I have a Jet JS-300. I chose to be a little adventurous and bought it in sea foam green, rather than the white one, that was also on discount where I saw the guitars. It's by no means a perfect guitar. The fretboard is a separate piece of wood from the neck, but both are roasted maple. There's a clearly visible line, especially around the frets 7-9 where it almost looks like a crack, and that would be annoying on a more expensive instrument. The neck feels really good though, the fretwork is absolutely acceptable. You could round them off even more, but the fret edges are in no way something that I even think about or notice when I'm playing. The trem is a six point, six screw system and it came not floating, but set at the front of the guitar, so you can just use the trem down. I think that's wise with this guitar. The trem block seems solid enough, it's wider. But I don't think that tuning stability would be any good if it were a floating bridge. If you do dive bombs you'll go out of tune. The nut could probably be filed and polished to perfection by a luthier, but it's not a problem. All in all, it's a keeper! It sounds good and it's fun to play. Sounds classic. I just haven't tried it in a loud room yet, and if it turns out that the pickups squeal or whatever, I'll change them. But I don't think they need to be changed automatically, it's a solid instrument, especially for the price point. I also have a black Jet JT-350 (the experience of that guitar made me buy the JS-300), a T-style with a humbucker in the neck position. I wasn't happy with the pickups. You couldn't really lower the humbucker enough, and it was a very dark sounding pickup, a stark contrast to the bridge singe coil. Also, the push-push pot didn't stay pushed in. The pot itself was fine, it worked when I took it apart from the plate. I guess that the plate and the bushing were just a millimeter too thick, and the pot mostly didn't stay pushed in. The pickups themselves squealed a bit when I was playing the guitar in the rehearsal room with my band, so I decided then to change the pickups (this was actually before I noticed the issue with the push-push pot). I changed all the electrics and the jack, and it's now an excellent guitar! I play it a lot, and it's fun to play, comfortable body, comfortable neck... I'm very happy with it! The fact that in some angles against the light I clearly see lines in the finish, especially on the back, like the paint is following the seams of the different parts of wood that are glued together to make the body isn't an issue for me, because the guitar itself was affordable, but that could be an area of improvement.
I've had 2 Squier guitars plus 2 Fender player series strats. All had issues with the neck. I decided to try out the Jet JS300 and it's the best guitar Neck I've used. It's spot on. I've had Harley benton. Ibanez. Which were ok but the neck on the Jet is amazing
@@TheLegendaryHero-up4jk поменфть можно, но сложно, потому что обычно меняются не только звучки. И замена одних только звучков не всегда и ненамного улучшает звук.
Having owned both a squire affinity strat and having recently bought a Jet js400 I can say that pickups on both guitars are 'dead'. They need swapping asap in my opinion. That said the jet is a stunning guitar and has one of the most comfortable and easy to play necks one can get their hands on and sustain for days. Easily blows any competition out of the water for each price range.
Szia, nekem nagyon hasonló a két gitár hangzása, talán a Jet gitár hangja csillogóbb, fényesebb számomra. Megnéztem közelebbről a Jet gitárokat. Meglepően igényesen jó anyagokból, közép kategória( szuper nyak) vannak összeszerelve! Szerintem most a legjobb ár arány a piacon, gratulálok a videóhoz!!!!
Hey ! Sorry very busy this week but will answer to every comment you guys posted the last couple of days, thanks a lot to everyone and I hope you're all doing super well !! ❤️ Just a few added thoughts about this video :) Of course I'm using the exact same tones every time, no tweaking (not even the level...or else it wouldn't make any sense aha), no post as well, all you hear are the guitars both with HB strings set (10-46) straight into the same tone in the HX Stomp (basically just an amp simulation & a touch of reverb, that's all). Of course one is HSS, one is SSS...but I'm not sure these kind of videos are relevant anyway ? Maybe it can show a bit of the different character of each guitar but I wouldn't take this "comparison" too seriously though. More about these two probably tomorrow ! Do you like these kind of "head to head tone comparison" videos ? Does it make any sense to you or not really ? Would you like the same one but with higher gain tones ? If you have any suggestion for me to improve in the future I'm listening ;) Have all a great Friday !
Quel boulot ! Le montage est top et le contenu très exhaustif ! Je suis étonnée par leurs similitudes (je n’ai pas écouté au casque). Comme ça je dirai que la Squier délivre plus de médiums. Les 2 sont incroyables pour le prix. De l’humour à la fin, que demande le peuple ? MERCI pour cette vidéo, c’est rare de voir ce genre de démo avec de si belles notes proposées et dans plusieurs styles. Un régal en plus d’être instructive.👍🏼🍒
Merci beaucoup Poupi ! Ce genre de vidéos me prennent une éternité à éditer aha ! Oui totalement d'accord pour la Squier qui délivre plus de mediums ici, après comme je le disais à Bloody Pura au dessus, faire ce genre de tests avec un pédalier/modélisations n'a pour moi que peu d'intérêt au final...car même en l'utilisant au plus simple (juste une simulation d'ampli basique et une pointe de reverb), la différence est vite gommée. Idéalement quand j'aurais le luxe de pouvoir de nouveau brancher un ampli aha, je ferais ce genre de tests avec un ampli sans hésitation...car la fidélité des guitares est je trouve tellement mieux respectée ! Merci encore à toi, j'espère que tu passes un bon weekend !
You promised, you delivered! Thank you! Yes, in general, it makes sense to compare similar guitars (strat vs. strat) tonewise and ergonomically. I think, they sound very close to each other. Only in overdriven mode you could hear some differences. Tonewise they're similar to each other, but I would be also interested if you could say some words about the playability.
Hey Convex ! Hope you're well ! Thank you so much, and oh that's actually not the video I was talking about the other day aha ! Chatting about these two and trying my best to highlight how different they can be, that's for tomorrow 😉 Just have to finish editing few stuff or I'd have posted it today...so stay tuned tomorrow and you'll know my thoughts about playability, and any little details which I think makes a big difference in the end ! Thanks again so much I really appreciate it !! ❤
Salut Johan :) eh bien pour être honnête je suis terriblement déçu d'entendre aussi peu de différence entre les 2 guitares. En effet, comme a pu écrire ConvexFx, si on tend bien l'oreille et avec beaucoup d'auto persuasion, on arrive à entendre un je ne sais quoi de différent avec un peu plus de gain comparé au son clair. Par contre, tu as fais, selon moi, la vidéo de comparative parfaite. Le même lick, court, et de suite après le même plan avec l'autre guitare. C'est juste parfait et comme ça que j'aime regarder et entendre un comparatif entre 2 grattes. Donc une fois de plus : c'est parfait ! NB : Tu as une quantité de plans que tu pourras reprendre, si ton coeur le dit, un peu plus en détail avec tablature ^^ Tous les "rounds" sont énormes ! @++++++ Johan ^^
Coucou !! Alors je ne sais pas si tu as regardé en détail la vidéo qui a suivi (celle d'hier), mais comme je le disais plus bas personnellement je ne m'attendais pas à une énorme différence en terme de qualité de son entre ces deux guitares qui se placent dans la même tranche de prix, et pour le coup étant donné que je trouve la Bullet tellement étonnante au niveau son je pensais même que la JET serait "derrière" ? Car sur le papier la JET a beaucoup plus d'atouts que la Bullet mais encore bien plus que ça quand on l'a entre les mains, c'est un peu le jour et la nuit...lutherie, accastillage, finition, etc...la JET est tellement loin devant pour sensiblement le même prix, que vraiment niveau son je ne m'attendais pas à grand chose (encore une fois, c'est une gratte à 160€ !). Et pourtant elle sonne très bien ! Le problème avec ce genre de vidéos c'est qu'en passant par un pédalier, et même en l'utilisant au plus simple (ici juste avec une simu' d'ampli et une petite reverb, rien de plus ni même d'EQ ou de compression en post), j'ai l'impression que ça gomme beaucoup les différences. Si je les branche dans mon Fender transistore, le résultat est différent ! Idéalement, faire ce genre de comparatif avec juste un ampli quelconque aurait bien plus de sens je trouve et le résultat serait bien meilleur en terme de fidélité. J'espère un jour pouvoir faire des vidéos comme ça en utilisant l'ampli plutôt qu'un modeler...surtout pour les sons "clean" (que j'ai toujours autant de mal à apprivoiser et aimer, même sur le HX Stomp). Merci beaucoup pour ta gentillesse encore une fois, ce genre de vidéos me prennent une éternité à éditer aha !!
Great video, got to be honest I couldn't tell any differences, listening on studio head phones. How about when you're actually playing, did they sound different to the player? Must admit the JET guitar looks stunning. Thanks for posting, brilliant playing.
The Jet sounds more solid than the Squire but they both sound great. I have a white HSS Squire Bullet like yours I have not played it for some time but will now play it all night.
excelente ejercicio de comparación uno junto al otro... me parece que la diferencia se nota más con overdrive, y me parece que la salida de las pastillas de squier es mayor a la Jet... muy buen video!
Super comparatif ! et sacré boulot ! et quel jeu ! C'est marrant, les 4 premiers rounds, c'est pour la jet ... puis de 5 à 8 c'est la Squire et ensuite c'est mitigé en fonction des positions micros ... très personnel comme ressenti bien sur. J'ai l'impression que les micros de la Squire sont plus "puissants" mais moins précis ?? je me trompe ?
Great video! Which neck did you prefer? I find this to be my most important factor when choosing a guitar. I like the look of that roasted maple one on the Jet.
Very fair contest. Basswood to basswood. Squier sounds more fully deu to fender logo on it))) jet is a good try but not a buy. It sounds but not straty after all...
The squier sounds as though the pickups are driving the amp more - are they higher output? Are you using an amp or an interface? I prefer the bridge single coil on the Jet, hb bridge pickups on s-type guitars always sound incongruous to me - flat and inexpressive compared to the single coils.
Squier have a more body/punch/strong in the both cases, clean and distorsion/saturated. Jet have a beatifull visually concept, but the system isnt than good like the squier, in the middle and bass sounds.
Good question...I have no idea ahaha ! I think to me feeling comfortable on a guitar is more about neck profile and radius for example ? So you prefer like medium jumbo ones I'd assume, right ?
Video about all that tomorrow, meant to post it today but couldn't finish the edit in time aha ! Here the Squier has more output actually, but not necessarily a best output ? They are so close I think in terms of sound quality, personally I prefer the Jet in most of the clips as it sounds cleaner I think, and I like how spanky it can get. Not too mention one is brand new (needs to open up basically) when the other is 3 years old and had time to settle in...but I'm actually surprised the Jet keeps up in terms of tones ! Cause given the specs difference I was expecting the Jet would be behind in terms of tones (especially since the Squier is such a brilliant sounding guitar I think). It's always the same thing though with these vids, especially using a modeler, I feel like through my amp they sound much more different. But it can give an idea I guess !
@@JohanJoosLaur Maybe I am biased too because I've had 7 Bullet strats! I think that HSS is better too albeit SSS is traditional for a strat. Everyone to their own on sound hey, it's all in the ears! :-)
@The Nest Ahaha ! 7 Bullets, man you're on fire I love it ! I hope you'll find one like the one your had & loved...which year was it made already ? You told me but I forgot ! Yeah definitely, it's all so subjective anyway that's why I find it so hard to do these kind of videos...'cause even tweaking the pickups height (which I did on the Squier but not on the JET yet...reminds me I have to experiment with that ahaha) can drastically change the sound of a guitar...or even just the action a touch lower/higher can drasticaly change it as well...etc...not to mention all the presets I made on the HX Stomp were made with the Bullet & TE20, so I'd need to spend some time tweaking them a bit more to match the voicing of the JET, etc...there's nothing better than pluggin' into a simple amp and that's it in these cases aha 😂
@@JohanJoosLaur it was a 2011. Talking of simple amps I fancy a basic tube amp and then a few pedals instead of a complicated modelling amp. It’s definitely tricky comparing guitars with so many variables as you say
Siento q la jet en sus pastillas no cumplen como deben de cumplir por ejemplo la squier cuando se trata de poner un sonido x asi decirlo q se oye medio tapado en la Jet se sigue oyendo un poco clean y eso es molesto ah la hora de usar algunos pedales
Скваер лучше звучит, быть может все дело в накладке... Как можно сравнивать палисандр и клен?! Они совсем по разному звучат, так что объективного сравнения тут быть не может
@@akametsubtw ой, слыш... Иди к Олейнику на канал... Если ты разницу не ощущаешь в звуке, иди играй джент... Там вообще похер из чего гитары сделаны - хоть из алюминия...
@@akametsubtw Тонко :))) Я согласен что датчики "делают звук"... Но к счастью, я обладатель пусть и не большой, но всё же коллекции гитар... И я очень упоротый в плане "поисков звука", поэтому у меня есть 2 "донора" с одинаковой декой и фурнитурой, но с разными накладками... И о чудо - вне зависимости от установки одних и тех же датчиков, они звучат по разному... На гитарах даже флойды идентичные Gotoh 1996
