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Well, yes, that's going to happen.
Jazzmasters are the coolest, nicest playing, most stable of tremolo guitar you'll ever play. Offer a tone you can't find anywhere else and as long as you avoid the horrible mexican ones with their misplaced trems, generally can't be beaten. You'll be a better player and never sleep alone.
It isn't so much an "if" as a "when", really, so embrace the inevitable and go to it.
Yeah well... you and I know that I was really looking for someone to prod me in exactly the opposite direction:)
As for the Jaguar vs Jazzmaster debate - I'm really, really shallow when it comes to guitars, so Jazzmaster wins for me because of all the aforementioned bands. The only band I associate with Jaguars are the Bunnymen, whilst wonderful, just lose out against the might of alt-rock deities:) I also think Jazzmasters have a more recognisable tone.
Right I'll have to build one of each!!
Which is obviously what inspired the advertising tagline -
"SAY GOODBYE TO JAZZ MAGS WITH A JOOKY JAZZMASTER!"
Which is all good, but unfortunately (for me anyway) it changed the feel and the sound of them. The string tension feels wrong and they don't seem to ring in the same way. Plus one of the nice things with JMs is that you can play behind the bridge and that kills that.
So basically, they are great, well made guitars, but they changed something for the right reasons that didn't need changing.
However, I've been playing JMs for 20-odd years, so any change would probably feel wrong to me. I know @impmann and @meltedbuzzbox rate them.
Personally, I'd go for a Japanese one and upgraded the pickups/wire, and you'll have a better guitar for about the same money