Jazzmaster. So I went out today to try a few. I decided to try some from Fender's Vintera range. So I picked up a 60s
Strat, in ice blue and a 60s JM, in artic white. All sounds very chilly. Anyway, both were nicely made guitars, with some
60s features. Nice pickups and smooth trems made for some cool sounds, through the shop's Deluxe Reverb combo.
Of course, I had to try out some other guitars and so preceeded to twang furiously on a Fender Noventa JM, a Player Plus
Strat, a Squier 40th Anniv Strat and a Vintage John Verity Sig Strat. The Noventa was very cool but I didn't think the P90 pickups
quite had the sound I was looking for. The Player Plus was quite a stunner, that played well but again, the pickups didn't
hit the spot for me. The 40th Anniv was very pretty and well made but felt and sounded a bit cheap. The cheapest guitar I
tried was the Vintage J.V. Sig and it nearly stole the show. It was less than half the price of the Vinteras but was a really
well made guitar, with a gorgeous blue colour, with matching headstock, Wilkinson, very smooth trem, locking tuners and
awesome pickups. I seriously considered getting it but realised that it's sound was probably best suited to blues, rather than
surf.
So it was down to the 2 60s Vinteras, I'd started with. There wasn't a lot to choose between them, for nice playability and good
tones. But I went for the Jazzmaster, as to my ears, it just sounds so surfy and of course, looks so cool. The artic white has a
slightly creamy hue to it, that is set off very nicely, by the tortoiseshell pick guard. I'm always a bit nervous of the trems you get
with JMs and Jags but this one has no clunks, clicks or rattles thus far and is very smooth and keeping very much in tune. So
it's home and getting a lot of play.
+ Matching Headstock = 
