Jet JS-400 vs JS-480 (Budget Strat Comparison)

[@MrPolevaulter]

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[@KarstenJohansson]

If anything, this episode was a great demo of why it is important to change your strings, even if you don't think they have gone dull. After a long enough period, they absolutely have, even if you didn't notice it happening over that time.

[@Dr.NoahHope]

Got a good deal on the JS380 for black friday Although its the upgraded version I ordered a solid brass block for extra sustain which hasnt arrived yet but fitted a set of Bootstrap Handwound pickups. Cost about €400 in total and as it is and its as nice as my American performer strat , Very Impressed with this guitar Thanks for your review !

[@garyday76]

Great stuff, many thanks. Have a great Christmas and New Year

[@MrPolevaulter]

You too!

[@krikri-69]

Good to ear you Elmo 🙂 those guitars are very very interesting 👍

[@derekjohnson5720]

I'd go for the 400 and upgrade the hardware and electronics. I've got one. I dont use a whammy so I blocked the trem. Bought new saddles for it £25. Bought Vanson locking tuners £35. Bought a tonerider loaded pickguard for it £150, has premium electronics, switch, socket etc and city limits pups neck and middle and a ac2 humbucker in the bridge, pups sound epic. Graph Tech string tree £10. Guitar was £169. Total spent £389. My guitar is flawless. Looks brill, plays brill, holds tune amazingly, sounds epic. I also have a JT 300(tele) £169 that I spent £185 upgrading and it is also flawless. £354 total cost for that one. £743 and I have a perfect strat and tele. Jet guitars are amazeballs. Two perfect guitars for less than half the price of a Fender pro 2. Modding is the way forward.

[@johnbrooke9948]

And the moral of the story is that its now worth £180.

[@derekjohnson5720]

@johnbrooke9948 Nope, totally not the moral of the story.

[@johnbrooke9948]

@@derekjohnson5720 Ok, what is the actual moral of your story? New tuners, new bridge, new pickups? What exactly are you trying to acheive?. Do you know the basics of good pickups, good tuners and a good bridge? If not i am prepared to educate you as it is no secret just knowledge.

[@derekjohnson5720]

@@johnbrooke9948 the moral of the story is you don't have to pay a lot of money to have a brilliant guitar. A lot of influencers will give you the impression that you're guitar needs to be American or Japanese made and it will cost £1000+. You get much better value for you're money modding a well constructed cheap guitar. I don’t need educated on guitar parts, hardware, electronics etc. I could mod a Jet quitar with £250 and it would be as good as a American pro 2. A good guitar isn't about hardware and electronics, they are after parts, they go on after the guitar has been built and painted. A good guitar is all about the craftsmanship of the woods and the effort that goes into the neck, frets and nut. Jet guitars are constructed to a very high professional standard before the after parts go on. More money doesn't always mean better. Sometimes less is more if you spend wisley. You don't need to mod a guitar with big brand name parts, Fender, hipshot, grover, Gibson etc. Other brands, vanson, wilkinson, tonerider give you the exact same quality at less than half the price.

[@streetlegal008]

I've also been impressed with the pickup sound of the budget Ibanez HSS - both the GRX 40 (strat model) and the GSA 60. They don't have the roasted neck which is in vogue at present - but that wouldn't be top of my list.

[@danieledandrea4320]

pickups way better on the cheap pink...I love the roundness of cheap ceramic single coils

[@jeffallen3382]

The Alnico pickups in the 480 sound a lot better than the ceramic ones of the 400.

[@makinganoise6028]

I swapped mine, Iron Gears, a lot cheaper than paying an extra 200 bucks, tbf, the humbucker is fine and always need to be careful that balances with the single coils.

[@MrLoompi]

Simply great guitars, regardless of the price.

[@jimmyjames2022]

Useful Jet S model compare! There's a Jet dealer a few blocks from me that is temping me to come demo some T and S models so far I've not got there.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@KurkkuGo]

Hi Elmo! Jet has a sister company called Spira Guitars and they seem to make pretty mean looking guitars with great value for money. Could you get one of those for a review?

[@TheBestGuitaristForReal]

Keep coming with the new budget strat I'll soon buy one and I need recommendations. Thanks elmo!

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@kamrankawishbilal6891]

are hartwood guitars available where you are? their Hartwood Charger seems to be a good value option

[@MrPolevaulter]

I'd never heard of them until now. Seems interesting.

[@kamrankawishbilal6891]

@MrPolevaulter yeah I don't see much info about them on KZbin, but the challenger has a 'different' body shape and offers great value for the price

[@Antonis79-e8v]

Hi Elmo! Are these guitars full thickness strats (45mm body thickness)? I would appreciate your reply, since you also have a full size Stratocaster. Cheers!

[@failogy]

12:46 My JS-400 also has this issue. Anyone know how to fix it?

[@MrAletube]

you need to lubricate the nut and the string retainer,use grease or nutsauce

[@makinganoise6028]

lube the nut, put decent springs on, balance the trem, sometimes its because of the way the nut is cut, string trees and even the way you string the guitar. The springs on my JS400 were sh*t, easy fix bought new ones on amazon, I've had the spring issue on other makes costing much more,

[@failogy]

Thank you for all advice. I'll try.

[@improvizor]

Sorry, how does the neck feel chunkier on the 480? Can you provide some measurement comparisons? I have small hands so this is very important information for me.

[@puella_meiberu]

I can't speak for him but I've played a JS-480 in a store and I have tiny hands and can't play many necks and it was the most comfortable neck in the entire store, it's very much a somewhat flat modern C profile, not very wide either, but a sensation of 'chunkiness' could maybe come from the little bit of shoulder the neck has which honestly made it more comfortable for me especially with the relatively low frets, didn't impair my ability to wrap around the neck at all, the neck was so good I considered taking it home right then and there but the bridge was causing awful tuning stability issues & the grommet system for the arm is unpleasant to me & I didn't know what bridges I could put on it so I ended up leaving it there.

[@improvizor]

@@puella_meiberu Sounds like modern D neck.

[@makinganoise6028]

Very Cool video Elmo, this was my comment on your previous video about the Jet, is it twice the 400? Jet JS400, best money I have ever spent on a Guitar, and I have guitars 20x the price. I did swap the 2 single coils for Iron Gear, personal preference, stock were ok, for a guitar under £600, but iron gear made it sing, trem springs were replaced as sh#te, guitar has been gigged a lot, after 2 years everything good. Do you have a contact address btw?

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers! I do. Send me an email and I'll send it to you. [e-mail]

[@makinganoise6028]

@@MrPolevaulter many thanks, will be from Dan, sent to the above.

[@ThickPick628]

i started off on their js450 and it was a good guitar the only prob was that they must just leave them lying around in a storage place cause mine had strings that were as black as the pickups

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Very cool. You play so good brother. As always man❤ .. Just wondering if you have ever reviewed the Boss / Roland Blues cube hot amps? They even have the one that is supposed to sound like a Marshall called the Hot EL84 I think it is, and the blues cube hot I would like to try. Would love to hear your opionion. They are supposed to sound AND even feel like a real tube amp.. ❤ Thanks my friend. Be well and safe ❤ Tim..

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks! Haven't tried them, no. So much gear out there.

[@szveszs]

Please test the New Boss Katana Mini X

[@MrPolevaulter]

Will do asap.

[@szveszs]

@@MrPolevaulter Thanks! You're one of the few that I can trust, I really didn't like the USB power supply (not being able to just play with a freaking normal cable it seems), and the ultimate test (for now) against the Roland Micro Cube or the Hotone Pulze (that's expensive).

[@Cnacem_Mup]

in my city there is no Js-480, but there is js-450, how are they different from each other and about the fried neck, how strong is it, since I heard a lot of reviews that in budget guitars such a choice of neck is not justified, help me figure it out?

[@mattsikes919]

I love my JS-400. It plays so nice. Sounds great through every amp I have though I have to admit that I'm utterly in love with my Sire J3. I know it's a bit more money but I wonder how the Sire S3 would stack up to the JS-480. It'd be a tough call but I think the fit and finish on the Sire brand beats Jet, but it's close. Both brands are awesome and sub $500(US).

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah, Sire make some good stuff too.

[@Chuck-Bob]

Nice. I have a request. Do a hollowbody once in a while. I'll play everything from rockabilly to speed metal on a Gretsch.

[@MrPolevaulter]

So much gear, so little time. Not sure I will in the near future. Sorry.

[@tymanngruter1808]

I like that even the 400 has genuine strat sounds that are about 1400euro! That headstock seems stolen from Harley Benton, but what!

[@MrPolevaulter]

They do sound good :)

[@plamenpenkov2865]

Yamaha and BC Rich had that headstock 40 years ago...

[@peterhicks6328]

immagine the js 48- with gold pickup coversm gold switch tupm gold knobs, .

[@onsesejoo2605]

Please, add the pick up positions with subtitles. Soundwise, to my ears, the more expensive isn't worth of the money in comparison.

[@kerrytyk111]

Baroque and rolling!

[@jimilipi5493]

Ça c'est du test 😁

[@christian-van-e]

I bought the Sunbursty JS-450, and I an So surprised of this quality. I have much more expensive guitar that are lesser quality!

[@LokaRaid]

I think the Squier is better. I have one but is not playable because I have to buy new saddles and it's a project. Thank God I got Jackson Gibson Vox Orange and MXR

[@revtimewest]

I thought the pink one sounded better. I dont like bright guitars.

[@wrougthbye]

can you please checkout thr Mooer MSC10 pro guitar...i like the content❤️

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks for the tip. I might do that.

[@alanfloyd3205]

Are these available in the US?

[@mattsikes919]

Amazon has them in stock at times. I've seen them used on Guitar Center and on their website. I got my JS-400 on Amazon when it was in stock. I got rid of my Squier strat when I got the Jet, they're that good.

[@alanfloyd3205]

@@mattsikes919 Thanks! I will keep a look out.

[@valte1234]

Onko tossa 480 tallalevyn/kammen alla takana kiristysruuvi millä saa ton vemputtimen kiristettyä vai onko toi vaa kierteillä oleva kampi?