Played my Squier Jazzmaster today and realized the Fender neck and medium jumbo's with 9's can have lower action and better 'shreddability' than flatter necks and super jumbo frets. The Avenger Custom has so many features to make you play better and faster, and yet it was easier to play Cliffs of Dover test riff on the high frets with the much cheaper Squier.
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| Squier Jazzamaster |
The Fender had as low or lower action than the Schecter, even though the Schecter has a 12-16" compound radius neck. I set the action on both of them as low as I could get it without buzzing.
This is to say nothing bad about the Schecter. It's a fantastic guitar. I just realized that I was having an easier, more comfortable time playing with the Jazzmaster, even though it is not 'purpose-built' for high performance playing.
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| Schecter Avenger Custom |
Even the Schecter PT doesn't have as low and easy-to-play action of the Squier JM. I wonder if it's just the 9's on the JM. Or is it actually the softer neck radius and medium jumbo's that are actually more ergonomic than flatter radius and bigger frets. Maybe the highest player performance for me is to have 9.5 and medium jumbos. I could change the strings on the Schecter PT from 10's to 9's to see if this bears out.
My conclusion is that I could go 100% Fender (Strat, Jag, JM, Mustang) and still have the playability of the 'higher performance' guitars that so many good players are attracted to. If I keep finding that the Fender C-shape neck and medium jumbos is actually better for my playing style then I might be tempted to go all Fender all-the-time. After owning 70+ guitars, at least I can be confident that I'm not missing out on better playability when I use the 'plain old' Fender C with medium jumbos.
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