JET Guitars, Jeff Terwilleger

I have carried JET Guitars since the very beginning, In fact I personally own serial # 1.

Number #1 is not even close to what Jeff is building today. But I recognized that Jeff was going to be the number one guitar builder in the USA someday. That someday seems to be today. I have never seen such totally satisfied customers as the people who buy JET guitars.

To qualify my next statement, I would like to say, I have been selling high end boutique guitars for more than 30 years. I was selling PRS Guitars more than 26 years ago. (I have serial # 35). I have owned more than 35 of the first 50 PRS Guitars made, No one had ever heard of PRS. I introduced McNaught Guitars to the world in 1998 (I have serial # 1) I sold Spector guitars & Basses for 28 years (I have # 11) I was the Original owner of Alembic # 17, I have Brian Moore # 25, BC Rich # 7, Bolin # 01.

The point I am getting to is the level of fanaticism I have seen in the owners of the JET guitars that I have sold is absolutely mind boggling. It's almost like the players are venerating Jeff. But if you take a few moments to read the treatise below, you will start to understand the man behind the guitar. Jeffrey Earle T. is one of the most driven men I have ever met. Myself and all the luthiers in my shop are totally impressed with JET Guitars and Jeffrey Earle T.

I am very proud to sell his fine line of electric solid body guitars.

Ed Roman - 11/05/03

Ed,

I just wanted to say thanks for the beautiful JET guitar I purchased from you. Not only is it aesthetically perfect it sounds amazing. I had to raise the action a hair for my own taste but that done I cannot put in down. I own a beautiful Les Paul and a great Stratocaster but neither compares to the JET. Each note and chord played resonates perfectly. Thank you for your diligence in finding such a great guitar maker in Jeff Terwilliger. And thank you for being straight and honest in your opinions and your business dealings. I will be back for another guitar soon.

Craig Casca

PS-Scott was a pleasure to deal with !!!

Dear Ed Roman,

This check is part of the balance for the Abstract Centurion guitar with the pig inlays. I'd like to thank you for creating a website that opened me up to world of truly custom made guitars. Sam Ash and Guitar Center stores no longer capture my interest. Also thank you and Alan for taking me a tour of your Connecticut shop while I was there. When I ordered my first and second guitars from you I had requested that the Buzz Feiten system be installed on them.

To be honest I really wasn't convinced that there was any difference in sound; probably because I tune my guitars so carefully and with a very accurate strobe tuner; you would be pressed to tell me that my guitar out of tune. I said, "What a heck" and ordered the modification anyway.

I then received my Green Birdseye top JET Earlewood #126; I'm sure you've seen it. I still wasn't convinced after playing it a week. I then reset the intonation to the Buzz Feiten specs and tuned up. After one strum I was then a believer. Not only is my Jet Earlewood the best looking and easiest playing guitar in the world, it is also the best sounding.

I'll match my JET up against any guitar on the planet. My JET makes my beloved Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 feel like an Ibanez. I thought nothing could top my PRS. If people are buying JET Earlewood guitars just for their looks that’s understandable, but they are missing the best part; they play like heaven. Imagine playing full bar chords with distortion and still sounding sweet.

I can't wait until I get my Abstract Centurion with "Buzz" system and pig inlays, I'm sure that'll be next to "Hog" up all my attention

Sincerely,

Dan Ali

Hi Stephan & Ed:

I had wanted to contact you sooner, but really only got to spend some time with JET #261 this past weekend.

In short, the thing is absolutely amazing. It looks like it’s on fire! Until I visited your shop last June and played a JET, I was convinced I owned the greatest guitar in the world: My PRS Signature #197. I had been looking for a single cutaway, solid body archtop for a long, long time that would give me a fuller sound than my PRS Signature, but I was completely unprepared for just how amazing the JET was. I had been lusting over one ever since. Simply put, I have never played anything like it in my 22 years since first picking up the guitar. In addition to being one of the most visually stunning instruments I have ever laid my eyes upon, the sound and playability of the JET are just unreal. It is EXACTLY what I had been searching for: A better player (amazing compound radius neck with satin finish) with an extended bottom and top end from what the PRS offers. It makes a typical $5,000 Gibson Les Paul ’59 Reissue sound dead and dull by comparison (not to mention a few pounds lighter), and the coil tap option provides versatility that the Gibson can’t touch. I think the single coil sounds are even truer than the PRS.

At any rate, I’m glad to finally be a paying customer of Ed Roman’s World Class Guitars and can’t wait to come in and shop for another fine instrument next time I am in Vegas.

Thanks again,

Adam M. Zaiger, Esq.

------- Forwarded message ----------
From: RnDHoover
To: edroman @ gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:55:46 EDT
Subject: Jet 278 testimonial

Ed,

I had my first conversation with you about ten years ago on the phone in which I was looking for a neck for a Kramer guitar.

The subject soon changed to my Les Paul recording (which was retrofitted with three humbucking pick-ups). I proudly commented how it was the finest playing guitar that I had ever touched. Your comment was that it was the worst. BAM, Oh you "Son Of A Bitch" was the first thing that entered my mind along with a host of other "flavorable" thoughts.

It took me about five years of hard playing and sneaking back to your website (What is that SOB ranting about now?) to discover the shortcomings of the outdated tech of this guitar and to discover just where you coming from.

It finally dawned on me that there was a slim chance you might just know a little more about guitars than me (No Sh**).

After my "rebirth", I decided to climb out of the cave and purchase a new guitar. I completely wore out your website and decided to put my fate in your hands. If I was going to spend this kind of money, I needed to do it once and only once. I found myself drawn to the JET section of your site over and over again.

The testimonials and your very high regards for Jeff's talent (That's what really sealed the deal) made me select JET to be my next guitar. I proceeded with the order and all the other things involved through your store and to shorten the story, I am looking at my JET 278 PLUS CARRIBEAN BUST as I'm pecking away at this keyboard. There is nothing more I can say about JET guitars that has not been said time and time again. This one is stunning in every aspect (beauty and playability) I would like to sincerely thank you and your staff for making this dream a reality.

Andrew Hoover, Naples Florida