This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I used to own a Yamaha Studio Lord LP copy, which was
a great guitar - probably why there was a copyright infringement lawsuit - and the Jay
Turser LP copy I got from Best Buy a few days ago is very comparable. However, the guitar
straight out of the box was not set up. Or, it was set up improperly. The neck was bowed
into a concave arch, and the bridge wasn't set up for harmonics. I went online and figured
out how to set the guitar up out of the box by watching a few videos. Now the action is
good, and the guitar stays in tune without having to fiddle with it all the time. I agree that
the weakest part of the product is the bridge. It's not exactly a precision piece... there
could be a lot less play and tolerance. One thing that bothers me: Like I said before, The
neck was bowed into a concave arch. When adjusting the truss rod, I found that the thing
was tightened almost to its limit. If I had attempted to tighten it any further, I would have
stripped out the threads on the rod or cracked the neck. Instead, I loosened rod tension by
turning the allen wrench counterclockwise (Looking from the body towards the machine
heads). This seemed to be in reverse of everything I read (Supposedly, it should have been
clockwise to loosen.) When I did loosen the rod, the neck straightened right out. It was the
exact opposite of the way it should have worked.
Anyway, It's a great buy for the modest price.
