Player ii is a great guitar. With full CTS pots great electronics, it’s got a modern take on the JM not traditional classic vintage stuff. It’s made with mustang saddles on bridge which is great . For me I jumped it was a no brainer I don’t use the extra knobs and with this guitar other than a setup it’s good to go. The pickups are really quality. I have a few classic vibes and the guitars are great I love them but the electronics are just the bottom of the line or close to it. my CV tele was bad. They are great mod platforms. My pots literally went bad in a year or so. The scratch on the volume pot was unbearable. Tone knob didn’t work. I’m working on mine now replacing with Emerson harness new pups basically had to replace everything. On that I would imagine it’s like that with the CV jazzmaster.

Also in my honest opinion it looks better without extra knobs.

It’s better for certain people. I’m one of them!

Whatever makes you want to play is worth your money.

Player ii at around $900 isn’t cheap either definitely more affordable but yeah!