Jay Turser JT-LT Tele Style

The Turser Tele copy I have is a vintage series. Very much like a Tele except that the strings go through the bridge as opposed to through the body.

This guitar sounds "authentic" and definitely has that Tele twang. Compared to my other Teles it has just as distinct pickups. There seems to be a slight hissing sound on Bridge and Neck positions, which disappears in the middle position. For those that have RI Telecasters, you know that the pickups are far from noiseless. The Turser Tele definitely has a great vibe

In my opinion one should not count on factory setup no matter what guitar. The guitar was flawless and the local shop filed the nut slots for a better fit. The tuning pegs/machine heads are not top quality but are more than acceptable. Although functioning well, the pickup selector is a tad loose. One amazing thing and apparently doesn't happen often...not sure... the body of my Turser Tele is one piece. The finish on the guitar is almost Fender quality.

Haven't used it extensively, but looks solid. My only concern are the machine heads/tuners...that is easily changed...and hopefully won't be necessary. I changed the strap buttons as the seemed not too deep. That being said, my Turser Tele is a vintage series that looks alot, and I mean alot like a 54 Telecaster, down to the strap button. I would suggest to refrain from flicking the pickup selector switch too hard...

The shop where I bought it offers as many setups as you want for 1 year and did a setup immediately and changed the not so good factor strings. So I refer more to the shop than the manufaturer.

In general, the quality of made in china is very high compared to 5-10 years ago. These Tursers are really a huge bang for the buck. I bought this guitar as a second Tele...I do have a beautiful Fender MIJ. I wanted a second one with a maple fretboard and a more twangy sound. This is why I bought this. I find this guitar exceptional and it has a great vintage vibe to it. I own many top end guitars (Gibson, Fender, Custom)...These Tursers are impressive and in my opinion are better instruments than the current squires. What sold me was the vintage look and some details such as radiussed frets, aged finish on the neck and the solid heavy wood.

Pretty straight forward. Tele like guitar - made in China all JT hardware. Pretty light but solid. Seems odd to rate the features - I bought it for what it had for features - so I should probably give it 10 ... but a 9 will do. I wanted an inexpensive, not cheap, tele - more on that below.

Sounds great through a great amp - my Fender Delux -NO issues there - sounds great on a Kustom 16R Arrow too! Bit scratchy controls but that's likely dust - it was four years old and sitting around ... needs a cleaning. I'll likey upgrade the pots for something to do but it likely doesn't need it.

I've never owned or played a tele - this is why I bought it and I LOVE the sound.

Ok ... for what I paid for this, next to nothing, this guitar is REMARKABLE to say the least. No flaws, no fit issues, decent action which has likely never been tweaked by the original owner.

We'll I'll never do any rock jumps, spins, flips with it so I am SURE it will be fine. I don't play out and so it will definitely meet my needs. Harware is all firm and inplace except the input jack ... loose - big deal - happens to nearly every guitar.

Like for what they cost ... if you get a lemon I am sure they'll take care of you. I've owned three or four JT's and I emailed them on my last one asking what it was made from - got a reply the next day ... works for me!

I've played for 20 odd years and that's how my playing sounds ... odd. I am an owner of several guitars, know lots about them but I suck cuz I don't have or spent the time to learn ... however ... must say - this guitar is HARD to put down - it is a very comfortable little axe to sit around and strum. I've been waffling on buying one for some time and saw this deal ... wish I would have bought one earlier ... I buy and sell all the time - this one is a keeper for sure. Will likely do some mods to improve upon it but really it doesn't need it. Lost or stolen? Would I get another - ya, dang right I would.

2008 china. 21 frets. 25" scale. Claims to be solid poplar (think balsa wood) and maple neck. Volume, tone, 2 way selector, Metal covered single coil neck and single coil bridge pickup - unknown neck. Pick guard has to be removed to adjust neck pickup. Adjustment of neck pickup towards strings is almost nonexistant. Transparent polyurethane finish over paisley top. Blue body. Nice finish. Tele style body withc classic 3 piece saddle config. Tuners seem ok, they are noname brand. Comes with cable, hex for truss rod and hex for saddles.

used with a 1970 Champ Amp and a Marshall. Its not noisy. In fact its too quiet. The pickups put out about 67% of the sound of a simnilar tele at the same volume. It is neither rich nor full. I didn't find anything to like about the sound, even for $140 it stinks. I know its all relative but this is a toy and nothing more. I have other chinese tele style guitars that run circles around this thing.

Setup was fine. The strings were what you would expect. The pickups were low and the neck pickup height is basically a down only proposition after you remove the pickguard that is! The wood is so soft that when you pass a string through the body it gets caught up in the mush that they call solid wood so you have to keep poking it in and out till it makes it through to the bridge. The guitar was poorly packaged and had a stress crack around 2 inches long rasdiating from the left lower neck plate screw. Outside of that, the action was ok. the finish is very nice and the pieces all fit nicely. No oxidation. No warping.

Fortget about it. If you are thinking about this as something other than a first guitar for a 10 year old, look elsewhere. You can do better even with another chinese tele style. I can't imagine what the other reviewers of this model were thinking with the glowing reports they write. This is a toy. i wouldn't take it anywhere out of the house unless I needed a paddle for my canoe.

No opinion .

I've been playing for more than 30 years and have Gibson's, Fenders, Epiphones, SX, Washburns, Martins and a Harmony. They all have a distinct character and sound. There is nothing distinctive or distiguishing about this guitar. It is too light for my taste. If I was 10 (would that I coukld be) and wanted to learn some cowboy chords I would be happy to have this guitar. But don't be mislead by the other reviews for this guitar. Also, what the heck is guitar player thinking when they vote this best value?!

My only complaint as far as features go would be the tuning gear ratio...It is a little too touchy for my taste. It can be tough to get a dead on tune sometimes because the slightest twist yoinks it to sharp/flat, but with a little patience it tunes up and stays tuned. The pickups sound pretty nice...but hey if I could have afforded a vintage '58 tele I would have bought one of those right? Frets are set better than most I have seen out there. No gaps, the fret seats well into thee fretboard. The truss rod works well. I am 99% sure this is an alder body, there was a dime sized chip in the finish (due to shipping) and the grain that I saw was of a lighter color than what is normally associated with poplar...but both woods are nearly identical tonally anyhow.

I wanted a Tele sound for some ambient/psychedelic stuff, and this guitar delivers 100%. I play through a Carvin SX-200 usually on the clean/effects channel with the delay setting set really low (as more of a doubling effect than a delay) with a chorus, flanger, envelope, and OD stomps. I get the sounds I want out of it easily. Slide work sounds really sweet on it as well. I ran some blues scales to stretch the strings out and that sounded nice too...Basically anything your MIM tele can do this thing can do too. I dislike noting about this JT/LT aside from the tuners I have already mentioned.

The guitar was set up nicely when I got it, I was surprised at the weight as some of the reviews I had read on here lead me to expect something very insubstantial, but this guy has a little girth...Not heavy at all by any means...but I was just expected something cheap i.e. feeling like a $130 guitar. Not the case. This JT/LT is a well put together Guitar. Not just for the money, PERIOD. The finish was nice and thick. Tho it was chipped when I got it who knows how hard it was hit/dropped during shipping to receive such damage. It seems durable enough, any guitar is gonna chip if its hit hard enough. I am gonna leave the chip and finish out of my rating since I don't know what caused it and I'll just grade the action and fit.

This thing can play a live show, but as a rule I would never play without a back-up, for the simple fact that I hate waiting on a guy in a band I am watching change a string and tune up when one breaks...it just make you look like an amateur. Like I said before, I had a chip and the finish does look thick enough to last as long as you don't pull a Kurt Cobain finally. It is at least as sturdy as any MIM.

I have played for around 12 years, I own a Yamaha FG-160 Barcus Berry Piezo equipped dreadnaught, an Alverez AJ60SC Jumbo acoustic/electric, an Epiphone Black Beauty and an early 90's Ibanez Talman with the dual humbuckers. I was hesitant about buying a cheap-o guitar, but the price is the only cheap thing about the JT/LT. I love the price to quality ratio. Good Tele sound for a 3rd of the price. I'll proudly whip this puppy out right next to my Ibanez or Epiphone. In fact I plan on getting a JT200 and the Rosewood tele, maybe even a DOT copy too..at these prices why not. Those 3 guitars will cost what I would pay for another Epi LP. I am very impressed with this brand.

excellent finish-tobacco sunburst tele style with stop piece,old style 3 piece tele bridge.6 on 1 side tuners that actually keep it in tune.very nice finished maple neck with a truss rod that works!

sounds like my old us tele

poorly set upaction but intonation was good.i shimmed the neck and set string height to 1/32" it now plays fast and NO BUZZ!!awesome

I play at a lot of jams sessions and it gets abused ,but so far no problems

never used them

I've been playing for 40 years,I have g&l Legacy special,2 other Tursers ,jt-dlx and a jt-50.I love this guitar as much as my G&L.If it were stolen,I'd track the bastard down and rip his head off.There is nothing about this guitar that i don't like

Basic tele features with knobs and switch, bridge and neck pickups. Nice fret height. Love the red paisley finish! Stop tailpiece bridge instead of through the body (Feels like string bending is easier). Tuners are acceptable (non-locking).

Pickups were much more responsive than I had anticipated... ultimate tele twang in bridge mode, which is what I wanted to complement my collection. Maple fingerboard with a good feel. Light action. No string buzzing. Intonation set fairly accurately (will fine tune with strobe when possible). Supplied with a really cheap gig bag, but I knew this in advance. Made in Summer 2006. Solid body (wood), standard tele shape. I've never been crazy about having a tele for my main axe, but this definitely fits the tele sound I occasionally want to lay down.

Initial playing and inspection showed good fret height, nicely dressed with no buzzing throughout neck on all strings. Hot bridge pickup had sharp, cutting, twang, which is again what I wanted. Front had one very very shallow, unfeelable 2 inch surface "scratch", one very small dimple in the finish (not from impact) on guitar back. Pickguard is well cut, but bevel on edge is unsophisticated. Beautiful red paisley design, finish with green and gold undertones in some of the paisleys. No oxidation anywhere.

Don't know, but if feels light and solid, which I like. Guitar doesn't look cheap at all. Neck feels very nice. Brother's used one for about 4 months with zero problems.

Came with a heavy-duty padded gig bag that probably accounted for a third of the total price. I'll rate it as if it's a $100 guitar.

Anyway it's your basic black overseas-factory Tele knockoff, but with a top-loading, sidewall-less six-saddle bridge. Poplar body, maple neck, rosewood board. Cheap components all around, obviously, but everything works.

I'll be damned if this cheap little Tele doesn't sound just like a cheap little Tele. I play mostly surf, garage and punk rock and usually use P-90-equipped guitars. I pull this one out when I feel the need for a little Tele twang, and it performs OK. Bridge pickup offers a good deal of bite, middle position takes the edge off. Neck pickup is really too weak to be used alone. At higher volumes, 60-cycle hum gets out of control. Overall nothing to write home about, but acceptable poor-man's Tele tones for the buck.

Fret edges are a little ragged, but the neck and board are otherwise quite comfy. Aside from that it's unremarkable but satisfactory for its price.

It's not solid or toneful enough to play out with, but for around the house twang it's fine.

It's essentially a toy, but there's something to be said for a $100 guitar that isn't totally useless. Players looking for half-decent Tele tones on the cheap will get a kick out of it.

this is the JTLT custom deluxe with bound body, single coil bridge pickup and humbucking neck pickup. gold plated hardware . this was ordered from studioguitars.com on ebay. I expected to receive bridge and truss rod wrenches as I have with other sellers, but did not from studioguitars.com.
docked a point for no wrenches. the cover on the humbucker was dented on arrival.
they did offer to fix this
on the plus side, this has real flame, not fotoflame.

the guitar's sound was good. the output of the two pickups balanced nicely. You could use this guitar anywhere you'd use a tele. the neck humbucker also sounds good by itself. I play through a roland cube 60.

String ferrules were drilled crookedly!! as in O O O O O O . also, the bushings on two of the tuners were oxidized, and the neck pickup cover had a small 1/4" dent. studioguitars.com did offer to replace the pickup cover, but I
feel (since this was supposed to be a new guitar) the guitar was, and should have been advertised as, a factory second. note:( I bought the same model from another seller and had none of these problems.) action and finish on this guitar were fine. I just don't think the seller looked at the guitar before shipping it.

haven't owned this one that long, but it seems solid enough. my other tursers have done well at live gigs. their finishes have not worn off and the tuners are still good. gold plating always seems to wear off after awhile regardless of a guitar's brand name. I always bring a backup guitar, but have never had to pull it out. tursers have been dependable guitars for me.

don't know. haven't had to call them.

I've been playing in nightclubs since 1975. variety of styles, rock, country, light jazz, top 40. if this guitar were stolen i'd replace it with the same model, but from a different retailer. the one i got from taz's guitars had none of the problems mentioned above, and also cost less, so the model itself is great!
studioguitars.com was just careless about inspecting before they ship.

This is a basic tele copy. I own a white, left handed model purchased new.

I use this with a basic practice amp and RP-80 modeler.

The pickups do sound good although the bridge pickup can be noisy at times, forcing a blend between bridge and top pickup. The blended setting seems to be best rather than using just the neck or bridge pickup. The neck pickup along sounds a little bland.

Factory setup was horrible. The high E had a nasty 'twang' that I could not for the life of me tune out and with multiple string changes. The guitar was unusable in this condition and I had to return it to the factory. The fact that this guitar was totally unusable has destroyed my rating for this category.

It is physically pretty otherwise.

The tuners are weak and sensitive, taking a little longer to dial in while tuning than some other guitars I have owned. It is unrealistic to expect excellent tuners with a low budget guitar. But the guitar is good enough that I wouldn't mind buying better quality tuners for it down the road.

Now that it has been properly set up, the guitar is fine and I love it and practice/play often with this guitar.

I don't think I would perform in front of anyone without a backup no matter what guitar I was using as a primary and favorite.

Jay Turser bent over backwards to help me and guaranteed me my guitar repaired or replaced and paid for shipping both ways. For this reason I would rate them a 10. However, they 'lost' my guitar twice and it took almost 4 months for me to get it back. The company is large and these things happen with big companies but this situation knocks their 10 rating down to a 2. As honest as I can be.

I have been playing for 2 years and have been through a half dozen guitars and own as many, both electric and acoustic combined.

Now that my telecaster is set up properly and it is here with me and being used almost daily, I do love it.

I would buy another Jay Turser but if it needed warranty work, I think I would be on the phone more often inquiring about my guitar and how things are progressing with it.

I bought the JT-LT left handed custom moodel. I don't know the year it was made nor the place it was made (but if I had to guess, I'd say that it was Japan).

It has 22 frets that are pretty flat and even and are very smooth to work play on.

The guitar comes stock with a volume and tone knob.

The pickups for the guitar are standard for a tele-style guitar. The lipstick neck pickup is plated gold along with the saddle cover and tone/volume control knobs and bolt plate on the neck (the tuners are also gold)

I know the neck is made of maple and I think that the body is made of some other light weight wood, it could be maple also but don't quote me.

It's finish is a light tabacco sunburst. It goes from a black edge to a brown to a tan to a natural finish.

Neck/Scale: I personally thought that the neck was made slightly smaller and thinner but that could be its make.

Body: Excellent look and feel

Overall: An excellent buy at any price. You will not be disappointed. It may feel like it will break in your hands if you play it too hard, but this guitar can take anything.

The guitar sounds great.

It doesn't have the typical tele "twang" but it gets the job done.
I play country and texas blues and for the money this guitar is perfect for playing those styles.

I usually run my guitars through either a marshall AVT- 50 or a Pignose Practice amp, sometimes I'll even hook both of them up at the same time.

There's very very little outside noise while I play the tele even at high volume but you will get feedback if you stand too close to your amp will playing.

The guitar has a really bright tone and makes playing it distortion really awesome sounding.

(Depending on the effects you use) This guitar will play just about anything you want to play.

The guitar is set up ver well for a stock model. However, I'm the type of person who gets a guitar and can't help but customize and tweak it further.

I want to lower the action and make it have a much tighter feel.

I haven't taken out to gig, yet. The guitar is built really well and I expect that it will perform well on stage.

I bought this guitar off of EBAY. The person selling the guitar worked for Sinisterguitars.com which is supposed to be an internet guitar shop. They took my order and they quickly sent it to my house within 48 hours.

I bought it brand new and don't plan on having to do any major repairs. But if I have to, they guys at Sinisterguitars.com gave me a lifetime warranty.

I have been playing for 3 years but have only just recently dedicated my playing life to playing old fashioned country and blues.

The only thing I wished I asked the seller would be "Does that come with Texas Specials Pickups?"

I would certainly buy from this company again. They have a very reliable product and would reccomend it for anyone.

I love how the guitar came stock with gold hardware and a great finish.

I compared this guitar to a Fender Telecaster. I was dissapointed with the Fender Product which seemed heavier, had terrible action, and couldn't hold a tune. I wasn't able to try out this guitar before buying it but after playing it for the first time, I'm glad I DID NOT by the Fender.