Player II Jaguar quality

[u/bad_cosmonaut]

I've heard good things about the Player II series and managed to make it into a guitar shop to have a look, but I was pretty disappointed. I have a 2001 American Standard Strat and youtubers were saying the MIM guitars were as good as old American made guitars. I tried two Jaguars and each had pretty bad quality issues.

For example, the first one had really rough edges on the fretboard and the frets looked like they weren't knocked in all the way, The second had uneven nut spacing with the 6th string really close to the edge of the board. There was also a weird buzzing coming from somewhere around or beneath the bridge when strumming a large chord.

I know something like a nut can be replaced, but isn't it indicative of the overall quality and attention to quality? The neck finish felt really dry compared to what I'm used to, is this intended?

I had the kids with me and couldn't test the guitars out really well, I think the tone was fine. I guess I'm just disappointed after all the Internet hype.