I Thought I Knew What to Expect with the Jet JS-400... I was WRONG!

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So I was wrong. I was wrong about this Jet JS-400 and I'll show you why in 3 minutes. We get to know the Jet Guitars JS400 today and get to know exactly what to expect right out of the box. Can this Strat copy under £200 be any good? With a roasted maple neck, HSS set up, bone nut and two-point tremolo, the specs sure do look good on paper, but can this be the ultimate budget guitar? Big thanks to Jet for sending this out to me to try, but full disclaimer: it is not a paid demo nor do I get to keep it, so this is 100% my thoughts.
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@matibrandrock Год назад

Pretty much anything can sound good with a proper setup, except if it has a huge problem that can't be fixed. Good thing about this guitar, it can be a great modding platform so if there's anything you feel like changing it would be relatively easy to switch a part out for something more to your liking. My first electric guitar was a squier standard strat and after a while the pickup selector wasn't really working, so I replaced it and the bridge pickup for a hot rail and it is now the guitar I play the most. I'm probably going to get this guitar for a mod project, mainly because of the heel joint and the roasted maple neck which could be useful for me in the long run for confort and stability, and change the pickups to some toneriders and if necessary I'll change the bridge to a gotoh or a vegatrem

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

You've got it spot on there. It's a really budget guitar, it's not going to be absolutely perfect out of the box but they are built solid and the neck profile is really comfortable. Let me know how you get on with it 👍

@mohdzulhilmimohdzin Год назад

One of the things that I don't like is the headstock and decal. Apart from those 2 things, the whole guitar is amazing. ❤😂

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

That decal doesn't do the guitar justice huh? I didn't mind the headstock, but I can completely agree with that logo 🤦‍♂️

@antonellaammendola 4 месяца назад

Headstock 👍decal 👎

@BudgetPedalChap 4 месяца назад

The decal could be a simple fix tbf 👍

@mohdzulhilmimohdzin 4 месяца назад

@@BudgetPedalChap anyway I reshaped the headstock, at least it looks good in my eyes..👀🤭

@Ari_Calamari Год назад

I bought this late last year. It’s the shell pink one with the rosewood board. I gotta say, I was properly disappointed when I got it. The trem was terrible, as the holes for the saddles where slightly misaligned and the tremolo did not want to stay in tune as the “knife edges” were really flat, so it wouldn’t return to the same position. No amount of lubrication was gonna help that. So I replaced the trem with a Wilkinson trem with sturdier better aligned saddles. I ended up just decking the bridge anyways, for better tuning stability. And the tuners were horrid. They kept tune okay, but they were really clunky, with inconsistent tightness and rattley action. So I changed them out too for some cheap guyker locking tuners, which greatly improved the tuning experience and sting changes. Also, the frets where the roughest/grittiest I’ve played out of the box. Almost like they leveled and crowned the frets without sanding after. I went over them with about 6 grits from about 600 to micro mesh. And then I polished the with metal polish, then some f-one oil on the fretboard to finish. It’s really great playing and sounding now, as the pickups sound pretty nice, and the neck feels amazing. There was definitely a great guitar in there, but it took some proper elbow grease and setup work to get it there. I’m a bit apprehensive about recommending it to anyone without knowing they have experience in setup work and maintenance. I do actually like the guitar, but I honestly had a way better experience with most Harley Benton’s out of the box. They’re not perfect either, but I’ve had to do way less work with most of those.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Ah man, that sucks to hear. I tried to outline all the issues I had with it as it wasn't perfect out of the box, but it sounds like you got a particularly rough one out of the box. The neck profile was a winner for me, really comfortable and slim. It sounds like their QC let's them down a bit if they vary so much between guitars. I'm glad you got it sorted and it plays much better now though 👍

@gerardoomanadiaz5609 10 месяцев назад

Hey, thanks for the great video, guitar seems amazing overall, I only have a very not as important concern about this specific color, is this more like a buttercream or more a solid yellow? I've been thinking about buying this color but images and videos on internet seem a bit different

@BudgetPedalChap 10 месяцев назад

It's definitely not yellow, more like an aged cream colour a bit like the Yngwie Malmsteen strat I believe 👍

@stevecassidyguitar Год назад

Nice review mate! 😃👍 I've been gigging this Guitar (well... the 450 & the Fazley Phynica 720 = same thing😜) for a few months now. Had all the intentions of changing the pickups - just not got round to it yet. Pickups are ok-ish, to my ears (on mine). I know the upgrades will take it to the next level - just need to get ma finger oot! Cheers bro! 🍻

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Yeah it was one of those things that before I got it, I was dead set that I'd need to change the pickups out but when I actually played them especially at volume, they were good enough for me not to care too much. The tuners were a weak point though, so even though I didn't have any massive issues I would definitely be changing those out. My first guitar cost more than they are asking for this though and it has way less going for it 🤣🤣 they are decent bits of kit especially if you don't mind getting your hands dirty and sorting out the minor issues

@TheStratpicker Год назад

The neck and fret job alone justify the purchase price IMO. The tuners on mine were the only real let down as they were vague and had inconsistent tension (I always fit Planet Waves locking tuners anyway) and although the bridge and trem worked well I have had it blocked, and generally set up by a pro luthier. I also had him fit a Rolling Mills humbucker, more to see how they are than through necessity. I couldn't be happier, although my Fender Highway One, which is still the bees knees really, is a little sad locked away in its case while the Jet takes pride of place at the moment. Light as a feather, extremely playable, especially at the high end of the neck due to the cutaway design, and the stock single coils teamed up with the Rolling Mills offer a great variety of sounds.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Yeah, they are well worth the price. I think back to my first guitar and it cost around the same price as this and the specs are no where near as good. Great modding platform and the neck is worth the price alone 👍 I'm glad to hear you're having a good time with yours

@TheStratpicker Год назад

@@BudgetPedalChap Ha, my first electric, back in 1973, was from Woolworth's, and probably at a similar price point back in the day. No comparison at all - even without the tweaks and upgrades the Jet is exceptional.

@Anjohl Год назад

They have garbage electronics.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

@@Anjohl I did cover this in the video, but can you think of a guitar at this price point that has better? I'll be interested to hear your thoughts

@conor3178 9 месяцев назад

should i get the js400 or a pacifica 112 as my first guitar?

@BudgetPedalChap 9 месяцев назад

The Pacifica. The Jet guitars are great but need little tweaks to get playing just right, they might also need a string change and a bit of a set up. They are great guitars if you have a bit of experience under your belt, but the Yamaha will be set up great out of the box and are really comfortable to play. I would recommend the jet when you're a bit more familiar with guitar 👍

@conor3178 9 месяцев назад

@@BudgetPedalChap really appreciate that. Thanks for the reply

@stevemiell4555 4 месяца назад

Just bought one as I wanted an HSS strat...it's great, agree the tuners are the weak point but an easy fix, the neck & frets are excellent, I haven't picked up my custom shop strat since I bought this!

@BudgetPedalChap 4 месяца назад

The neck profile is so comfortable, right?

@Chonism 11 месяцев назад

Great review. Can I set up this guitar 1st string action to 1 mm. hieght without choking when bendding upper frets? Thanks.

@BudgetPedalChap 11 месяцев назад

I didn't mess with the setup on this one but I'm pretty sure you should be able to. It will be the radius that effects that 👍

@kingstumble Год назад

I used to be prejudiced against ceramic pickups---I thought you had to have "metal tendencies" to like them but after buying an old Ibanez semi which had them I changed my mind completely. I think this Jet sounds great.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Yeah, I had the same kind of thought process. Either cheap pickups or really hot metal pickups but these do the job and sounds killer 👍

@hellosailoreffectsofficial Год назад

I've been looking for an S style guitar too. Your timing is impeccable mate.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

🤣🤣🤣 I'm a laser guided wallet missile

@Dreamdancer11 Год назад

That roasted maple neck makes the guitar worth its price tag from that alone.I personally feel like all its parts are more than decent to be used in a gig(or studio) after a new set of strings and a new setup.In my view most inexpensive guitars need minimum two things to be playable and usable....new tuners,new nut.I personally would go crazy on the mods like...new frets(evo or stainless steel),new electronics etc etc etc..the works but does it really need all those things?I would say no but if you go that distance it would be superior to a "real" fender. The important thing is that apart from an excellent inexpensive axe that many people can enjoy out of the box, this thing is basically a modders wet dream...someone can pay for a players strat for example and give four times the price of that but a modder can get this one change key parts and have a far superior end result guitar for still less....from any angle you look at it these guitars are a great buy.If i wanted the best of that guitar but without any serious mods and extra spending i would just dress the frets(which they probably need at this price point) dial in the nut ,deck the ceramic pickups low and set it up with new strings and play it stock for at least a couple of months or years....whatever route you chose this guitar is surely a net positive purchase.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Yeah it's got loads of mod potential. Like you say, the roasted neck is worth it for the price alone 👍

@rabinshrestha2309 4 дня назад

Confused between Ibanez grx40, Ibanez grg121dx, jet js 400, epiphone les paul studio lt & ibanez grx70qa. Helppp!!!! Buying my first guitar

@BudgetPedalChap 4 дня назад

@@rabinshrestha2309 any of the Ibanez guitars will be fantastic, they usually come really well set up. I think the RGX79qa would be my choice as it has 2 humbuckers and the single coils for lots of total choice. The jet would also be good with the HSS set up 👍

@mrfuriousmother 6 дней назад

Was intonation unfixable? Or you’re saying out of the box?

@BudgetPedalChap 6 дней назад

@@mrfuriousmother yeah, there was definitely adjustment available and I'm certain I could have sorted it but out of the box it needed a tweak, so maybe not ideal for a real beginner as they'd not know.

@nikolaki 9 месяцев назад

I've had mine (a lefty) for a couple of years now... really? That long? Where's the time gone? It came perfectly setup. Didnt tweak a thing. The neck is super comfortable and fast. The pickups may lack some character but they convey the zing of the string really well. I don't feel the need to replace them. The floating 2 point trem and bone nut are great. Tuning stability is excellent. The only thing I plan to do is swap the pots out for proper lefty ones. The price is remarkable for the feel, fit and finish.

@BudgetPedalChap 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely, they offer such bang for your buck. The value for money at the lower price point is phenomenal today 👍

@nikolaki 9 месяцев назад

@BudgetPedalChap beginners are so fortunate these days! Puts to shame the QC on G&L Tributes and Squier CVs. I've not had the best experience with those even though the materials used could be said to be of higher quality. Lefty ones anyway. But I do love my Squier CVs and G&L Tributes; they needed quite a bit of work to get right though.

@ElTurfStuff Год назад

Got a brand new one of these and I have set up the intonation myself as it was slightly off. Easily done. Took less than ten minutes once I had changed the strings to my prefered brand and thickness, (D'addario 9.5-44). After the initial stretch in, tuning was solid and stayed that way. I had no issues with the tuners, and as the general practice, (at least as a technician), it to tune down before tuning up, I see no issues if they loosened off anyway. Worse case scenario, I could upgrade them. Pickups are surprisingly clear and precise for this price point too. I have a contemporary strat and the singles coils sound better than the Squier, albeit a bit more bell like. Cannot believe the price point for this guitar. It's basic but it is supremely giggable. Change the strings though.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Yeah, couldn't agree more. Little bit of tlc and it's well and away. I did end up gigging this one, just after the video dropped, and it held up fine. I had to tune up between songs a bit more than my usual but they were the original strings. Great price point, solid guitar.

@ElTurfStuff Год назад

@@BudgetPedalChap to be fair I’ve never come across a guitar that is ready to go straight out of the box. Worst guitar I ever had was a Gibson double cut. Best was a Westone Thunder 1A Coil tapped.

@coolercool9802 11 месяцев назад

could you try to remove the guitars plastic volume cap? i really want to change them to a different color but i don't know if it's possible.

@BudgetPedalChap 11 месяцев назад

This guitar was only on loan by Jet. I've since had to give it back I'm afraid

@paulakapablo1749 5 месяцев назад

You can replace the tone and volume knobs. Make sure you get the right replacement knobs for the shaft on your pots. I wouldn’t use a knob with a set screw for a split shaft pot.

@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx 10 месяцев назад

They are amazing for pennies. Love my JS300.

@BudgetPedalChap 10 месяцев назад

It's hard to see how they pack in so many premium features for the price they ask

@jeffsadie9496 4 месяца назад

An experienced player like myself can set action and intonation, and I've done this on most of my guitars which range from 500 to 2000 dollars. If a guitar costs 200 bucks and looks nice and plays nice, I can fix intonation and action, and replace tuners if necessary and still have a perfectly good gigging guitar.

@BudgetPedalChap 4 месяца назад

Absolutely. They've been really smart in choosing to put the money into the bits that aren't easy to change and saved a few pennies on the stuff you're likely to switch out anyway.

@davidbeaudoin7923 10 месяцев назад

Tried one of these out. Might be decent, but I was fighting with the tuning pegs from the start. Since I’m not handy I had to take a pass.

@BudgetPedalChap 10 месяцев назад

Aye, that's fair. The tuners are the biggest let down on the guitar, but apparently they're bringing out a new range with better hardware soon so watch this space 👍

@jasujokelainen5073 3 месяца назад

You don't need To be handy To switch tuners.

@davidbeaudoin7923 3 месяца назад

@@jasujokelainen5073 I have since learned this, but it’s still a bummer to have such bad tuners on a new guitar. I think the new models will be better.

@MatthewDuminy 5 месяцев назад

I love everything on my one except for the pickups. Somehow they sound thin and muddy at the same time. But the neck justifies the guitar for me so I’ll swap the pickups out for something decent. Anyone else experience this with the pickups?

@BudgetPedalChap 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, they are your typical cheap ceramic pickups where the mid range is soft and undefined. The necks are absolutely where it is at with these and I think that's what jet have done on purpose. Focus on the base parts like the body and neck, where the bits you can upgrade later are the bits they cut corners with to drive the prices down.

@TheRisingoftheLights Год назад

Just needs a set neck, mahogany body with maple top, couple of humbuckers and a T-O-M etc and it would be a cool guitar ;)

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

🤣🤣🤣 I fear it may stray a little bit from the original vision there

@perothing Год назад

Yeah, a real Fenson

@gearViewmirror Год назад

Don't forget the tuning issues, broken headstock and missing a kidney to buy one.....😆

@jfiery Год назад

Power in the fingers. You've gkt great ones!

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

You're too kind, gent. I'm not the only chap in history to wish that mine were bigger 🤣🤣🤣

@georgewilkins4231 5 месяцев назад

What about the vibrato and wammy arm you didnt mention it???

@BudgetPedalChap 5 месяцев назад

I don't tend to use them, sorry I missed it off. It's quite a stable unit but I'd not rely on it unless you get the tuners sorted.

@georgewilkins4231 5 месяцев назад

@@BudgetPedalChap good to hear from you man. I think you are correct about the tuners.. I've a set of Gotoh tuners somewhere if I can find them that should fit.. So I'll whack them on.. Can get them new for 30 quid and a bit anyway.. I think the jet guitars cry out for upgrades.. Tuners and bridges on particular. I've got 4 JET GUITARS.. LOL.. I'M a believer.. I've upgraded a 2nd JS400 with alnico pickups and Gotoh tuners. I'll let You know the results, I'll play it today.. Keep up the good work... Rock on man... ;-) George.

@georgewilkins4231 5 месяцев назад

Hi.. I can say that I find the JS 400 vibrato is quite usable when better tuners are fitted, in my case Gotoh tuners.. With the stock tuners it's best to avoid the vibrato as tuning slips alot.. I'm going to replace the vibrato with a Gotoh or similar system... The guitar is so nice to play that it's worthy of upgrades in my opinion...

@BudgetPedalChap 5 месяцев назад

@@georgewilkins4231 yeah, totally agree. Everything is functional in stock state, but if you put some upgrades in then you can get a really solid instrument. The neck and body seem great, which is the most important thing 👍

@bomdelux Год назад

That's a lovely roasted neck on that guitar, ooft

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Sounds good too 👍

@SoniaGail 9 месяцев назад

How doze it sound to the artist guitars.cos the artist cheeper as well

@BudgetPedalChap 9 месяцев назад

I've not tried the artist guitars. The pickups in the are ceramic but they sound pretty nice 👍

@mattquiney8 Год назад

Very impressive for the price point.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

I was playing at rehearsal this week again and I loved the tones coming out of it

@marcusdluxe Год назад

Cracking guitar for the money

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

This one is about 170 notes. My first guitar cost that 🤣🤣🤣

@Cannibal_Actual Год назад

Looks like a Strat sounds like a Strat, just says jet on the head. If that’s what you’re looking for then it’s perfect. Personally I don’t T like two white single coils on top of a black humbuker but that’s just my taste.

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

When it boils down, you're right. Does the function of a strat with a humbucker. Very versatile guitar 👍

@jbh219 Год назад

Pretty tasty

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

Aye, punching above it's price a bit here huh?

@jbh219 Год назад

@@BudgetPedalChap definitely wouldn't have guessed they were ceramic pickups

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

@@jbh219 they don't have the clear dynamic range at lower volume, but once you put a bit of volume through them they actually sound really good

@oldasrocks9121 3 месяца назад

Pickups are definitely curated if not spec'd to their pickup supplier. But certainly not installed from a pile of random lots of cheap asian ceramics. Put Jin Ho locking tuners on mine, swapped out the original kidney bean keys for the Jin Ho Schaller style ones, perfect.

@BudgetPedalChap 3 месяца назад

@@oldasrocks9121 yeah, they're definitely cheap materials but they do the best they can with the ceramic magnets. I've got some of those Jin ho locking tuners on a Harley Benton and they are fab, very worthwhile upgrade to the jet 👍

@bradleyclosson5042 Год назад

Please trim your thumbnails 🤢

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

I'm ok thanks, but cheers for your concern. How did you find the guitar?

@jeffrowlette Год назад

Yes...magnetism is completely different depending on what the magnet is made of. Ceramic magnetism is purple and alnico magnetism is yellow. I swear to God you all must have skipped high school science. More ridiculous than "tonewood"

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

I think I'm going to need a bit more clarity on this comment, I'm not sure I'm following your train of thought. I would love to understand your thoughts here, care to elaborate?

@jeffrowlette Год назад

@BudgetPedalChap When people compare ceramic magnets to alnico magnets....magnetism is the same no matter to material it's made from. The ONLY difference is the strength. It's like saying "I prefer the electricity from copper wire"...IT'S THE SAME! LOL

@BudgetPedalChap Год назад

@jeffrowlette ah, I get ya. If that were the case, all microphones would give the same frequency response as they work on very similar principles. In my experience, pickups of different magnet types tend to have specific characteristics, but again not the only thing in the makeup of a pickup that alters the tone. I will agree that just because a pickup is made of a certain type of magnet, it doesn't make it good or bad. There are some fantastic ceramic magnet pickups, much like there are some really cheap sounding AlNiCo magnet pickups. Have a look at the Harley Benton reviews I've got for an example of pickups with magnets that are AlNiCo V, but sound a bit flat.

@jeffrowlette Год назад

@@BudgetPedalChap I have to respectfully disagree. There are many components that make up a pickup or a microphone, but magnetism is magnetism regardless of the substrate it's made of. It's physics. I do appreciate your opinion, but this is simply science. And opinions can not change the laws of nature.

@ferrousmcgarrus3431 9 месяцев назад

You took an unintonated guitar to a band rehearsal? I think I've heard all I need to heard from this channel.. Yikes.

@BudgetPedalChap 9 месяцев назад

Please be kind when commenting, this isn't a place for snarky comments. I always bring 2 guitars to practice and used my regular guitar for the majority of the practice. I took this guitar to test it out at volume, the rest of the band were totally fine with me using it and it wasn't that far out of intonation as to cause distraction. Do you think testing a guitar at volume is a necessity for a new guitar? What would you like to see for guitar demos going forward?