Jay Turser PRS style electrics

I was browing ebay (after keeping away for months) and saw the Jay Turser PRS style on solid, semi-acoustic and 12 string and I think the prices have come down. Are these guitars comparable to Washburn or ESP quality? I don't care about where it is produced except when it translates to a real difference in quality. I hesitate to bother with Harmony Central because of several factors I do not want to get in to. If anyone here has played or even seen one personally, please let me know your impressions. For the prices they are going for, I do not even mind if they need work since I plan on having some mods done by the local luthier anyway. As long as the foundation (body and neck materials) are good quality, I would definitely consider at least one.

Also if there are other brands with the same situation, please enlighten me.

I'm not familiar with the Turser guitars, just wanted to throw my 2 cents in about my similar situation.

I'm kicking around the idea of getting one of those OLP Korean Music Man Axis copies. They seem pretty cool for $200-ish and of course I'm prepared to yank every piece of electronics from it and replace everything down to the last wire. Should be a fun project and make a nice guitar once some good pickups are in it! Oddly enough it will be sitting along side my $1500 PRS, Zion, and Parker guitars! But all of them have trems and would block the 'vintage trem' on the OLP which is probably a crappy trem anyway

But you might want to check them out also.

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I bought one of the Jay Turser SG's with a single P-90...A PINK one, it just had to be pink...for my step-daughter. I have Fenders, Gibsons, Epiphones, Taylors, so was ready to change out and do a massive setup. The Turser came in setup like a pro with new D'addario strings, and sounded like a PRO. I was doing old Beatle riffs and this son of a gun was sounding SO good...it's a natural. The placement for the single P-90 looks way off, but sounds great. She's happy, and when she's not looking, I'm playing it, and I'm happy. Now I'm waiting for a buddy to get home so's I can go pick up this PRS McCarty with two soapbars he's offering up...See where these things lead ? In other words, this one is very good, right out the box. Of course, ymmv...

Sam Benson

Sorry, I haven't had experience with the exact models of Jay Turser guitars you mention, but I have had three other models. All were *very* respectable for their initial prices, and only needed minor work to bring them up from low line guitars to medium line standards.

Their main common distractions are the minimal fret finishing work from the factory, and mediocre electronics. Also you will find small imperfections in finish that were sealed in under the thick poly clear coats. All in all I've been very pleased with the Jay Turser guitars I've bought, and I'm no rookie. I've got several Fenders and Gibsons dating from the 1960's and 1970's. I'm *not* saying they are truly comparable, but for a little extra money fixing their short comings, they are an economical substitute for the financially burdened musician. Just don't' expect a decent resale on disposing of them.

Just my 2¢

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