Any sub-£1000 Jazzmasters have out the box usable trem?

Teyeplayer

MaximumZargon said:

Teyeplayer said:

There’s a s/h Rexter built JM with staytrem and stuff on gumtree at the moment. If I had 850 I’d be all over it, looks to be a cracking guitar. 

Looks amazing, but mahogany neck and body doesn't seem like much fun for gigging, weight-wise.

Depends on the mahogany to be honest (not sure if the seller mentions the weight), will also naturally offset some of the brightness of the JM pickups I suspect. 

Teyeplayer

The American performer series are alright too. Not dissimilar to your Doheny, but well put together, nice pickups and a very useable strat trem. 

ICBM

MaximumZargon said:

Any sub-£1000 Jazzmasters have out the box usable trem?

Yes, all of them.

You just need to know how to adjust them correctly, they're no different from any other guitar.

JohnS37

impmann said:

My Squier 40th Anniversary JM has been spot on - and the bridge works too.
The only thing I’ve done is the ‘hammer trick’ to improve the feel of the arm.
I got mine *new* from Thomann on a deal for £289 and it’s been as good to play as any expensive JM I’ve owned. Genuinely.

What is this ‘hammer trick’ of which you Earth people speak?

MaximumZargon

Thanks for all these answers!

Can't decide if better to go Squire and upgrade or cheap fender...and probably still upgrade.

Thought maybe limited edition player was perfect but then read about string alignment (narrow neck) and got scared as that's exactly what I'm running from.

blueskunk

If get the 40th Anniversary Squire JM or Mascis and take it from there before spending loads.  

MaximumZargon

Is the 40th anniversary available? It hasn't cropped up in my investigations.

blueskunk

Second hand yes, they pop up. I got mine from Thoman when they were blowing em out. Proper set up and no upgraded bridge etc needed.  I have needed them before on Jap models etc. 

Only thing I was gonna upgrade was the electrics , not the pickups just the tone pots and volume.