NGD...Jet JS400 what a bargain!

Sarge

Gizmo said:

I had the JS400 in SFG, as noted by others the bridge was pretty much trash (sloppy trem arm) so i replaced it with at £25 Wilko from Aliexpress

Sold it after a few weeks because i didn't get on with the lower 9.5" radius, Neck profile was super though, i read the newer fazleys are pretty much the same neck profile but with a 12" board,so i might look at picking one of those up.

Interesting... what model bridge is that? and was/is it a straight drop in? 

Adji

earwighoney said:

Adji said:

They are so good for the money. Got a JS300 about three years ago (not long after they first landed) and the neck is really great. Pickups are average at best, and the bridge feels a bit like its made from tin foil, but on the whole really great.

Earlier this year I got it fretted in 24EDO / Quarter tonal.


https://www.instagram.com/reel/C59X7siMDyY/

Wow. You are a fine guitarist for sure.

Did you replace the bridge on yours? If so what did you use? 

No I haven't replaced anything except for the additional frets.

Its stable enough and works fine for the purpose of the guitar. I'd have to measure it etc to buy a replacement bridge, but I'm sure many of the basic ones would drop in.

xGizmo

Sarge said:

Interesting... what model bridge is that? and was/is it a straight drop in? 

it's a Wilkinson WVS50IIK only ￡25 @ ALIEXPRESS atm inc free 8 day del!

You'll need to pull the inserts/posts for the default jet trem but they come out pretty easy.

Another option for you might be one of these guyker trems i got off AMAZON for ￡46, stuck this on my J&D ash strat modder, this is crazy well made for the price and very smooth (again i think youd need to pull the inserts to fit this one aswell)

DrBob

Gizmo said:

Sarge said:

Interesting... what model bridge is that? and was/is it a straight drop in? 

it's a Wilkinson WVS50IIK only ￡25 @ ALIEXPRESS atm inc free 8 day del!

You'll need to pull the inserts/posts for the default jet trem but they come out pretty easy.

Another option for you might be one of these guyker trems i got off AMAZON for ￡46, stuck this on my J&D ash strat modder, this is crazy well made for the price and very smooth (again i think youd need to pull the inserts to fit this one aswell)

That Guyker trem looks cool, is the intonation set up ? The saddles look pretty straight line 

xGizmo

DrBob said:

That Guyker trem looks cool, is the intonation set up ? The saddles look pretty straight line 

Well spotted nope this was taken just after i strung it up in the workshop, ended up with Covid a few days after doing this and it haven't gotten around to finishing the setup yet...

Sarge

Gizmo said:

Sarge said:

Interesting... what model bridge is that? and was/is it a straight drop in? 

it's a Wilkinson WVS50IIK only ￡25 @ ALIEXPRESS atm inc free 8 day del!

You'll need to pull the inserts/posts for the default jet trem but they come out pretty easy.

Another option for you might be one of these guyker trems i got off AMAZON for ￡46, stuck this on my J&D ash strat modder, this is crazy well made for the price and very smooth (again i think youd need to pull the inserts to fit this one aswell)

Thanks a lot, I'll have a mooch around the UK sites for those. 

Th4fonz

Congrats I’ve picked these up but never played one as they have skinny necks.  However think they look great and they nailed a headstock design also.  Walking past one in a window you would think there a 1k guitar crazy bargains out there these days.

guitarjack66

Gizmo said:

I had the JS400 in SFG, as noted by others the bridge was pretty much trash (sloppy trem arm) so i replaced it with at £25 Wilko from Aliexpress

Sold it after a few weeks because i didn't get on with the lower 9.5" radius, Neck profile was super though, i read the newer fazleys are pretty much the same neck profile but with a 12" board,so i might look at picking one of those up.

That is my own exact model too. The necks are very skinny but for somebody who plays wider acoustics it's still quite comfortable. The tele version neck I just can't deal with much at all.

Acev

Just saw a new demo: