The bodies generally have shapes that are certainly Rickish but I've never seen one up close or played one so I can't say anything about them. There are at least two sellers on ebay who sometimes have Chinese copies. I've got one of the Tursers and like it a lot for what it is. The toaster pups looked good and sounded fairly decent but were a bit microphonic. The necks had more of a gibby feel and the body shape was very slightly off but only a Rick fanatic would spot the differences. They weren't bad and had the looks down pretty well. Several years back there were a lot of Lennonish models coming out of Korea as Turser, Dillion, Rockinbetter (by Tokai) and a few others. These turn up now and then but are on the expensive side of cheap. I don't think any of them used the dual truss rods and the necks didn't feel very Rickish but they were as close as you were likely to find. Back in the day Ibanez, Greco and Tokai put out some very good copies. They've never sold anything they consider an inferior product. Their guitars are expensive but I'm sort of glad they have the policy they do.Īs far as I know, they're the only large American maker who does not bring in cheaper guitars and rubber stamp their name. I had to fill and redrill.Rick goes after copies like a pissed pit bull. I had to keep the original JT trem back plate since it is significantly wider and the MIM cover does not cover the screw holes.įinally almost all pickguard holes are not fitting those in the JT body. The MIM trem block, even being of the thin type, hits the back of the rooting before being completly depress, not really important if you do not dive.Ī bit of the rooting is not covered by the bridge plate in front of the whammy bar receptacle. That also makes the intonation not perfect on the low E string since the saddle can not go further backward. The pickguard is then interfering with the edge of the bridge plate. The bridge assembly is a little bit closer to the neck end. The bridge screws are not exactly fitting in the JT holes.

The treble side of the neck pocket is exceeding a bit the neck (usually flush) The Turser body has a bit wider neck pocket but the screw holes fitted exactly into the MIM neck. The pickguard and all the electronics are from a USA Highway One I had in stock to upgrade the MIM ( and is an exact fit on the MIM body ).

The neck and the complete hardware are from the MIM. Since I have 2 black Strats ( Standard MIM 95 and American Strandard 06 ) and I don't really dig this color, I decided to replace the MIM body with a nice Transparent Wine Jay Turser body that was the heaviest one from all the JT in the store. I made my-self a 'Fendurser' and I still have to decide if I will keep it this way. Fit with MIM or USA parts is not perfect and will need some tweeking.

Jay turser copy of a rickenbacker 325