If you are after a jazzmaster-esque guitar but not a fender then Fano guitars were very well reviewed in the latest edition of guitarist, apparently the Fralin P-90 pickups are fantastic.
Thats funny Jaymz,http://www.bossarea.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6140 I was originaly going to go with a Fano(I was working it out with Dennis and everything). He is also a really nice guy to deal with as well, I just fell for the Creston instead. Maybe that will be my 2010 purchase?