The JAY TURSER FUTURÉ SERIES was a group of 3 radically shaped electric guitars: Spectré, Spirité and Stiletté; as well as the Scarabé bass introduced around 1999. The Futuré models were produced in limited quantities and are relatively rare. Gibson did as similar thing in 1957 when they introduced three radical designs: the Flying V, Futura and Moderne - which caught on eventually. Unfortunately these intersting Jay Turser models did not last beyond 2002.
JAY TURSER SCARABÉThe Jay Turser Scarabé bass was made around 1999-2002. According to Jay Turser:
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JAY TURSER SPECTRÉThe Jay Turser Spectré looks like it's going light speed the minute you strap it on. Unlimited access to the highest frets, a lightning fast action, and the best combination of dual-coil and 2 single-coil pickups, makes your journey to the stars an effortless quest. The Scarabé bass is its alter ego version for Bassists. | |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉThe Jay Turser Spirité was introduced in 1999. According to Jay Turser the Spirité has:
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JAY TURSER STILETTÉThe Jay Turser Stiletté has a double cutaway sheet aluminum body, reverse moon shaped headstock with 6-in a row machine heads. The scale is 25.5 in. The rosewood fingerboard has with scallop position markers. Pickups are one bridge humbucker and two single coil pickups. Controls are one volume, one tone and a 5-position pickup switch. The Stiletté came in aluminum and black finish. JAY TURSER discontinued the Stiletté in 2002. According to Jay Turser the Stiletté has: |
Specifications:
Model | Image | Finish colors | Finish effects | Number of strings | Scale length |
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JAY TURSER SCARABÉ 1999 to 2002 | black finish, red finish, silver finish | metallic finish | 4 strings | 34 inches scale-length | |
JAY TURSER SPECTRÉ 1999 to 2002 | black finish, red finish, silver finish | metallic finish | 6 strings | 25.5 inches scale-length | |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉ 1999 to 2002 | blue finish, red finish, yellow finish | - | 6 strings | 25.5 inches scale-length | |
JAY TURSER STILETTÉ 1999 to 2002 | silver finish | - | 6 strings | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Model | Fingerboard material | Fingerboard position markers |
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JAY TURSER SCARABÉ 1999 to 2002 | rosewood fingerboard | scallop fingerboard position markers |
JAY TURSER SPECTRÉ 1999 to 2002 | rosewood fingerboard | scallop fingerboard position markers |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉ 1999 to 2002 | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
JAY TURSER STILETTÉ 1999 to 2002 | rosewood fingerboard | scallop fingerboard position markers |
Model | Hardware color | Bridge |
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JAY TURSER SCARABÉ 1999 to 2002 | chrome hardware | - |
JAY TURSER SPECTRÉ 1999 to 2002 | chrome hardware | tremolo bridge |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉ 1999 to 2002 | chrome hardware | tremolo bridge |
JAY TURSER STILETTÉ 1999 to 2002 | chrome hardware | tremolo bridge |
Model | Number of frets | Peghead (headstock) | Tuner layout |
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JAY TURSER SCARABÉ 1999 to 2002 | 20 fret | reverse headstock | four-in-a-row tuners |
JAY TURSER SPECTRÉ 1999 to 2002 | 21 fret | reverse headstock | six-in-a-row tuners |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉ 1999 to 2002 | 21 fret | reverse headstock | six-in-a-row tuners |
JAY TURSER STILETTÉ 1999 to 2002 | 21 fret | reverse headstock | six-in-a-row tuners |
Model | Pickups configuration |
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JAY TURSER SCARABÉ 1999 to 2002 | 1 split coil pickup |
JAY TURSER SPECTRÉ 1999 to 2002 | 2 single coil pickups and 1 humbucker pickup |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉ 1999 to 2002 | 2 single coil pickups and 1 humbucker pickup |
JAY TURSER STILETTÉ 1999 to 2002 | 2 single coil pickups and 1 humbucker pickup |
Model | Tone controls | Volume controls | Pickup selector controls |
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JAY TURSER SCARABÉ 1999 to 2002 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | - |
JAY TURSER SPECTRÉ 1999 to 2002 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | 5-way selector switch |
JAY TURSER SPIRITÉ 1999 to 2002 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | 5-way selector switch |
JAY TURSER STILETTÉ 1999 to 2002 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | 5-way selector switch |