Fender Jim Root Jazzmaster - Flat White Reviews

Highly recommended -- great tone, feel, & look.

I had Sweetwater set this up for Drop B since that's what Jim and I play in (and because why would you play this in any other tuning?). Anyway, guitar came this afternoon and out of the box is one of the best guitars I've played. The neck claims to be "thin" but it's considerably beefier than my Ibanez JEM77's neck, but more symmetrical than my two PRS SE C24's. If you've ever played an Ibanez AZ it kinda feels like that. Very solid and very smooth with the satin finish on the back.

Weight wise, mine's just over 8 pounds but it's a light 8 pounds. Very good balance across the body and neck.

Speaking of balance, I need to talk about these EMGs. I'm not an active pickup guy. I've tried them and they're kinda stiff. These Daemons, however, are MASSIVE and clear. It's like a Seymour Duncan Pegasus but with a bit smoother top end. Stealing Isis (the band) riffs has never sounded this clear. Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff sounds great on this. Oh and I guess it sounds like Slipknot through my Rockerverb MkIII. And the pickups clean up beautifully, even on the Rockerverb's dirty channel. I'm gonna try this out later with the Orange Jim Root Terror,

If you need a riff machine, this is it. Splurge on the Sweetwater setup. Tune it down. Chug riffs until you pass out.

This guitar is a total workhorse, I have 7 guitars in my studio. Got this, haven't played any of them since. I don't play metal. An astonishing instrument that I will never sell, many tones available.

Thanks Delvin, as always for the help!

What can I say…this guitar is effing sweet. I hate glossy/shiny finishes for one…and this one has a "matte finish" feel to it that is perfect. The neck is a little thicker than I normally go for and the jumbo frets gold more than enough space for even the biggest of fingers. Now those pickups…holy $&@$… at first I wasn't sure how I felt about them… but after playing for a couple days…it was like they had a warm up period…then all of a sudden you get full on brutality when wide open…but roll back the volume and they become a warm glassy tone that just sounds beautiful. I'm mainly a bridge pickup player but I find myself switching often from the two. Tuning stability is impeccable with the fender locking tuners. My only nitpicking complaint is that the nut is filed a little small for heavier strings (I use Ernie ball power slinky 11s). I use a fret wrap which fixes that issue until I get my luthier to file it for me. All and all this is the best playing/sounding guitar I've ever owned. Highly recommend you get yourself some Jim root flavor and hit add to cart on this one…you won't regret it.

This guitar is awesome!!!!! the new EMG's are great. not your typical EMG sound.. alot more "open". Defenitely different. Im using it with a mesa mark IV, JVM 410, JMP-1/9200, and the fortin cali suite plug in. This guitar sounds good through any of these amps. even the plug in. My sales rep Albeto Perez is great. Took care of everything perfectly. Thanks!!!! Love this guitar!!!

I pre-ordered this guitar when it hit the site. My rep Ryan Wiltermood was on it and was able to ship it out as soon they were in stock. This guitar absolutely kicks ***. The signature Root EMGs are well rounded and cover a wide range of styles. It's just a classy beast of a guitar.

First the bad - the binding on the neck is very white and looks plasticky, the volume knob turns too easily.
Now the good - The neck is very comfortable and fast, the frets are awesome, easy to chord everywhere, easy to solo everywhere, perfect intonation. This guitar is the most comfortable guitar I have ever played. It is perfectly balanced. The body is very resonate, I can feel the vibrations from the strings when playing it, even when not plugged in. This gives me a feeling like the guitar is alive. I have never had an electric guitar that did this. Locking tuners are awesome (I'll never buy another guitar without locking tuners). The pick ups are harder to describe, but I like them a lot. Very versatile. Sound great for what I play which is hard rock/blues rock/rock. They clean up well, and play slightly dirty really well. Played through a fuzz pedal they are magical. I don't play metal but on higher gain settings on my amp, the pick ups remain tight and articulate, no muddiness. Finally, this guitar seems like it sustains forever and stays in tune forever. I have a few guitars but this is the guitar I play the most. Israel Hernandez and Sweetwater are always great to work with.

The excitement I had for this guitar was unmatched. Then I got it. I was immediately disappointed with two things. The volume knob feels very cheap. There is a lot of movement back and forth when adjusting the volume. The nut was hardly filed at all. The strings were popping off whenever I would play anything. I contacted Sweetwater and they handled the situation beautifully. I sent the guitar back for a professional setup. I also sent thicker strings (the ones Jim uses) to be put on the guitar. The guitar tech filed the nut for the thicker strings and adjusted the guitar for drop B tuning. This guitar plays perfectly now. The Daemonum pickups are very different sounding than normal EMGs. I prefer 81/85 EMGs because I like the sound they produce. These Daemonum pickups are a beast of their own.