Fender Deluxe Players Strat

I bought this guitar from a music store downtown in St. John's, Newfoundland for $850.00 Canadian with set-up and gig bag. I bought this because I wanted a strat so damn bad, and my Ibanez wasn't working out too well with tuning stability and tone for blues.

Well, first of all, it has Vintage Noiseless pickups that are amazing, and virtually noiseless, without sacrificing tone. It plays like a dream, the best Strat I have ever played, and the finish and overall look of the unit is amazing! Plus the push in button allows you to use neck, middle and bridge pickups at the same time!

I have not found something I don't like about this guitar yet.

Built rock solid, excellent neck and body, you might want to buy a polishing kit for the body just to keep it looking nice, but other than for that, it's all good! The medium-jumbo frets are awesome, too!

Buy this guitar, and you will not regret it! This is the best purchase I have ever made.

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The Deluxe Player Strat is one of the better strats to come out recently. While it's made in Mexico, it has all kinds of cool features. It has an alder body with a maple neck and a rosewood or maple fretboard, 21 frets, a vintage tremolo, SSS configuration, one volume, two tone knobs, special push/pull switch and a five way switch.

UTILIZATION

Fender finally did something I've been wanting for the longest time in a normal production strat -- it has a proper radius. Yes, this guitar has a 12'' radius. That means that you can achieve low action without worrying about fretting out. The frets on this thing aren't too bad. There are some frets that need some attention, but it's nothing too bad, especially for the price. It still only has 21 frets which I'm not a fan of, but we can't have everything, I guess.

SOUNDS

The guitar sounded pretty good with the noiseless Fender pickups. The bridge is bright and spanky. You can do all kinds of sounds from funk to 80s hair metal with this. The middle is something I never use much, but it works in combination with the bridge and neck nicely to create that coveted quacking sound. The neck is pretty cool, and it has a very nice vowely kinda tone. The real cool part is that switch that allows for even greater versatility when it comes to pickup configuration, but I never really used it that often since I mainly use positions 1 and 5.

OVERALL OPINION

For the price, these are some great guitars. If you decide to buy one, play a few and see how you like them as not everyone enjoys the 12'' radius. It can make chording harder for some people, but it's kinda like a Les Paul. If you've ever played one of those, this'll have a somewhat similar feel when it comes to the radius.

Mexican guitar deluxe series
Standard Start bridge
21 vintage frets mechanical
Noiseless and micro switch 5 position + button that adds the two positions
Missing from the Start: neck bridge / neck middle bridge
Maple neck and body ash

UTILIZATION

Channel c not too late good support
weight not heavy but not light either
The rest is typical of a stratum while the sound is fabulous
and highly crystalline, slamming
Tremolo makes the guitar a little too "disagreement" damage.

SOUNDS

I play U2 and Muse and U2 is mainly on the perfect pieces in question
This guitar is perfect with a good Fender amps and sounds clean and crunch.
metal and hard rock are not really his field since I have had opportunities for this reason.
The seven positions all have a specific and very different
SUPER guitar and very aesthetic.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two days this is my first Fender Start and my first non-response.
I understand why this is the reference.
Apart from the vibrato that tune quickly if abused too much, the sound is up to us the standard and classic without problems.
I had gone for Squier Classic Vibe which also sound very respectable for the price and when I saw that I could have a deluxe mex for the same price I went for.
All is fabulous is my first so I have no point of comparison against but I have exactly the sound I was looking to play on the pod hd 500 pieces cleans enough so I can only say that it is perfect.

Quickly: Mexican vintage bridge with screws 7, 21 frets and micro noiseless.
Rosewood handle, with a small standard electronic switch to activate the bridge pickup all the time.

UTILIZATION

The handle is quite enjoyable. Plutt finished well on my MODEL. I prfre the handle of Tlcaster's (in the form of which more than my hand) but each his own right?
The form is standard, but I think the weight a little to suprieur strats standards, though.

Sound: I admit that I cracked direct. The microphone is of good quality no noise except when the volume is about 7 but remains trs trslger ... I do not know why but I guess there are a . The sound is well CHARACTERISTICS of fenders, no surprise that the ct but I will discuss later.

The overall finish is really good. And the color is really nice with the wood grain visible under the paint.

Otherwise some of the quality of mcaniques. The beginning Ds, some uses of vibrato dreglait guitar ... So much so that plutt than leaving floating I al the body. In addition, you can not properly rgler certain harmonics because the screws dfaillantes (NAFTA) of one of the bridges of m'empche rgler the height of it and more, the height decreases over Thurs .. I end up with a rope lower than others. Being given that I have no business use of the instrument, a password ... bah But I hsit change several times the original one against another. But my meager pay of Students does not allow me that kind of fantasy
Otherwise, the color of golden mcaniques oxidizes quickly ... A shame for the look but gives a little vintage effect.

Nevertheless, APRS three and a half years without making rgler it sound correct trs, even drgle! My friends are always Bluffs it's a.

I put my mcaniques only 6, but it is worth 7 for the rest.

SOUNDS

Level style, I love playing Led Zep, Hendrix, stuff like arctic monkeys latest issue, and sometimes a little mtallica, SOAD, or others. I use a Fender Roc Pro, which is a transistor with a lamp prampli. A good amp but not crystal clear sound terrible terrible saturated. Anyway, I get him out almost every sound I want. The absence of double coil prevents some more stuff to play hard, but still sounds. I beginners to regret not taking the MODEL HSS, but a favorite is a favorite!
For cons, I can not find the switch intrt of the bridge pickup. It does not change very little sound, and your exact limit is often worse than no. In any case it does not justify the price surcrot.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over 3 years. I really look forward to allow me the dpense. The sound is really falling in comparison with other models and is of Mexican strats amricaine level. Too bad for mcaniques feeble, would have made it a jewel.
I bought the era quite expensive, but I find the Q / P plutt good. It is better to type the 200 euros and more than dip into The models lower-end brand. The guitar goes by without a problem and to make amricaine live there's no fear to figure ct ple of others!

With exprience however, I would try my luck in a MODEL Used. For the same price there some way to find the best ct guitars second hand. Although, it must be lucky.

If you have the means to change the bridge, go for it! One of the best Mexican, try to have a package.