New Player Jazzmaster Limited Editions...Uh-Oh!

Bellycaster · October 2021

https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-limited-edition-player-jazzmaster-black-matching-headstock

I like this Black one, not keen on the Green Olive one though.

Only slight niggle is the 4 way switch and lack of rhythm circuit, but everything else looks cock on and you can't tell the nasty plastic plug is there due to the Painted Headstock (which I quite like). Proper J.M Pick Ups as well, unlike the regular Player ones.

I'd have to Oil the board as well to try make it slightly darker.

I have an urge to spend, Uh-Oh!

SPECTRUM001 · October 2021

Ooh - that’s nice. Definitely the black and not the olive though (yuk - every chance they will be in a sale sometime soon).

Never liked the regular Player Jazzmaster - the splitting humbucker just doesn’t work for me (nor in the Jaguar).

But with those pickups, four way switch and headstock, they may have something. Although I do remember the version I tried a couple of years back was quite heavy…

octatonic · October 2021

Rhythm circuit or GTFO.

Musicman20 · October 2021

I'm tempted and I really like olive green!

But it's I guess a 550 ish guitar with better pickups

stonevibe · October 2021

Nah, I want one of these!

Seziertisch · October 2021

Not a fan of the positioning of the toggle on the lower on the trad JM layout, I found it was quite prone to getting switched accidentally when playing sitting down

Bellycaster · October 2021

octatonic said:

Rhythm circuit or GTFO.

It's routed to have one fitted if you should choose to. Bit of a Faff of you're not a tech and not sure how much that would cost. I would prefer the regular 3 way toggle too.

guitarcookie1 · October 2021

I like that olive green one..

Had an olive green mustang recently, which looked fantastic in the flesh, just not for me playability wise.

Loobs · October 2021

That blade switch gotta go.

freakboy1610 · October 2021

Seems like a good idea. Those humbucker Players never appealed. I'd have the black one if it had the rhythm circuit and lost the blade switch. Also without the matching headstock. But apart from that it's great!

Loobs · October 2021

freakboy1610 said:

Seems like a good idea. Those humbucker Players never appealed. I'd have the black one if it had the rhythm circuit and lost the blade switch. Also without the matching headstock. But apart from that it's great!

So essentially not that guitar?

jellybelly · October 2021

Looks good. Blade switch seems a bit arbitrary, toggle is fine, but all this 'no rhythm circuit' moaning is a bit daft. It's useful in an incredibly limited range of scenarios and adds cost. A jazzmaster is pickups, body style and trem. Rhythm circuit or pot values are just seasoning.

Wish they'd use rosewood again though.

guitarcookie1 · October 2021

Re the 4-way switch, wouldn't t be better to have the series option in position 1 or 4 and not position 2 otherwise you'll get a volume jump as you pass through position 2 on the way to 1 or 3?

Anacharsis · October 2021

octatonic said:

Rhythm circuit or GTFO.

That's why I put a pair of those PV 65 pickups in a Squier VM Jazzmaster. Next I'm swapping out the pots and switches.

jellybelly · October 2021

Anacharsis said:

octatonic said:

Rhythm circuit or GTFO.

That's why I put a pair of those PV 65 pickups in a Squier VM Jazzmaster. Next I'm swapping out the pots and switches.

Have you got some recordings of where you'd use it? As in, a band setting not just home noodling?

No idea why you'd get a lower quality instrument so you could have the neck pickup routed through a volume pot with far too big a range and tone pot that goes from extremely dark to unusable. Willing to be proven wrong though. There's a good chance this player model is already routed for it anyway and just needs a new pickguard.

I used it as a preset for an ebow the couple of times I used one at a gig. Have disabled it on my JM now though. Anyone else have a use case?

Loobs · October 2021

I use it for a killswitch on my JM. That's about it. Also can do weird stuff when used with certain fuzzes.

dandl · October 2021

Im another for the "needs a rhythm circuit" gang.

I like the rhythm circuit when used with an octave fuzz. Quick flip of the switch to the rhythm setting and with the tone rolled off and volume back a bit the octaves really start jumping out.

GavRichList · October 2021

I’m most offended by the fingerboards to be honest. I know it’s been done to death, but it just looks wrong.

meltedbuzzbox · October 2021

GavRichList said:

I’m most offended by the fingerboards to be honest. I know it’s been done to death, but it just looks wrong.

But it is a more player friendly radius and finally 22 frets

You never know, in another 10 years they might finally address that bridge too

I have to say it though, that blade switch sucks balls

GavRichList · October 2021

If it’s using the same bodies as the CME ones, which I suspect it is, they’re already routed for the rhythm circuit.

Whitecat · October 2021

GavRichList said:

If it’s using the same bodies as the CME ones, which I suspect it is, they’re already routed for the rhythm circuit.

Anderton’s and CME are jointly ordering this stuff now. Guess they get a better deal from Fender…

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