I had my eye on this for a year before I decided to pull the trigger. I waited patiently until it was finally available and arrived in my hands.
Visually this is a stunning guitar and the colour changes quite a bit depending on the light. Soundwise it is very versatile and covers different sounds than my other main guitar (Les Paul). The bridge is very bright and twangy, so using the tone knob is recommended especially on cleans. With overdrive this pickup screams though and delivers classic rock tones. The neck is great for cleans and smooth leads and the middle position offers nice humcancelling and is great offer cleans and funky rythms. The rythm circuit is also great especially with a brighter amp. So all together this a great guitar, with similar features as more traditional inspired American jazzmasters, but with a "custom" colour, at a lower price.
However, the condition this came in was not to the standard of this price. The action was almost unplayably high (and I don't mind high action in general), the fretboard was dry and covered with polishing residue which I still haven't gotten fully off, the truss rod needed to be readjusted (the neck needs to be taken off to do this- I guess to be "vintage correct"...) and there were microscratches on the body (nothing terrible but you would expect a pristine guitar when you buy it new for 1400€). There were more minor issues with the set up and the hardware, but I don't want to go into to much detail. I did not want to send it back as I waited forever for this and this is visually the coolest jazzmaster I have ever seen so I didn't want to buy a different one.
All in all, this is an amazing guitar for me, which I plan to keep as long as I can. However, the condition this was in was unacceptable for any price point and makes me very sceptical of buying another MiM fender and also buying such an expensive guitar on thomann.
