Jazzmaster's have a long History in my life.

I bought my 1965 Jazzmaster new and later a friend that passed left me his 1961 Jazzmaster. Well unfortunately I had to sell them and a few others. Then I see this Vintage Squire with Duncan Designed pups, and Sunburst with a Maple fingerboard for $299. I had a birthday coming first thought about it but asked my wife to forget about it and I own 24 guitars already, But I get up the day of my Birthday and there it was in my computer chair.Knowing it was Indonesean made, I was afraid that it couldn't be any good and may need a lot of work. To my suprise, I did a normal set-up like I do on every guitar I have ever owned. I am pleasantly suprised. It plays and sounds great. I did all the Ventures and Beach Boys tunes and the tears were going down my face. Is it like my old Fenders? Of course not, but you will not find a better $299 Jazzmaster anywhere. Treat yourself to a very fine guitar. None better at over twice the price.

Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster

This guitar really rocks. The pickups provide lots of punch & variety when playing with tone knob. Love the body style & weight. The neck is the sweetest I've played, smooth & fast. Great action. I like the c-shape & rounded fretboard. Fits my hands perfectly. Only 1 issue, the high e string saddle was missing a hex screw when it arrived. Not sure why. All in all, a great guitar for the price.

Great guitar for the price!

It arrived with both knobs loose. Luckily it also came with the little allen wrench which was instantly handy. After some fixing, I plugged it in and ran it clean with my monitors up pretty loud. Wow. What a clean, warm, and QUIET sound. I was very impressed. In my opinion, the volume and tone knobs are pretty worthless, but the pickup switch gives three top-notch options as long as everything is turned up all the way. A slight touch to a volume knob and it the sound will vanish instantly, no in-betweens.

The sound is why I rated it so highly. It's amazing...really. For the price you would be hard pressed to get a cleaner, more distinctive "Fender" sound at this price. It's heavy, gorgeous, and the neck feels really good. So far (a few weeks), I've only tuned it a couple times, but it does have some trouble with the B, as do all guitars in this range.

It's a steal, if you know what you're looking for.

If your even thinking about it, buy it

Body finish perfect. Neck slick, shiny, and straight. Fret dressing up to Fender's usual standard. Tint on neck and parchment guard give a vintage look. Duncan pickups sound better than the ones on my AVRI. Brighter, but just as nice as the Duncan Custom ones I put in my Japanese JM. Between a Strat and a P90. Bridge gives great sustain, like a Tele. Intonation and action were fine right out of the box. Concentric controls give 4-knob performance without taking alot of space. A keeper. See offset guitars forum on how to route for standard JM trem, if desired. Sweetwater service top-notch. Really, take t out of the box, tune it, and play!