Electric guitar with three single coils and vintage tremolo
ST-style construction
Poplar body
Bolted maple neck
C-neck profile
Purpleheart fingerboard
22 frets
Three single coils in neck, bridge and middle position
Passive electronics
One volume control and two tone controls
Vintage-style tuners
Vintage tremolo
The J&D ST Black at a glance:
The J&D ST Black features a poplar body and a bolt-on maple neck with a comfortable C-profile for easy handling. Its purpleheart fingerboard offers 22 frets, providing ample room for tight chords near the nut and soaring riffs in the higher registers. The guitar’s pickup configuration includes three classic single coils that deliver a crisp, vocal tone. This setup lets you dial in defined clean sounds or warm overdrive, with an attack-rich response that captures every subtle nuance. Pickup selection is controlled via a 5-way switch, accompanied by a volume knob and two tone controls for shaping your treble and overall sound. Equipped with a classic vintage tremolo and vintage-style tuners, the J&D ST Black stays reliably in tune – even during extensive vibrato playing.
I researched this carefully. There are myriad stratocaster copies on the market, but this was the only one specifying a nut width greater than the standard 42mm - which might be OK for Eric Clapton, but in my experience it puts the strings too close together either for a learner or for anyone with bigger than average fingers. The spec for this J & D ST2 clearly specified 42.8mm nut width, which is why I chose it. So I was pretty peeved that what arrived had a nut width of 41.7mm. All set to return it, I tuned it up and plugged it in out of curiosity. Sound was way, way above what I was expecting. Best I've heard from a budget strat, and nowhere near the usual level of hum. Plus the finish is pretty well immaculate and the fretting is as perfect as anything you'd get on a £500 plus job. No sharp ends, no unevenness. So now I've got a problem. Getting a key detail like nut-width wrong in the spec deserves an immediate return. But I so like this guitar that I'm probably going to have to keep it and, at great expense, fit a new neck. And if you've ever done that you'll know it's an appallingly fraught business, roughly as stressful as moving house. So, yet to make the final decision.....
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