Immediately after getting it home, I spent about an hour giving it a good setup. I just go by Fenders standards. .010 at the 8th for relief and 4/64 across the board at the 17th fret. I am always amazed how very little guitar shops will do to a guitar before they throw it on the wall. Regardless, the setup was a breeze. I actually had to dial in the radius too, but it all is good. My advice to anyone buying one of these, make sure the first thing you do is get the guitar properly setup, it makes the world of difference!!
This is the first Jazzmaster I have ever owned that holds tune after hours of tremolo use. I think the neck pocket angle that fender implemented with this model is key! My only complaint so far is the pickups cut a little on the bright side. I am more than likely going to swap the pots out for some 500k’s and see if that does the trick.
If anyone is on the fence about these, go play one and see for yourself. This might be one of the better JM’s in recent years.
