Fender Electric Guitar Player Strat HSS Maple Black 144522506

Whosoever buys from Amazon, please be careful that the shipper of the product sends the original Fender Guitar bag and not their own local bag. I had this experience, however, when highlighted, I received the Fender Orginal bag, the quality, and brand of which surpasses the local product which I initially received

Go for it guys . It’s amazing ✌🏻

Pictures of the headstock reveal this guitar as MIM (made in Mexico) whereas you have quoted the Country of origin as US. This is not correct and needs correction.

Love this guitar! I compared this MIM to an American one in GC, and was sold not only by it’s classy looks, but by it’s playability. Both guitars were visually appealing and both sounded great. They both have the same body. The hardware and pickups on the American are upgraded, but the ones on the this guitar are still pretty good quality and they have improved the pickups from last years MIM, which I believe was called Standard series instead of Player series. The biggest difference aside from the price being half that of the USA, was the neck. The Player Series neck (I have been playing it hours every day since I bought it a month ago) plays like butter. It is fast and narrow and the action very low. My fingers just slide all around effortlessly and my rough callouses from my acoustic playing have smoothed out into just hard fingertips that glide along the strings. The neck on the USA model was a bit thicker and slightly wider, which for me, makes it hard to comfortably fret the 6th string. Please take into consideration I am female and have small hands, so it may not mean much for you if you are a man, but I think it increases speed if that’s what you’re interested in. Aside from all of that, the guitar sounds great. Quintessential Tele sound is achievable, as well as other sounds. GC didnt have the Polar White and they couldn’t even get it, so I bought it here on Amazon. I called the number on this page and even got a discount. I Got the Polar White and it is stunning. Absolutely flawless! Only complaint, as another reviewer has said, the packaging was poor. It arrived in a cardboard box ( the original Fender box) without any kind of neck support or cushioning what so ever. Alarming for any guitar enthusiast. Luckily, after removing the guitar from the box, the guitar was perfect and had no issues. It really would be in the customer’s best interest, and also in Fender’s best interest to do a better job packaging the guitar. Just some cardboard supports around the neck and some foam around the body is all it would take. I highly recommend this guitar.

First off, I have read stories of bad fret sprout on entry-level Fenders. I was happy to see the neck on this guitar is fantastic. My last Classic Vibe Telecaster's neck was gritty on the frets and too sticky on the back. This Player's neck is the exact opposite. The frets are perfectly polished, and the back is a wonderful satin finish that makes moving up and down the neck easy. I thought I'd have to change the nut out for a Graphtech, but the factory nut actually was cut very well, and the action measured at the 2nd fret was just what it should be for my preferred 9-46 Hybrid Slinkies. It took a few turns of the truss rod to reduce the neck relief to an acceptable level, which is expected. I personally just cut off a few strings in the middle and measure at the high and low E, then change the whole set. After doing this I noticed action wasn't unusually high, but full note bends across the neck were still possible, which to me means the saddles were set up quite well and there were no high frets. I'll be returning the Graphtech that I assumed would be required. I'm not sure why they chose a black pickguard for the maple neck model. With the lightness of the neck and the burst gradually getting lighter towards the center of the body, my eye expects it to be lightest in the very middle. I made it so with an aged white pearl pickguard from Kaish and I think it works better. The jack was probably the weakest part of the entire guitar. My cable constantly slipped out no matter how hard I plugged it in. Fortunately, I happened to have a puretone jack that grips your cable with 4 different prongs, so I popped it in as part of my pickguard swap... though I did have to drill a tiny groove out of the inside jack cavity to make room for the tip. But once I did that it stayed put. The tuners are absolutely fine, but I did upgrade to staggered Fender locking tuners, which are a drop in replacement with the same two little grooves for each tuner in lieu of screws. I just put them on and am expecting they will hold tune better when using the tremolo. So this guitar goes as low as $600 on sale, and for that price you get a hopefully excellent maple neck, very acceptable electronics and pickups, and a flame maple finish, albeit a subtle one. There are many different types of replacements that could work in my mind, if you agree that a lighter pickguard works better. Parchment, White, or Aged Pearl are all good options in my mind. Be prepared to adjust a few things, but the playable neck, was what I cared about most, because you're touching that the most, and that's certainly what I got. So if you're as lucky as I was, no changes to the default nut or frets will be necessary to start playing, just fresh strings and a few turns of the truss rod. Maybe have a decent input jack handy just in case, though? ---- EDIT: 5 months later, this Stratocaster is going strong. Giving everyone an idea of what this baby can look like with "vintage cream" pickup covers and a chrome cover on the humbucker, which I personally think is its ultimate stylistic form... adding these pictures to show the new look for anyone who is interested. I think the cream covers match the neck and overall warm tones of the guitar better than the original white ones. No new hardware needed for these visual tweaks except for a new pickguard and pickup covers, which ran me about $40 total. Now I think it looks every bit as good as any of their Professional American made guitars. It still plays as well as ever and is one of my go-to guitars - I'd wholeheartedly recommend it, especially on sale and particularly if you like tinkering. You can always swap out the pickguard, the covers, or even the pickups themselves if you want to mix things up.

Plays great, looks fantastic! Thanks!

seit ich vor zig jahren angefangen habe zu spielen, wollte ich immer mal eine original fender strat haben. den unterschied zu einer squier strat merkt man auf jeden fall. verarbeitung ist sauber, optik toll und die saiten verziehen sich kaum. tolle gitarre.

Petite surprise (agréable), Amazon m'a livré 2 jours plus tôt que prévu. Pour la guitare... que dire ... absolument parfaite. Sans rentrer dans trop de détails, elle est magnifique , le son est excellent, le "toucher" est lisse et les finitions sont bonnes.Qualité Fender , quoi . (Mexicaine, je précise ). Excellent rapport qualité-prix .