Fender Player Series (Fender Mexican Stratocaster)

"The top quality and the most versatile Beginners to Intermediate to Pro level Guitar, which Can Play almost Everything"

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Since it's inception, in the year 1954, Fender Stratocaster is easily the one guitar, that has ruled the world of guitarists across the globe.
From the day, you bring this guitar to your studio, in your jam center or in your home, it becomes your family member. You can't live your life as a guitarist, without having a Strat in your collection then afterward.

Fender,the Scottsdale, Arizona (US) based guitar company which manufacturers The Stratocasters, has divided the production of this guitar into 5 segments, all according to the make and the budget so that from the beginners to the professional all can have their respective Fender Stratocaster according to their preferences. The best thing is that, although the segments are divided according to their and make and prices, Fender has made sure that, all these segments of guitars are of top quality.

These three segments are (budget-wise in ascending order)

1. Fender Squier Stratocaster

2. Fender Player Series Stratocaster

3. Fender Vintera Series Stratocaster

4. Fender Japanese Stratocaster

5. Fender American Made Stratocaster

Today we are going to discuss:

Fender Player Series Stratocaster and that too in Detail. Smile please :)

These guitars are made in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico based Fender Factories.

Earlier there were called Fender Standard Stratocaster.

In 2018, Fender made several noticeable changes to this segment and renamed it as Fender Player Series. This guitar can be easily be called One for All guitar, due to its price range, playability, tonal quality and pick up quality.

The recent upgradation to these guitars have been so good that they give a close fight to their counterparts,i .e to the American Made Stratocasters.

This Guitar is a must-have guitar for all the sessions as well as for the stage rockers and can play anything you wish for.

From country, to blues, to rock, to hard rock to metal and to many more genres, this gentle beast is for all. Aah! Gentle Beast is a nice name. Isn't it?

The player series carries the legacy of the great fender Stratocasters ahead with more colors and vibrancy and at the same time retains all the classic Fender Stratocaster features, such as the sound of the guitar.

Playability :

This is an incredibly easy guitar to play for the beginners as well as professionals.
This guitar comes with a medium large size fret, which will help you to play the chords all over the frets with ease. The maple fretboards, especially, will feel as smooth as butter for your fingers. The feel of fingerboard is just fantastic.
The maple and the C shaped neck helps to play and bend the notes easily. It helps to jump from one fret to a distant fret in a very easy manner.
The Tone..amm to talk and discuss about the tone of fender Mexican made Stratocaster will never be enough until and unless you have heard it by yourself or either played it by yourself.
In one Word, the clean Tone is incredible.. undoubtedly the best in the world. Add a bit of overdrive or distortion, it never looses its legendary feel. The Fender Stratocaster is just the fender Stratocaster mann...It's an amazing guitar.
Having a two-point vibrato, a bridge tone control, a 9.5-inch ’board radius and headstock-end truss rod adjustment, this player series is a Stratocaster for the modern player as well as the old lovers of Stratocaster who want the same old classic feeling with a touch of modernity.
And The Bonus is that, you get 22 frets to play for. Earlier in Mexican Standard Version, it had 21 frets. So here you are getting one more fret to surf upon.

Lets Talk about specs and features now.

A. BODY :

Type 1. Alder Body with Gloss Finish

Type 2. Alder Body with Gloss finish and flame maple Top

B.NECK:

1.Neck Material: Maple

2.Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back, Gloss Urethane Finish on Front

3.Neck Shape : Modern "C"

4.Scale Length : 25.5" (648 mm)

5.Fingerboard Material: Maple/ Pau Ferro

6.Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)

7.Number of Frets : 22

8.Fret Size: Medium Jumbo

9.Position Inlays: Black Dot

10.Truss Rod: Standard

C. ELECTRONICS:

1.Bridge Pickup:

Player Series Alnico 5 Strat®? Single-Coil/ Humbucker( preference wise)

2.Middle Pickup:

Player Series Alnico 5 Strat Single-Coil

3.Neck Pickup:

Player Series Alnico 5 Strat Single-Coil

Controls/ Humbucker (preference wise)

4. Control Knobs:

 Master Volume,

 Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups),

 Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)

5.Switching:

5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup

D. HARDWARE :

1.Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Bent Steel Saddles/ Floyd Rose ( preference wise)

2.Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

3.Tuning Machines:Standard Cast/Sealed

4.Pickguard: Ply Parchment

5.Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic

6.Switch Tip: Parchment

7.Neck Plate: 4-Bolt "F" Stamped

Pros :
1.Best Buy for beginners who are looking to have a guitar with great versatility and godly tone.
2. The fingerboard is as smooth as you can ask for.
3. Great guitar for jazz, blues, clean, rock, hard rock, country, Bollywood style music players.
4. You can change or upgrade each and every individual part of this guitar. Every part or accessories can be upgraded to make it your very own.
5. You can say it that, it's the best buy

Cons :
1. not for hardcore metal players
2. Bridge pick up sounds thin a lot of times.
3. If you are expecting a fat humbucker sound, even from its humbucker models, don't buy it, coz a strat will always sound like a strat.

Final Words

If you want a guitar that would steal your heart and soul and your listener's heart and soul, then Fender Player Stratocaster must be on your buying List.

This is the guitar for all the seasons and all the moods. This is the Guitar for your studio and for your stage as well. On this guitar, you can learn as well as you can play. On this guitar you can be a beginner, an intermediate or even a professional. This is the best electric guitar in the Budget. The best Beginners to intermediate to Pro Level Guitar.

For More details on colors and choices of this series, you can Visit Fender Website.

PRICE :
In India is available for Rs.55,000/- (approx)

Where to Buy In India :

1. Musician Mall (http://www.musiciansmall.in )will be the first preference if you are not getting it imported directly from the US or UK via your friend or by some other means.

2. Bajaoo.com (www.bajaao.com)

3. Furtados (www.furtados.com)

4. Your Local Dealers