Coucou ! Here's a little video comparing the JET JS300 to the Squier Bullet Strat, and why I would most certainly pick the JET as the winner here even though I love the Bullet ! :)
Great video 👍👍👍 I loved my bullet strat but that Jet looks amazing for such a cheap price! Crazy specs for the cash. I'm gonna get one - thank you for the info. Excellent playing btw 👌
Thank you Jonny ! Yeah I really love my Bullet, these little Squier are so great to play. But for the money yeah I think the JET offers more definitely ! You're very welcome, if you have any questions about the JET or any other guitar I have, do not hesitate of course :)
Fair comparison, Johan. It's true that we are very lucky today in terms of affordable gear. Very impressed by the tracks, apart from the playing. Great stuff!
The roasted maple neck of the jet deserves the price alone...i have the sonic blue version.....just a few years back you needed way more money to get a guitar with a neck like that and now its on every jet guitar....great value.The frets are indeed rough but after you polish them that guitar is ready to go as is.... Now if you want to make it a high end guitar thats a great platform...iam a modder so i installed big Stainless steel frets,kinman pickups,new electronics....i also scalloped the fretboard installed new custom inlays...basically made it an excellent alternative version of a malmsteen strat but for whatever reason you get it...that guitar is a great deal.
I'm a lefty and I bought a white JS-400 just before Christmas because of the roasted maple neck and the price. I was blown away by the fit and finish, the quality of the hardware at the price point, the feel of the guitar. For a beginner, you are right, it would be easier to continue learning because you would not be fighting the instrument. The instrument was perfectly setup. The pickups are surprisingly dynamic- they do not have the same harmonics as alnico but whilst being much hotter still capture the zing of the strings and very fun to listen to and interact with. I am even going to keep the factory strings on until they deaden. The only thing that needs changing is the tone pot - like many other left handed instruments double or triple the price the tone pot is on-off because it is not anti-log. I gave in to temptation and bought a blond JT-300 and it arrived yesterday. Stunning looks. This one needed tweaking, I had to lower the action and loosen the relief a tad on the neck, it only took a couple of minutes. Tone pot will also need changing on this instrument. It plays wonderfully and feels awesome in the hands. A couple of marks on the finish of the body that can be polished out. The pickups are quite hot. Both instruments are really quite lovely and playable. I do feel very spoilt. A left handed JT-350 would be amazing but would I spend £300 on it given how little they're selling the JS-400 and JT-300? Maybe... if they add proper lefty PTB wiring.
Got the JS-400 a week ago. I'd agree with everything you say. The setup was perfect, even down to the trem dropping a perfect semitone. Only possible criticism is the frets were a little scratchy, easily rectified. This guitar is the best value of any guitar I've owned, and considering I've been playing over 50 years and own an OCD number of guitars, that's saying something...
C’est super de prendre le temps de donner ton avis et de l’expliquer. On est dans une époque où chacun peut trouver son bonheur avec un petit budget dans tous les registres de matos pour la guitare notamment. Au 20 ème siècle (😂) il n’y avait pas tout ce choix, cette visibilité, cet accès au monde entier aussi facilement et encore moins ces choix de prix ! À présent, heureusement qu’il existe des chaînes comme la tienne pour se faire une idée avant d’acheter car il y a pléthore de guitares accessibles sur le marché. Bon, le talent qui sublime ces guitares ne s’achète pas, hélas… !👍🏼🍒
Merci beaucoup Poupi ! Complètement d'accord ! Internet à changé beaucoup de choses (pour le meilleur et pour le pire...ahaha), et le monde du matos n'y a pas échappé ! Avec quelle gratte as-tu débuté ? Ces 20 dernières années le matos bas de gamme a tellement évolué positivement c'est vraiment un truc de dingue !
@@JohanJoosLaur J’ai débuté la guitare avec une Yamaha classique, mes parents s’étaient saignés pour me l’offrir, elle avait un manche extraordinaire. Je l’ai toujours mais elle est injouable (mon petit frère me l’avait gravement endommagée). Ma 1ère gratte électrique était une copie d’Ibanez (marque “Vintage” du Japon), elle n’était pas donnée et je l’ai toujours. Qu’elle est la guitare de tes rêves ?🍒
@Plouple Poupi Ahhhh les p'tits frères...😉😂😂 C'est chouette que tu l'aies gardée ceci dit, ainsi que la copie d'Ibanez ! De beaux souvenirs ça :) Tu veux certainement parler de la marque Vantage ? Ils faisaient beaucoup de copies ouais, on en trouve d'ailleurs énormément en occaze pour trois fois rien...la seule que j'ai essayé était une copie 335 qui était franchement super ! Oh la guitare de mes rêves, je t'avoue que je n'en ai pas vraiment...voire pas du tout aha 😂😂 Et toi Poupi ? Une guitare en particulier que tu rêverais d'acquérir un jour ?
@@JohanJoosLaur oui Vantage bien sûr ! Toutes les guitares me font rêver, dans toutes les marques et tous les budgets ! J’adore les guitares vintage, les vraies et particulièrement les Fender. La guitare de mes rêves sera celle sur laquelle je sentirais le confort de jeu absolu, avec un son chaud, du sustain et un potentiel de puissance, peu importe si c’est une sous marque à 2 balles. J’ai 2 Squier qui s’en rapprochent. En fait j’en ai marre d’avoir des guitares mal réglées (les enseignes ne font même pas le minimum). Il faudrait vraiment que je trouve un luthier abordable parce que j’essaie de faire le set up mais je ne parviens pas au graal du réglage parfait pour moi. Bonne semaine Johan🍒
@@PlouplePoupi Ahh du vrai bon vintage j'ai jamais eu l'occasion d'essayer...je me demande si c'est vraiment aussi magique qu'on se l'imagine ! Il doit y'avoir de vrais trésors et des déceptions...à la limite je serais plus branché ampli, je trouve que dans la chaîne c'est vraiment l'élément primordial (du moment qu'on a une gratte sur laquelle on se sent bien évidemment). Un Fender Super Reverb, ça ce serait mon rêve 😋 Tu as très bon goût ceci dit ! Pour le réglage je te suis totalement et puis je trouve que c'est tellement propre à chacun...certains aiment les manches un peu courbés, d'autres pas, certains aiment une action un peu haute d'autres le plus bas possible...toujours été hyper déçu les quelques fois où une de mes grattes est passé par la case "luthier". Du coup je fais le réglage moi même, certainement très mal mais au moins je suis bien dessus quoi. Tu as un peu de mal à régler les tiennes ? Faut pas hésiter à bidouiller !
I chose this particular Strat HSS HT over all the Squire Strat and the others except for the Monoprice. Oh! I didn't even consider Harley Benton. I would never own anything Harley Benton makes! The reason I mentioned Monoprice I just found out about their guitars after buying their Tele and after researching they have various ranges and for the last two years they started having a luither set up all models no matter what price range!
Génial ! Tu touches grave ta bille à la gratte...je cherche une strat pas chère et grâce à toi je pense que je vais tenter la js-300. Il y a la Prodipe aussi, micro alnico V, qui est pas mal.
Hey! Thanks for the review. In terms of build quality and how it feels in your hands, would you say it's better than Squier Affinity? What about Squier Classic Vibe series? Are they comparable?
Bon Jour Johan! I like your style and sound very much! Unbelieveable what kind of superb Sound you get out of these cheapos! How do you record your playing? Directout of the HX Stomp? Where are your playalong trax from? Do you make them on your own? How? Best regards! Sebastian
Thank you Seb ! Very kind words, thanks so much :) I do record only with the HX Stomp indeed ! Playalong tracks are ones I quickly make most of the time, basically if it sounds like crap it's one I've made, if it sounds good it's one I found online (always put a link in the description in this case) ahaha ! I'm using Studio One 5, Addicitive Drums to make the drum parts, my Harley Benton bass and my guitar to make them, that's all ! Do not have any synth these days but I'm looking for one as I miss having the option so much. Hopefully will get one soon :) Thanks again Seb !!
First off, I started following you since your colab with Cordy. Love your playing style! Now to my question: Would you say the Jet is better than the Harley Benton’s ST guitars? I have bought the ST-62DLX (white with gold hardware… just deliciously gorgeous) but am wondering if I should also try the Jet
Hey Marcello ! Thanks so much for the kind words ! The Cordy's a beast :) Answering your question will be impossible for me as I've never tried the ST62 (...yet ahah), so I wouldn't risk any definite statement aha. To be honest before I bought the JET brand new few weeks ago (I so rarely buy brand new), I was really looking for a used HB ST62. Even almost bought a pink one aha. But I was so intrigued by these JET guitars for months, the roasted maple, the specs, the finish, the new brand etc...I ended up buying this JET. The main reason I think I'd like the JET much more than the HB (but it needs confirmation !) being the radius ! The flat radius one the ST62 scares me aha. It doesn't bother me at all on the TE20 for example, because it's such a cheap guitar and it looks awesome, so I don't mind much. But on a "bit more serious" Strat like the ST62, I really think I wouldn't like the neck because of the radius. 9.5" on the JET is really "Strat like", if that makes any sense ! As of the rest, I wasn't expecting the JET to be this good at all. When you look at the website, the specs are actually SO underestimated lol, which is weird for a brand ? Full thickness body, full size trem block, super nice looking hardware, the very discreet cutaway "cut", etc...none of this is mentionned for example. So that was a great surprise, not to mention the neck of course which is just brilliant ! But I know lots of players do love their ST62 too so I'm curious to give this one a go definitely and maybe compare these two :) HB do make great guitars definitely. The white one with gold hardware must look so damn great !! Love the finish options both from HB and JET. Which JET would you be interested in trying ? The JS300 ? How do you feel about the radius on your ST62 by the way ? Is it something that ever bothers you or never been a problem ?
@@JohanJoosLaur Thanks for taking your time to reply! THe ST-62 is a great guitar and I am very happy with it, so happy that I have been holding off swapping the stock pickups with some Lindy Fralin I have here. As for the neck, it really isn't that big of a deal. Yes, it is thicker than my other guitars, but it doesn't bother me as much as some people say on the internet, doesn't hurt my hands or anything. Took me about 10 minutes to get used to it I am actually interested to buy their Telecaster (JT-300) looks like it has similar specs to the JS-300, and looks to be significantly better than the TE-20 (or any tele that HB makes).
Ahaha awesome !! My first guitar was a cheap acoustic one too, I remember it was SO damn hard to play...then quickly bought my first used electric, was a very crappy "Academy" (brand) Strat' copy from the 90s barely even playable with a an old Samick practice amp...the whole thing sounded just horrible but that was so much fun ahaha ! Yeah I definitely agree, it's quite incredible what beginners can get nowadays...even small beginner amps, seriously they did get so crazy good since the last two decades or so !
I jave the jet tele lefty, the strings it came with are too light, they must be nines and the action was a touch too low out of the box so I have raised it a touch using the allen keys that come with it so it feels great now and I also gave it a belly cut so it sits better. I think I will gey the lefty jet strat soon with the humbucker.
Salut Johan :) j'aurais une question, pas si évidente en fait. Quel est ton parcours musical, en terme d'apprentissage par exemple, ce que tu as écouté, ce que tu écoutes comme musiques, pour avoir un jeu pareil. Sérieusement, ça fait bientôt 30 ans que je joue de la gratte et il y a assez peu de guitariste qui ont ton son et ton feeling. Beaucoup shred mais peu sonne. Tu as un truc Johan. Waiting for your answer ;)
Hey Pura ! Merci infiniment pour ton message qui me touche beaucoup, trop sympa ! Promis j'y réponds plus en détail quand j'ai le temps ;) Mais rien de bien extraordinaire franchement, parcours musical autodidacte, écouté beaucoup de prog' ado puis découvert le blues/blues-rock y'a une dizaine d'années...donc j'essaie inconsciemment de mixer un peu tout ça quoi :) J'écoute extrêmement peu de 'zique depuis quelques années pour être honnête (le contexte fait que...puis petit appartement, peu pas pouvoir écouter sur enceintes, donc je prends pas de plaisir particulier au casque et comme je joue déjà exclusivement au casque, chose qui m'insupporte et me fatigue assez vite...dès que je peux l'enlever de mes oreilles je respire ahaha). Les gratteux que j'écoute exclusivement sont ceux que je croise sur RU-vid ou Facebook en fait...qui sont des amitiés, des abonnés ici, ou autres...peu importe le niveau :)
Hey Giuseppe ! Well given the fact that I do actually prefer the Bullet to the Affinity, I'd definitely pick the JS300 instead of an Afinity aha ! But I did not try Affinity's latest model though, mine was from 2017 I think. Even though I would not expect a huge difference, maybe today's Affinity would make me change my mind ? Not sure how it could keep up with the JS300 still anyway, but definitely comes down to personal preference at the end...as always ! :)
@@JohanJoosLaur why do u prefer the bullet to the affinity?? Im looking to get a squier strat and modify it to make a tom delonge (blink 182) and put a seymour duncan invader... would it turn out good?? Mostly concerned cause ive heard the bullet gets out of tune easily and has cheap parts compared to affinity
I think so too ? In terms of specs it's night and day to be honest. Sound quality wise it's on pair with the Bullet I guess but I would expect the Jet to sound better and better with time definitely...still feels "rigid/brand new" like !
The two point trem on my JS400 arrived perfectly adjusted. It drops a perfect semitone and holds tune really well. I'm not a fan of Strat trems, and trems in general, the six screw on my Mex Strat is awful. I have a pre CBS Strat and the trem on that is equally dire...
@@PanoramaUnion they seem to have the same models when you go up to the flame-top super Strats, and it appears that they have the same headstock too. But Fazley doesn't seem to have the same quality control from what I'm reading in the reviews. I've got a JS300 which is an incredible instrument for the price, easily on par with any high end Squier (maybe even some of the more average-built Mexican Fenders). Good time to be a guitar buyer!
Hello I like your playing..you are25% ask Zach 25% Jonathan Koh 3% me.. the rest could be you? Anyway. I've got the JET 300 ordered. sea foam green. could take years?° I'm trying to get quality guitars on the dole?! I have to go through the bins...going hungry for the Harley Benton! That's. a laff actually I am alone no lover for over a year! lonely but a guitar journey helps...it's personal. the effect of the individual is soon as poss ible to be eliminated. Sad . I Already miss you. I value personalities more than I EVER have. I KNOW that they are soon to be shinning artefacts of the past. Shocked! the JET300 ! do you like groggy frog .? ask Zambian?
