Thinking Of Buying A Fender Jazzmaster, Anyone Have One? Are They Any Good

3manstack

I prefer the look of the Jazzmaster over the Jaguar, (Not much difference I Know)

Does the tremelo cause Tuning problems?

Whats it sound like?

The look just takes me back to 91-92 seeing Dinosaur Jr And Nirvana with em.

Any thoughts are appreciated

Pacomc79

yeah they're great. Sure they go in an out of tune with the weather but you can remedy that with some locking tuning machines. They sound great and look cool.

exhausted

the shorter scale of the jaguar makes a huge difference in the feel of the guitar.

great balance in a jazz/jag body.

i played a japanese jazzmaster a couple years ago but that's my only experience with a "real" one.

pariah

I have one. I love it. It plays great.

But.

The Tremolo bar (on the Jap ones anyway) plain sucks, Leo must have been on acid when he invented that. First, it's too close too the strings, which makes it less comfortable than for example a Strat. You can bend it, but even then if you want Floyd Rose sounds this is not for you. Second, when you buy a JM, immediately order a Mustang bridge and replace the JM bridge with it. It'll kill the buzz and prevent your strings for slipping.
The tuners are very good. Even when tremoloing the guitar stays in tune nicely.

Also, though I really like the sound, I'm thinking about replacing the pups with SD Hot for JM, but that depends on your taste. Jap JM pups ar very different from original JM pups though.

AND it looks HOT.