Fender Player Plus vs Fender Player - What’s The Difference?

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It's fair to say that the Fender Player Plus is the Mexican counterpart to the American Ultra and that the Fender Player is the Mexican counterpart to the American Professional. So how does the Player Plus compare to the Player, and is new always better? Do modern features make a guitar better? Or does it simply make it different? Watch as Lee and Pete shootout the Player Plus against the Player series and discuss whether or not modern is better than traditional.

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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 Intro Jam
» 1:23 Time to Compare the Fender Player with the Player Plus!
» 2:53 How do the Telecasters Feel?
» 5:28 Let's Compare the Tones
» 8:47 Let's Test the Noiseless Pickups
» 10:45 Let's Look at the Strats!
» 11:46 How does the Player Strat Feel and Sound?
» 13:32 How does the Player Plus Strat Feel and Sound?
» 15:20 Let's Compare the Tones
» 17:34 Thoughts?
» 19:10 Outro Jam

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[landonbailey]

the 4K is so good that the backdrop looks more real the the actual room! nice Teles too

[joeformayor]

Could listen all day to you too play. Having y’all play in the background while sitting on the beach with a nice breeze on the face. Love it guys!

[ralfhedstrom]

I agree with what You said (at 15:50) on the pickups regarding "fuller sound" vs noiseless and none-noiseless. Because I have never liked the noiseless ones just because they have sounded a little dead, but the noiseless on the Telecaster Player Plus was the first ones I have really liked.

[nicklaunikitis]

I've followed this channel for awhile and the Capt's playing has improved so immensely it's really good to see his hard work paying off and his passion to continue learning

[Casey-P-O]

I've got the player plus strat in Olympic pearl with the tortoiseshell pickguard and a maple neck. It's amazing. I love the ability to turn the neck pickup on with the bridge like a tele. The neck feels amazing. Perfect rolled edges. Way more bang for your buck, unless you want something more "classic". Then you can go with player or vintera I think it's called. Something like that.

I didn't realize the player plus tele had a comfort carve on the body. That's a game changer for me, because I find teles to be uncomfortable to play for long periods of time while sitting down. It digs into my ribs, while my strat is super cozy lol.

[funkysoundbird]

Omg finally! Been waiting for this one for a while to see the new player plus against the regular player series great video guys love you & Andertons you’re the best also keep rocking captain and danish pete you guys continue to inspire new players everyday including myself cheers!

[sweetman]

Would've loved this video comparing the USA Ultra models versus the Player Plus.

[ptrisonic]

From a regular player's point of view here's mine. I've owned one of the later "Player" series Strats (the HSH, a real sleeper).
The difference in the neck, frankly is not really much different - except for the radius and overall width. My Player Strat is satin finished on the back and at first glance it's hard to tell the difference in the two - we're talking minor differences particularly when it comes to the edge shapes.
The bridge on the Strat Player Plus is much easier on my hands and therefore better.

I can say that the pick ups are not really comparable (at least on mine). I genuinely, really like the pick ups on the HSH. The humbuckers are a design of Tim Shaw and although they look like Gibson type humbuckers they sound nothing like them, they sound like a Fender but bigger.(!) There is also something else that is interesting - apart from the 5 way switch there are no other switches on the guitar yet in positions 2 and 4 it sounds almost the same as a regular Strat that we all love. I like this auto switching. And another thing the centre single coil is the loudest pick up on the guitar - I'm not sure why but it is and is great for the Clapton /Otis Rush sounds.

Love the locking tuners on the Player Plus series.

The bodies are identical (from the outside) and have lovely radii at the edges - I seem to recall some Mexican and even US Strats not being so.
That's enough! Pete.

[danielreyes]

Where is the Telecaster Cosmic Jade? We need a video of that beautiful color ! Congrats for the content ! Always cool and fun !

[georgemoore]

I totally agree with Lee that the Player Plus tele with those noiseless pickups sounds much fuller and in my estimation somewhat more dynamic than the Player tele. Also the Player Stratocaster definitely sounded better than the Player Plus with the noiseless pick ups. Like Pete indicated it was almost like the Stratocaster Player Plus pick ups are lower output.

[ultimativePwnage]

Damn. The lick @0:23 is so smooth. Amazing. Gonna steal that.

[MachoKing]

My Roadhouse Strat came with all the bells and whistles I ever wanted. Noiseless pickups, locking tuneyboiis, thicc headstock, and the s1 switch for schitzengeigles.

[FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

Fender succeeded to make a split humbucker sound very convincing. Very very good! Thank you Fender! You knocked this out of the park.

[Niki_R]

Hahahahaha @ 4:35 from a Swedish perspective! The word for edge is "kant" 😂

[nicknchrist]

I spent a couple of hours playing the new plus tequilla sunrise strat tonight and I've found that the player series is much more pronounced and picks up more of all the subtleties where the plus tends to smooth everything down and much fuller. I honestly prefer the player to the plus (other than all the aesthetics and upgrades).

[StephenOshea]

great video . sounds is a very subjective thing . some like a partricular sound some don't . so its great to have many combinations, i like the new colours

[ytmember]

Got a Fender Player (not Plus) love it, do not mind the slight buzz from pickups at all, it brings life to sound....what is cool about the PLUS is probably broader and straighter fretboard for low action playing, these 42mm are really too small, sometimes my fingers do not find place on frets. All in all, a great sounding and made guitar.

[JunkBondTrader]

was torn, but definitely going with the player plus. And the locking tuners really puts it over the top for me. I hate changing strings lol.

[SomeKindOfMadman]

“Rock’n’Rolla!” Love that Guy Ritchie, I thought UK folk knew about that film, Lee was dumbfounded at Pete’s reference : (

[daveshepard]

Just picked up the Player Plus Nashville Tele in Opal Spark and played my first gig with it yesterday. VERY impressive, comfy, tonal range is excellent, lots of very cool choices for tone - and quiet. Hugely impressed.