Fender Player Stratocaster WORTH IT? Full Demo

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Fender Player Stratocaster FULL DEMO

John gives top takeaways from playing and pulling apart the best selling Fender Player Stratocaster. What is the GOOD and the BAD? What will be the final score? Stay tuned for the full performance, and also check out our Fender Player Strat vs. PRS Silver Sky Comparison:

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[mfry]

Bought a player series in 2022 and I absolutely love it. I’ve found with a proper trem/bridge setup I’ve had no issues with tuning stability. Fender has a great video with a pro shop tech going through proper setup step by step was invaluable. Love my MIM strat.

[leonborden]

The reason to buy this guitar is the alnico V pickups. Not ceramic, not noiseless, it just sounds exactly like a strat should. Maybe the alder body also helps. Sweetwater set it up, so didn't have the same issue you had there, though I still made some adjustments. Nut was cut perfectly. Fit and finish was perfect. It's also well shielded. I don't know why they ship these without the little spring for the tremolo bar, which is what you need.

[philsequeira]

I like the fact that the Player series allows for tone control with the bridge pickup. But I already have several MIM’s and if I was going to buy a new S-type, it would be the SE Silver Sky for all the reasons you mentioned. Modding Fenders however is much easier…

[littlejohn]

I've just bought a white, maple neck player series Strat and it is fantastic. The smooth playability of the neck, the genuine Strat tones and just the sheer look of it at a fairly reasonable price (in the UK here I paid £679) makes it maybe the only Strat you need. It's got a real Hendrix Little Wing tone. Yummy guitar!

[camro]

Few years ago
When they were 649$ I bought one got it in Black Friday for 580$ brand new it was worth it but now 849 or 899 there r other alternatives out there which r great for less…..player series WAS the affordable fender… the set up was OK but the sharp fret ends really wasn’t cool, especially on a 900$ fender

[yvngclaude]

I just watched your video and I am blown away! Your creativity and passion really shine through in your work, and it's clear that you put a lot of effort into making it the best it can be. Keep pushing yourself to new levels and never stop
pursuing your dreams

[sandraspears]

I have always like the feel of a Fender strat. The satin neck makes it easy to work up and down the neck with out feeling sticky., even when you sweat. The body contours and light weight make the guitar easy to handle sitting or standing to play. I love the vintage white with the white pickguard. Yes, for the price there are other choices but they are not FENDERS. (if that's important to you)

[richardelg]

I got one with maple fretboard and every thing is perfect on it. That guitar feels like a very expensive instrument and looks beautiful. I couldn't be happier.❤

[MrTPF]

I thought it sounded great, if you like the single coil sound. They always sound shrill to me. I bought an American Strat in black and maple a few years ago. I replaced the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan stacked humbucker, and I blocked the trem. The thing sounds AMAZING, and the tuning stability is excellent. Also, my tone control works in position one.

[billhannum]

I have several U.S. made strats. I also have a player series with a maple board mine didn't have trem issues but I lube the nut and it's strung properly. I find it to be a really good guitar for the money . Fit and finish was excellent fret work is good . I'm my opinion the best upgrade would be the trem block and bridge saddles but at that point ya may as well get a pro2 trem with a pop in arm . The other up grade would be the string tree . All in all though it's a solid guitar for the money but I do agree that at the 800 Pl u s price point it should have a decent gig bag at least

[Hammonds]

Love my player series strat and its the best strat ive owned so far. The maple neck and satin finish is my favourite and the fret ends are finished well. The pickups sound really good to me and the bridge and tuners are good quality. Had mine a few years and havent had to do anything to it.

[rick]

I am thinking of getting one. Great video, and review. I tried one of the player plus hss, played good. Quality seems good. I just like the fender twang. Stock pickups sounded good. Subscribed. Your channel is great for us guitar fanatics. I had the sienna sunburst color strat player plus. It looked fantastic.played great too.

[fredericadda]

The price of the Player series went up so high it's no longer a good deal.

[TREVORJB]

Picked up a used HSH Strat in February for $450..not my typical pickup configuration, but no complaints with the guitar itself! 🤘

[ErrantProjectile]

I have this exact model. Soak the Pau Ferro board with Mineral Oil and it will darken up nicely and look more like Rosewood. As shown in the video it is very dry and that's why it has that color. It is a thirsty wood and you can watch it soak in when first applied. I have several superstrats Ibanez, Jackson/Charvel, Schecter, even Squiers but needed a Straocaster. I play like Leo so I might as well have one :-) I'm impressed after doing a full setup on it using Fender Bullet 8's, and floating the trem, it seems to stay in tune better then the 6 screw Fender bridge variations. Most of my stuff is floating terms any who ... So the one really different thing I did notice is the trem bar is tapped at a non 90 degree angle, which is why he was having problems with it. I believe the idea Fender had was to float the 2 point bridge without having to do a Floyd like route and that would square the trem up parallel to the guiter. It definitely sounds like a USA Stratocaster, especially compared to my other Super Strats. No complaints yet!

[TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Are these great guitars if you can find em used for 400? Absolutely. Worth 850 new? I’m not sure.

[ranaranjo]

If you purchase the maple fretboard version, and purchase from a provider that sends it with good setup like Sweetwater does, the score should ramp up quite a bit. I like my maple Fender Player Strat, just changed the nut to Graphtech.

[the_gitman]

I found that if I started screwing in the tremolo arm from a different position, it tightened up the same way, which allowed it to become tight in playing position. Also, some plumber's tape on the threads cured the problem too. Springs are also readily available for the bridge that work as well.

[NoMadWK]

Set up is mandatory. You're dislikes about these were spot on situations for mine. Great educational and well rounded video cheers!