jay turser - please do not dismiss

I don't have a Jay Turser bass guitar, but I did have a Jay Turser Strat clone for 3 months, before I gave it to my niece, because she wants to learn to play the electric guitar.

The only problem with my Jay Turser was one of the strap anchor stripped after 2 months. But it's fixed easily with two toothpicks and a few drops of superglue.

The wood is light, but the setup, fit and finishing are very decent, the pups are actually very good and quite hot. I didn't even have to do anything, other than to tune it, and screw in the whammy bar right out of the box, and it's ready to rock.

It stays in tune well. Unless I gone crazy with the whammy bar.

Hope this helps.

 

I have a Turser P bass copy laying around here. I'm not sure why I have it or why I haven't gotten rid of it. It's the version with the quilted top. The body is super light, the finish super thin. The hardware is really weak, at least the bridge is. The tuners do keep it in tune. The thing I actually like about this bass is the neck. I haven't adjusted it at all since it showed up here 2 plus years ago. The fret work is actually good! I think I'm keeping it so I can put it on another body someday. The pickup is what you would expect for the price range. Sounds decent thru my good amp, bad thru the little combo we have. Hope this helps in some way.

 

my friend ownes a music store and i bought one for cost(100.00$) and i returned it the next dayafter trying 5 more out ,yes the frett work was decent but the bass it was attatched to was flimsy at best.
I must agree the finish is really nice but the bass weighs next to nothing and was like a toy in my hands,i felt like it would break under some good thumping.
And as far as the sound it was veeeeeery thin,no low end and way to much treble.
I can think of many basses rather to get for the money than a j.turser,this is my opinion and experience,if you have a nice one consider yourself lucky

 

Just look it over REAL carefully.

I've seen at least one with knotholes in the neck and on another one some dot markers had fallen out of the fingerboard

I'll assume it's all you can afford, there's little reason to buy one otherwise.

 

I think you'd probably be better off spending the same money on an Essex, at least based on what others on this site say. I haven't tried one myself but for similar dollars they use better wood than Tursers do.

 

I have to agree with everyone that have said that they are poorly made. The hardware used is cheap. The sound out of them is poor at best. I think that there are other inexpensive basses out there that are better values.

 

There is a essex-basses megathread around here somewhere. You can also go to rondomusic.com I think thats the site. They do have several styles to choose from. Good luck.

 

I just got an Essex (or SX) this week, and all i can say is wow. these basses are amazing for such a low price ($143 with shipping for the jazz copy). mine is real solid. its really heavy too. i can't even budge the neck. the tuners are really good, it keeps in tune, and they are really smooth. the only bad thing is the pots, but its not a big deal. i've noticed alot more lows than my other basses. the jazz copy is just amazing. get it, you won't regret it.

 

you got it nailed JT. I'm not a beginner (ive been playing for like 5 years) and i really really enjoy this bass. and i'm also sorry about the earlier squabbles we had about my aesthetic preferences on your conklins.


one thing i wish they would do is write "Essex" instead of "SX" on the headstock...

 

+1 to the essex

my next bass will either be an SX P/J or an SX P Fretless (for 110-120 each, I might get both).

 

I started out on a Turser P-copy... not a good experience The thing was flimsy, neck dived like crazy, and sounded like ass. The only good thing I got out of it is that I got back 2/3 of what I paid for it once I got rid of it (one of my happy days )


Despite me never having tried an SX, I'd still recommend it to a Turser (Turdser?)