Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster Special Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

I have had a extremely disappointing experience with the Mexican offset guitars. No matter how you set up the guitar the A string has horrible fret buzz throughout a lot of the A string. I returned it and ordered a new one in the box and that one was worse. The last two frets when hammered in chipped the fret board and they put either laquer or super glue that shows quite considerably when you look at it. If I saw that in the factory I would of automatically put it as a B stock and once again horrible fret buzz even when set up! For a guitar in the $800 range these guitars are a complete joke!! Buy a Squire J Mascis or a Deluxe Jazzmaster. They are less expensive and are built WAY better than the Mexican ones!

Guitar actually came setup pretty close only having to make some minor adjustments. I have a SG,les Paul and a strat. The jazzmaster is just way nicer to play so many different tones. My only complaint is that they sent me the wrong bar for the tremolo system I contacted a few people and haven't gotten anywhere with it. They sent me the pop in one but I need the screw it.

If you can find this guitar used, snag it up. I found it used for almost $200 off in amazing condition and it's easily the best guitar I've played in awhile. I was a little nervous about the larger neck but it actually feels much more comfortable than the smaller neck on the Jags. I also noticed the buzz that I was seeing others talk about but I just went with some smaller gauged strings and it fixed it

Fender's Classic Player Jazzmaster is about the only guitar I've been 100% satisfied with right off the wall. Nothing about this instrument requires modification - its perfect straight from the factory. I really like its pickups, which are slightly hotter than other JM's. They sound just like any other JM pickup until you drop into shoegazer mode - that's when they scream. = I likey. Fender finally listened to players & addressed the bridge issue. The fixed adjustomatic (tuneomatic) bridge solves probs historically associated w/ traditional JM bridges; loose slapping around, string spacing, string hop, asstd mysterious noises, etc. Having owned many Jazzmasters over the past 30yrs, IMO the fixed bridge is a significant improvement. I always enjoyed the treble pickup choke controls (upper), although they aren't really necessary w/ a 3 way toggle. The only thing I would change is distance from tremolo to bridge. Classic Player JM's park the tremolo pretty close & I think a bit more distance seems to add to its stringy sound or sustain. My Jazzmaster arrived in decent playing condition. I messed around w/ it a bit - lowered string height, opened up nut/saddle notches for smoother vibratos & leveled one proud fret (#13). For the price, I really love this guitar. Mexico has been putting out amazing quality lately. Embarrassingly, we have abt 40 guitars in the house -right now THIS is my go-to guitar.

I bought this on a whim one day. It was the last one in the store and I couldn't go home without it. It buzzed at the bridge pretty bad for the first few weeks (you couldn't hear it through the amp, though) so I had the tech put a different bridge on it and the buzz is gone and it plays like a charm. It's got a bridge from a junker hollow body Epiphone on it now and I'm in love. Really warm, full sound from the pickups. The gloss neck feels really nice. Definitely worth it.

I bought my Classic Player in 2011 new and of course got the case too. I have owned several Strats and a few Tele's. This guitar feels and plays better to me and the sound is a tad warmer. I really like the upper bout controls and use them allot, they only work with the neck pickup. I can play jazz with it and it sounds like a soap bar Les Paul with a tad more twang and then I can flip the upper bout switch and go into a hot lead and then back for a warm jazzy rhythm. Okay now for a few hints to make thiis guitar better. Change the bridge to a roller type, I did this right off and it stayed in tune better and eliminated a slight buzz in the "B" string. I think Fender should have done this as part of the original changes they made for this guitar. But like every guitar I've ever owned I made some changes to the action, intonenation, pickup height and neck adustment, to what I like. In fact the factory never gets it right. Never! I usually play through a Deluxe Reverb or a Princeton, I really think this guitar is my favorite Fender guitar.