If you can find one for $650.00 it’s the deal of the year. My friend just bought one and it cost him upwards of $850.00. Dave’s had one for sale a few weeks ago for $750.00 and it literally sold in minutes flat. (My friend went to add it to his cart and it was gone as soon as he clicked the button.)
Ishibashi occasionally offers them but then you’re looking at a $100.00+ shipping charge.
The Fender version is top of the line in my opinion. Everything about it is to die for. The pickups are decent but I don’t think they sound anything like the pickups in the ’65 Jazzmaster I used to own. They’re kind of like Strat pickups disguised as Jazzmaster pickups. The Squier pickups are cheap entry level pickups…but they’re supposed to be fantastic nonetheless. Ususally the first thing to do with a new Squier is ditch the stock pickups, but most owners are leaving their Squier JMJMs as-is.
