?
What is your amp/pedal set up? It sounds great!! Did you have a set up done on the guitar before the demo?
How do these measure up against the t7?
I think I prefer the hardware choices on the Jet, and I think the neck is slightly chunkier. Otherwise very similar guitars?
2 guitars, 1 knife is so much better than 2 girls, 1 cup.
I think they both belong on the same playlist
Sounds like a horrible porn.
As long as they are not near Suhr prices, I would own an Andy Wood tele, if they were not so Doggone Expensive.
the Andy Wood signatures are amazing looking guitars!
try one of the levinson strats or teles. or an artist once the ss frets get to UK
Damn what helix patches were you using here?
Hey brother can you share a link to purchase the 380? Thanks in advance
Not everyone can afford Gucci gear, I can, and have some, sold a lot of it on, but it's just something to worry about gigging, in case it gets nicked or damaged, I have had a 400 since the first batch, great guitar, changed the single coils and the trem springs were sh#te, easy fix, everything else superb, only Strats I have had to compare were Fender and worth thousands,they didn't do anything this doesn't do, neck on the Jet is fantastic. Only Tele I currently own is a Fazley, neck is a bit rough on the finish, but has a P90 in the neck, I never liked the neck pup on Teles, and sounds great, Jet and Sire are my go to brands now, if Jet have a Tele with a P90 in the neck I'd buy it tomorrow.
Played a Jet, and was underwhelmed, but the pups sounded good. Hotter than its Fender equivalent. My guess ceramic.
Yeh the earlier Jets seem to have ceramics, both of these are alnico though
@@johnnathancordy definitely an earlier one. I just looked it up
700 GBP for a Jet Tele? 🙄 I mean, I am happy with my JT300, but it only cost me 150 quid and even if I upgraded the heck out of it, it wouldn't exceed 250 in total.. These guys are aiming too high, too soon...
I think that's a fair point to make when the entry level stuff is so competitively priced - but this guitar ends up being much lighter, alnico pickups and wilkinson hardware so I think they've ended up with a guitar that compares super favourably with something like a Fender Player
@@johnnathancordyTry selling on a Jet though ? You’ll get buttons for it 😢
Wonder is they share the same factory as Stagg guitars.
The production is managed by Jet employees on sight in China, my guess is it's a particular number of lines in a bigger factory like PRS at the Cort factory.
Don't spend your hard earned money on expensive cars, watches, clothes and guitar gear! It' s not worth the money. Let rich people do that! If you are just a hobby-player, it is even more stupid, cause brand-names don't offer you anything else than an empty wallet. Be clever!
Preach, my man
Have you ever played a high-end fender? Sounds may not be that different, but the playability changes a lot. The Jet is a very nice guitar, but it doesn't have that fender tone. I have never figured out why you can have a fender strat vs any other brand strat and none will sound like a fender but the fender.
@@Kevin20ftwfender pickups which you can put on a broom stick if you’d like.
@@Kevin20ftw Neck playability comes in all sizes...it's like shoes , if it doesn't feel right you wouldn't buy them. The "Fender Tone" is a myth and can be had with quality wood selection which a lot of low end guitars have addressed as well as quality workmanship and the "Fender Sound" it's just a certain set of pickups and trust me all could be put together for a third the cost of any Fender price range equivalent depending on the hardware...pop on a set of blinkers and nobody would be able to tell the difference.
Oh trust me, I’m goin budget on all my gear. I’m a bedroom musician that plays music with friends every now and again
I think those wilkinson bridges are the $25-$30 sung il version, I doubt Suhrs are using the same bridges
Give me a hardtail Strat.
thats a massive blade
Many of these newer brands are comparable and better than Squier and entry level fenders in features and quality, but they suffer in resale value
Buying them used is even a better deal
Is that a "zombie" knife?
Idea! I always appreciate your reviews but maybe if you did the review first, and then the concert for the additional 20 minutes, your viewers wouldn't strain our fast-forward fingers so much.
There are many brands equal to fenders and gibsons for much lower prices. My Harley Benton SC 450 plus plays as well as my Tribute
and I prefer my squier and Yamaha 612 to my fender usa strat. Fenders and gibsons are nice guitars but way too expensive. And it's everywhere the same: my daughter bought some summer shoes for my wife for 50 bucks. A friend of us got the same (no brand) shoes for 3 bucks. A crazy world, where you pay mostly for a well-known brand-name. Or take a Gucci bag which is "worth" some thousands of dollars. fxk them all!
Gold is sexy af just wish there were more color choices
Surh, Are you kidding me. Are they that good
My bro, you can play a cardboard guitar a make it sound like a the best pro Fender guitar!!! a big hug from Italy ;)
I'm here for the playing, not so much for the reviews, LOL
I usually HATE the playing on reviews because most play as bad as me!...lol
@@terryswallace ha, same!
I'm here for the knife.
@@primaballerina84 😂
I have one…..the neck is too thin…
Checkout soloking man!
Your knife is bigger than mine... I quit playing expensive guitars a long time ago.
If you pay 350 pounds for a guitar you are almost guaranteed to get a good one. You could probably also pay much less and still get a good guitar.
I also bought a Jet JT-300, and it was excellent with minor work.
tbh. i'm a bit surprised that you thinks these look good, aesthetically speaking. but to each his own! they do sound nice at least
Black guitar with gold hardware, whats so "unlikable" about it ?
Looks class IMO.
sounds like polyphia
The reason i bought a Fender Player is that Fender have made a million guitars or something and they know how to make a guitar. The quality control is top tier, seriously has anyone had a really horrible Fender? Yeah you can probably find a better guitar for the same money, but people saying Fenders are all about the name are crazy. They have earned their name and they would lose their reputation in a heartbeat if the product lost its quality. On the whole i think buying a genuine Fender Player is a great choice for most people.
No way this is better than a Fender player...
These guitars are dreadful
in the end it's just a copy cat. If you dream is to have a Telecaster you should go for the Fender, never settle for the lesser thing because you will always be trying to justify to yourself why that thing is so much better than your dream guitar.
Seasick Steve would disagree… and he’s made £1 millions out of groll guitars 👀🎈🧠👈🏻 I’ve had the vintage Gibson with P90s, I’ve had the super Strats and the SGs and cheap T-style…
Bottom line, if it stays in tune, and neck is easy to play and has unplugged mojo… if you connect with it, it can be as cheap as chips. You can swap out the electrics, change the nut and hardware, it can look beat up as hell, but if it has the magic that you can transmit, it’s a keeper.
Spending loadsa a money and visual aesthetics is marketing, marketing, marketing.
CNC as any custom shop luthier will tell you, does a better accurate job and makes no difference to sound if done by band or machine. So as long as the woods chosen for the bodies and necks are properly prepared, chosen, dried then geographical origin is irrelevant if QC out of the factory is first class for the price point.
Doctor, Lawyer guitars are for hobbyists at £5,000, £10,000 £lala money.
Us journeyman mortals can happily buy very decent in C21st CNC modest priced great instruments. I was born in the 60’s when Fender went crap and so did Gibson. They weren’t much better in the 80’s. Tokai Strats kicked them up the arse in the 90’s. I still wouldn’t pay over a grand for any Fender. Two planks of wood and some magnets people, wake up
You are the official poster boy for cheap/junk guitars ... Even if it can play , it will always feel like cheap junk in the hands and most likely cause cancer from handling . 😂🤦♂ In California these come with a "warning may cause cancer" sticker , like every other cheaply made guitars does -
Wtf are you on about 💀
Keep overpaying for brand name buddy 😉
What would you consider cheap?
About $300 and up you can find a nice guitar that you will play and will not regret buying.
Based on what you Poindexter?
These guitars are dreadful