Squire Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

[Fuzzy_Nuts]

I'm not a big fan of the Jazzy personally, but I thought folks around here might dig on it.



Has anyone played one, have opinions? Seems like a good bargain @ $299

[ohsojayadeva]

I, too, would be interested in some real life "this is how they perform" reports. That bridge looks downright flimsy.

[aen]

I HAS A BONER FOR IT.
Seems like a quick bridge swap is in order, although I've played a couple, and its not like they wobble aorund or anyting.

[ohsojayadeva]

Hey Aen, you get enough time in to judge those pickups?

[aen]

i didnt plug em in

[bob the r0bot]

I played one unplugged in a shop for a minute and it felt fine. The neck feels like my jazzmaster but a little chunkier. I didn't feel anything wrong with the bridge but I would personally take it off and put the standard jazzmaster bridge set up in place. I'll get a little more in depth with one the next time I go to the shop but, I can safely say that for the price, it's hard to beat. The best thing about this though is that with about a hundred-something dollars worth of upgrades you could sonic youth it out and have a pretty ballin' guitar (as long as you don't mind the strat jack but, hey, nothing a sticker/elwood style refinish wont cover).

[Fuzzy_Nuts]

I'm not a big fan of the top loader bridge either. It does have stacked knobs which I like, decent pickups, and that finish is down right killer to me.

[grindonomicon]

I liked the way one played in a store, and the pickups sounded fairly decent output and really nice thru a small clean Fender tube amp. Didn't take the time to bring in a fuzz pedal cuz they wanted to much $ on a trade for it. I thought the bridge looked kinda weird and crappy too, but you could prob get a replacement - upgrade from guitarfetish. I didn't like the way the bottom concentric knobs clicked either, I'd prob rewire it if I got one.

[The4455]

I played one the other day, it's a pretty great guitar for $300. It sounds pretty good, the pickups are seymour duncans. The bridge isn't a mastery, but it's good. The vintage style tuners are pretty cool. The neck was awesome, it was really smooth and comfortable, more like a strat neck though.

[htsamurai]

have a few at the store, will test out on saturday for yalls

[Gone Fission]

The neck was awesome, it was really smooth and comfortable, more like a strat neck though.

Curious for elaboration on this. I assume you're talking about neck shape? What is it like and what's a more typical JM like? (I've encountered very few JM's in the wild.)

[The4455]

The neck was awesome, it was really smooth and comfortable, more like a strat neck though.

Curious for elaboration on this. I assume you're talking about neck shape? What is it like and what's a more typical JM like? (I've encountered very few JM's in the wild.)

The neck is as smooth as an MIM/MIJ neck, it's finished in a nitrocellulose lacquer, so it's smooth. The neck is like a med. C shape like on a strat. JM necks a bit thinner than strat necks. This guitar is actually the next one I'd like to buy.

[proroby]

Strat jack was worst idea ever. Played one at a local shop and thought it was pretty decent, not as nice as tue Chinese made Duo Sonic that Squire is making though.

[The4455]

Strat jack was worst idea ever. Played one at a local shop and thought it was pretty decent, not as nice as tue Chinese made Duo Sonic that Squire is making though.

I like the strat style jack, you can see it alot better than a Les Paul or Tele style jack, I haven't played their duo sonics, I don't really like the all cream/tan look it's kinda, not my style I dunno, both my guitars are black.

[snipelfritz]

I, too, would be interested in some real life "this is how they perform" reports. That bridge looks downright flimsy.

So it's exactly the same as every other Jazzmaster bridge?

I'm so glad I popped a Mustang bridge into my Blacktop Jazzy. I's betta', much betta'.