Jay Turser Mustang Copies

nigel1 · Post by **nigel1** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 4:27 pm

I bought one of the Jay Turser Mustang copies recently and ended up returning it. The guitar looked fine but could not be set up. It had hopeless tuning/intonation issues. I determined that the bridge would need to be relocated. So I actually removed the bridge and found a way to change its position without doing damage to the guitar. Even then, it could not be tuned. It seemed that the frets were not even correctly placed. I will not buy another Jay Turser guitar, period. Meanwhile, I've ordered a Squire VM Mustang in Sonic Blue. I don't understand how others have had good experiences with the mustang copies, unless quality control is really poor and I got one of the lemons.

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:18 pm

You could have bought a used Fender reissue. If you are careful, buying exactly what you want used works really well. And saves lots of money.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:27 pm

Never played a Jay Turser Mustang, but the other models I played were o.k.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:04 pm

A Squier CV is a safe bet.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:20 pm

Yeah, Fender/Squier kind of dropped the hammer on all the Mustang/Jazzmasterish/Jaguarish copies floating around when they released their VM line.

vojtasTS29 · Post by **vojtasTS29** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:33 pm

One of my Kurty friends plays that guitar and i thought it was absolutely amazing. The only turnoff from me buying one was the headstock. You probably got really unlucky. :/

Jagtornado · Post by **Jagtornado** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:56 am

Doug wrote:You could have bought a used Fender reissue. If you are careful, buying exactly what you want used works really well. And saves lots of money.

What about bad vibes that may have inavaded the instrument ?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:18 pm

Jagtornado wrote:
Doug wrote:You could have bought a used Fender reissue. If you are careful, buying exactly what you want used works really well. And saves lots of money.
What about bad vibes that may have inavaded the instrument ?

Do an blacklight sweep

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:32 pm

Jagtornado wrote:
Doug wrote:You could have bought a used Fender reissue. If you are careful, buying exactly what you want used works really well. And saves lots of money.
What about bad vibes that may have inavaded the instrument ?

Bad vibes would probably help add sustain.