i have a warmoth jazzmaster with lollar p90s.
the main issue i have with it is string tension.
it is simply difficult to play it in standard tuning. after a half hour of playing my hand literally aches!
most often i simply tune it one level down - from D - to be able to play it comfortably.
when my guitar tech assembled it up he also installed a buzzstop on it - i'm not sure if this is the source of the problem. but apparently without the buzzstop the jazzmaster sounds "thin" - though i'm not sure how it will be be standard p90s.
another issue which has recently cropped up is that now the first and second strings at the first three frets are fretting out - giving a tinny sound. somewhere the strings are in contact with the frets.
when setting it up my tech told me about the adjustments (no physical modification involved) he had made to get the bridge (warmoth modified) on level with the fretboard etc.
now i wonder if those adjustments/alignments are off - with changing weather etc.
i will be taking it to my tech this weekend. but would also appreciate some insights from the forum members.
i find the jazzmaster very comfortable to play standing etc - but i simply do not want a guitar which has recurring issues and needs constant maintenance/pro-adjusting etc. and after all the money i spent on it i am a bit put off.
the main issue i have with it is string tension.
it is simply difficult to play it in standard tuning. after a half hour of playing my hand literally aches!
most often i simply tune it one level down - from D - to be able to play it comfortably.
when my guitar tech assembled it up he also installed a buzzstop on it - i'm not sure if this is the source of the problem. but apparently without the buzzstop the jazzmaster sounds "thin" - though i'm not sure how it will be be standard p90s.
another issue which has recently cropped up is that now the first and second strings at the first three frets are fretting out - giving a tinny sound. somewhere the strings are in contact with the frets.
when setting it up my tech told me about the adjustments (no physical modification involved) he had made to get the bridge (warmoth modified) on level with the fretboard etc.
now i wonder if those adjustments/alignments are off - with changing weather etc.
i will be taking it to my tech this weekend. but would also appreciate some insights from the forum members.
i find the jazzmaster very comfortable to play standing etc - but i simply do not want a guitar which has recurring issues and needs constant maintenance/pro-adjusting etc. and after all the money i spent on it i am a bit put off.