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This is what a real guitar feels like

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024

Even though it is under one thousand, it is an incredible sounding guitar. It is heavy and beautiful. Absolute perfection.

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Lori

Fender guitar lover! Great Color & feel. Faulty electronics. Poor quality control.

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024

Love the Capri color! The Body and neck feel great too. Only the electronics cut in and out and can only be heard at low volumes, when and if they do work. So low of volume that it is not usable. Usually they do not work at all when plugged in. It appears that the electronic assembly was done pretty poorly for this to occur. First time I have experienced this in one of our Fender guitars. It also came with a small indentation on the lower front side of the body. Which I can somewhat overlook. But the faulty electronics build is not easily overlooked. The saddles were not setup at all, nor the neck adjusted. A few sharp frets, but still playable. I wasn't expecting a "project guitar". There will have to be some trouble shooting and repairs and/or parts replacements done to make it truly playable. As well as doing a full reset, saddle setup, fret filing, and neck adjustment. For a Fender "Player" it is not a player right out of the box. My expectations have been lowered. Poor quality control.

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Michael Nesbit

This is what a real guitar feels like

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024

Color: BlackStyle: Maple FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: SSSVerified Purchase

Even though it is under one thousand, it is an incredible sounding guitar. It is heavy and beautiful. Absolute perfection.

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Tara Dale

Polar white strat

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2023

Color: Polar WhiteStyle: Pau Ferro FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: SSSVerified Purchase

Quality was excellent, especially for the price. sound is superb, weight is nice, neck feels nice, frets are a good size (medium jumbo). I was concerned about the pau ferro fret board, but it looks sharp (use a little lemon oil to darken it). The only complaint is one fret end was just a touch high, i hit with a file and no more problem. Overall a great purchase at a great price!

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HDLowRdr

This is an incredible instrument

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024

Color: Polar WhiteStyle: Pau Ferro FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: HSSVerified Purchase

I purchased the Strat HSS in Polar White w/ the Pau Fero fret board on sale for $717 and I couldn't have made a better purchase. The finish was blemish free, the fret's are very smooth, very easy to move up and down the neck. I also purchased Fender locking tuners that I will install the first time I replace the strings. The stock tuners are fine but these will make changing strings a little faster. I have locking tuners on my Les Paul and I really like them.

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dashreeve

Nice guitar!

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024

Color: TidepoolStyle: Maple FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: Floyd Rose HSSVerified Purchase

Only got it because there was a "used" one for a nice markdown. Couldn't really find any damage in the guitar, but someone had tried to adjust the FR and made a bit of a mess. I got it back to level and get the tuning / tension on point. It's pretty darn nice. Pickups aren't as good as the noiseless or V-Mods, but work pretty well for me (I did not swap them out).

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Morgan McNeely

Excellent quality Strat.

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2022

Color: Polar WhiteStyle: Pau Ferro FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: HSSVerified Purchase

Exceptional value imo. Regarding the law of diminishing returns I don't see why I'd spend 5 or 6 bills more for the non MIM Fender. This is a quality for cost instrument. Fender has done a great job w their MIM line.

It came well packaged. Mine is Polar white. I didn't attach the tremelo bar for these pics. The case is my old fender case not to confuse anyone it didn't come with the guitar.

Every aspect of it is 100%. The finish is perfect and it's incredibly beautiful. Everything is set up to play. Neck is straight, frets seem fine. Bridge is floated and she seems to hold pitch but I only do mild dives at best.

Over-all I'm very happy, not one imperfection. And it sounds great so far. For now my old MIM is my player. This one I'll work in slowly. I'll know in time if I need to tweak anything but so far she seems great.

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Graciela

It’s a good product for the price I paid

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2023

Color: SilverStyle: Maple FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: HSSVerified Purchase

Package arrived safely althought the Amazon driver decided NOT to place it on my porch and closer to the street where anyone could have passed by and swiped it.
After unboxing, and taking a closer I see that there is no damage to the paint or fretboard. No flaws in the paint or neck.
Upon further inspection, I noticed the
Tremelo block was drilled incorrectly for the tremelo bar and causes the tremolo bar to sit too far forward. I dont use the tremelo bar so its not an issue for me especially with the discount I received. Also another note is that the string alignment is very slightly off where the low E string is closer to the edge of fretboard causing it to come off the fretboard on aggressive bends. Loosening the Neck screws and slightly resetting the neck should fix this. After playing it the neck feels very comfortable and the sound is very good! For the price I paid I am satisfied with my purchase. The issues that exist can be corrected with minimal effort.

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Fuente Cigar

Genuine Stratocaster

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024

Color: Polar WhiteStyle: Maple FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: SSSVerified Purchase

I bought this to replace a Standard Stratocaster from 2004. I think they called it Arctic White, back then. This is a better quality instrument than the earlier version. The pickups are miles ahead of the ceramic ones that Fender previously used. I checked mine over for any flaws. Didn't find a single one. Very nice fret work. It did, however; need a set up. I set mine to the suggested Fender specifications. I also added 2 tremolo springs to the 3 that were on it. This is an intermediate level instrument that can hold its own against any in this price range. I would highly recommend to anyone short of a professional muscian.

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Lori

Fender guitar lover! Great Color & feel. Faulty electronics. Poor quality control.

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024

Color: Capri OrangeStyle: Maple FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: SSSVerified Purchase

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Moose

Good quality, arrived ready to play!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023

Color: Polar WhiteStyle: Maple FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: HSSVerified Purchase

It's a beautiful guitar. Came shipped with the Fender box in a larger box to keep it safe. No issues with blemishes or fret buzz or sprout. The fretboard is very glossy and sealed (I'll see if this ends up being too sticky and needs to be buffed out). Intonation is good out of the box. Neck is straight. All the signs of a good guitar arriving ready to play. I just had to let it acclimate and tune the strings.

I have a '96 MIM strat I bought new in a music shop that I've been playing for 25+ years. They play and sound nearly identical. The '96 is a bit louder, and has the pickups set closer to the strings. I may play around with the pickup height on this new guitar to get more punch.

The biggest difference between the 2 is that the newer Player Strat's knobs look cheaper. The ones on my '96 have a green patina (maybe from copper in the paint?), and just look more crisp.

Overall, good quality and arrived ready to play!

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Christopher Carbone

Good price, but missing items…

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023

Color: Tobacco BurstStyle: Pau Ferro FingerboardPattern: Guitar OnlySet: SSSVerified Purchase

Everybody knows that the fender Stratocaster is a great guitar. I so I will leave it up to other reviewers to praise the instrument. I managed to be in the right place at the right time and pick one of these up for $625. That’s a great price so I don’t have much room to complain, that said- typically the fender Stratocaster is shipped with a soft gig bag. Mine was not. Annoying. They also typically come with a whammy bar. Mine did not. Again, annoying.

Otherwise, the guitar was packaged well, the delivery went smoothly, and everything looks to be in great condition. I can certainly recommend this purchase, just keep in mind that if you do, you may need to also budget for a case and a whammy bar. Whammy bars are like $10 so, not a big deal. Cases on the other hand, those can get expensive.

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