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The scuttlebutt is that these are the deep-bobbin Jap pickups, not the
wide-bobbin American reissue types. In fact, these are exactly the same
as the JMs and Jags meant to sell in Japan, with the alder bodies, etc.
I played one of these "Crafted in Japan" Jags at the local guitar shop,
it played really nice but was a bit more twangy with less balanced and
harmonically nuanced than the American reissue (I can't comment on the
vintage JMs, as I haven't owned or played one). Closer to a Jag than a
Strat, IMHO. But it had really light-gage strings, like 9s, and I think
some heavier strings might help give more ccolor and depth to the tone.
Still, a nice sounding and playing guitar, especially for the price
(always that caveat). The one I played was well set-up, as this was a
serious player's shop and they set up each guitar when it comes in.
I've heard the set ups on mail-order guitars leaves much to be desired.
Gavin
--- In , "Robb Lowe" <robblowe@h...>
wrote:
> Do these JM's have the crappy jap strat-under-jazz cover pickups, or a big
> fat JM pickup in them? Do they SOUND like a Jazzmaster, or a bad
strat?
