Jazzmaster 40th Anniv LPB : Great value, great guitar.

Treated myself to a new guitar after a decade of messing around with a Gibson SG, an Ibanez 7 string and a MIM Strat.

Following my guts I decided to go for these 40th annyversary models and boy, do they deliver.

The guitar came overall great out of the box, totally playable but, of course, if you know a bit how this guitar is supposed to be played and set up, it quickly turns from good to great. The neck is smooth, no sharp ends; the bridge and tremolo do their job well and the machine heads keep the tuning even under heavy abuse.

The neck pickup is absolutely lovely. Clean, dirty, distorted, it absolutely crushes anything.

The bridge one is... a bit weak for my tases (hence the 4 stars in sound) but nothing a good swap might overcome.

The gold tinted hardware is a bit... much, but after some abuse it "ages" wonderfully.

All in all I'd make some mods here and there to fit my playing style but it's simply a gorgeous, great guitar