FENDER PLAYER DUO-SONIC 2020 in GOLD - Unboxing, First Impressions and some bad news...
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Fender have added the DuoSonic to the Player series this year and in some great colours. Unfortunately, mine was not in the shape that it should be. I will be back with a full review once I get a replacement guitar or part.
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I can’t stand that they ship guitars without at least a gig bag.
That could have saved this issue
This has been the deal for over 10 years ... they can then charge an extra $100 for a case
@@tomblaze2 Good. Fender's policy is to keep price rises to a minimum by dropping bags/cases and then giving you the option to buy one if you want to. I have 7 Fenders; when will I ever need 7 bags/cases? In real terms (i.e. adjusted for inflation) Fenders today are cheaper than they were 10 years ago.
In 1998 I paid £379 for a (Mexico) Standard Strat. That is £734 in today's money. Today I can find the modern equivalent (Player Series), which is a much better guitar remember, for £579. In real terms, £155 less for a better product (enough to buy a case or 4-5 bags). Isn't that great? Well done Fender.
@@Peter-ff1tp Fender sells two cases for the Duo-Sonic. Catalogue numbers 0996126306 and 0996121306. They also sell a bag specifically for short-scale electrics (0991513206), though you can of course use any full-sized bag as the Duo isn't that much shorter than a Strat, overall.
@@joebryant8500 My friend purchased a TVL MEX JAZZMASTER and had the same problem with the toggle and it came in a Fender hardshell case, i think they should be more carefull with it.
If fender makes a tele in this finish with that pickguard it's an instant buy for me
Oh wow! Imagine that!!!
The Mod Shop offers desert sand and gold pickguards for Tele build.
squier j5 telecaster
There’s a new squier contemporary tele that’s this color of gold, but no pick-guard
I do actually have a blister on my finger (from hand carving wooden spoons, not playing a Duo Sonic!). Great that this is a genuine unboxing. The whole intonation, general set up and quality control is a big issue for me with companies like Fender. I teach guitar to younger students and parents bring me new instruments wondering why they're always out of tune, or crackly, or whatever. You wouldn't buy a vacuum cleaner and then expect to have a tech set it up for you before it could pick cornflakes off your carpet!
I never knew Andre the giant was such a killer player
Its a mass produced guitar their are gonna be mistakes, even in qc, just cuz of the scale. it's whether or not they own up to those mistakes that make them a good or bad company imo.
Thanks for sharing! I love Duo Sonic!
Looks like QC is not so good at Fender. Sometimes it seems like Squire has better QC. Metal Splinters!
Pre thumbed up ... If this vid isn’t kewl I’ll flip flop it like a politician 😂
I really hope I keep your vote this year.
the right “Jem”of a bribe would get ya votes 4 Life and beyond 😂
@@PooNinja I hear you.. i cannot stretch that far. How about one day i shout your name at Steve Vai?
There you go stealing Ryan’s ideas again!!!! In the words of 311 come original ya gotta come original.
Mang you had me at straplocks ✊🏽for acostinking Metal 🤘🏽
Blisters on my fingers! Bad switch aside, I love the Duo Sonic; it oozes cool and is super basic - a lot like a P-bass. I'm really surprised by the broken switch. Better than a bad neck, a poor fret job, or something big, but still..._YIKES!_ I always buy USA Fenders, but the QC at Fender Mexico is quite solid these days - far better than in years past. Out of a hundred or more guitars they made in that year, my guess is they made maybe 5 that were defective, and you got one.
I've seen so many of those duo sonics with bad switches that I got blisters on my fingers, back when they were in the offset series. 2017 maybe? Sad to see that they still haven't fixed that problem. The one I bought had a working switch. Buuut I got bored before long and gutted and put in new electronics not long after buying it.
Good review…well you showed that fender quality, Mexico production can’t compete with Indonesia, Korea and PRC. Junk….
Why on Earth is every single unique, cool, and good-looking Fender guitar made in Mexico???? Almost all of the $1,200+ American-made Fender models look like trash
Absolute over-priced junk!
Get a Harley Benton or SX instead.
Fender have lived too long on their name.
The last 3 Player strats Ive had...Ive had to return.
I agree about bonding with the guitar- if it sounds good and plays well, I would far rather replace one part myself. We shouldn’t have to though!! Come on Fender- get your procurement in order!
Ah, ah got blisters on ma fungers! Ow I got a spliter in ma funger... What on earth are you chuntering on about boy! Stop crying!!!
No way! The selector switch on my duo-sonic was also broken when I recurved it! What’s going on?
Yea the base of my selector switch was loose but I I tightened it up it ok now
Most beautiful guitar in the world
Man, this guy can gas on and on. Takes forever to get to it. The guitar looks and sounds like a toy. Not very good.
Nice guitar! Is the fretboard glossy or satin? I hate glossy frets
Indeed the term on the mustangs ain’t great. On mine, you need the arm of a wrestler to operate the damn thing. 😟
Thank you for sharing! And im glad you aired out the switch lol
Great video... I have a duo sonic 2021 HS, it took me 6 months to find the right way to set it up... Something very impprtant is to set up the tension of the strings using adjusting the truss rod, this is a must if you want to leep it in tune and have the best tone. It has a really great sound... And feel so confortable to play... Easy to fall in love with this guitar once is right set it up.
It's a POS I'd prefer a true vintage 50's Fender Duo Sonic guitar
the packaging for my squier was better, sheesh
I collected my 2016 Fender Duo-Sonic today after being at a guitar tech for over a week. Having a full set up has transformed it 10 fold! I purchased the guitar this year as well. A guitar player/band goer myself for many years, i have many guitars/equipment, but the duo-sonic is something else.. How light it weighs for a start...just cool!
Course I watched to the end as well lol....
In my fingers a metal splinter I have. Yes Yoda!!
Right from the start you could tell that Fender dropped the ball on packaging this guitar.
(I still may purchase two of these, to do up!!)
Fender should do a better job... Thank you for the honesty/
What do you mean I have blisters on my fingers?
The switches on the Duo-Sonics re-releases have always been garbage. We’ve had to replace numerous ones. It’s a shame. Switches are not expensive .. certainly less expensive than the bad customer experience. They should be better. And, I got blisters on my fingers ... “that doesn’t make sense does it” ... ow, I got a splinter in my finger... how many of these am I supposed to write? ... love the vids!
I think you nailed it!!!!! Will a full size switch craft switch fit?
I think so
and Mustang switches also.
Oh yeh, they had or maybe still have a squier one in the same colour I was very tempted to buy. Those pick-guards are lovely and suits the guitars colour so well. Looks twin to the Squier J Masic jazz sig. They need more guitars with anodized pick-guards.
I'm with Poo on the pre-thumbed. Looks like you have a lot of preemies.
Well I have a reputation you now
I actually do have blisters on my fingers from composing a lead break yesterday. Shoddy control, I bet those two named Q.C. guys seriously regret not using a squiggle themselves now.
So interesting. My 2016 duo sonic (surf green with Pau Ferro board) came with a bum switch just like that one. I assumed maybe they'd fixed the design for 2020! Apparently not!
Alex and yuri didn’t do a good job did they ,!!
Glad that you released this video despite the guitar's flaw, a true 'unboxing'. I've got blisters on my fingers :)
Thanks. Great guitar. Small flaw that makes a big difference
I've got blisters on my fingers.
Spent the day drawing out the plan of a climbing frame for my kids and it turns out a foot underground in my garden it's solid granite! Need to hire a pneumatic drill just to put a few posts in!
So thanks for entertaining me :) Also, I've seen better packaging on a postcard, poor job, Fender!
Thanks Dave! I’ll be back with an update ASAP
Thumbelina please be careful. Excellent unbiased unboxing 👍
Thanks!
You bought this through Thomann ? sigh.....
odd place to put a switch, they should've made a normal selector switch similar to a Strat near the other knobs. because i gotta imagine that switch is gonna get in the way peoples playing, they also look rather cheap if im being honest. these things go for 800 easy, there's no excuse to have cheap buttons and switches. on a lower end Squier i can see, but 250 vs 800 is quite a jump. so you expect the quality to be better, it's a nice looking guitar, but if i just bought that I'd be a little upset. that's not a starter guitar despite how it might look, that's more for the guy that's looking to upgrade from a Squier, Yamaha, or a Ibanez Gio.
Girlfriend has my screwdrivers..........what girlfriend?
I click on this because of the Ghost Busters t-shirt
I’ve got blisters on meh fingerssss
The 7.5" fret board radius was original on these, back in the day, I think they went 9.5 on these.
I’ve got blisters on my finger
I’ve got blisters on my finger
Enjoyed this video very much. Thorough and honest, with a useful teardown. Ow, I've got splinters in my finger!
bought a duosonic HS, had the same problem with the switch! 2 years late...does anyone had simmilar problems as well?...other than that, a really fun guitar
All the Japanese guitar, built by pretty good guitar players, but all other Fender guitars,
that's why little things happens like little thing doesn't work properly.
Most of the new guitars, I feel them like a product, Not a musical instrument.
Fred 'Sonic' Smith sent me here.
That switch was so disappointing
So who's to blame here Mr Geek;
Uri or Alex, I suspect 🕵 it's that Fender inspector~what did you say his name was Scribble~he's the one who should be held 2 account here for you being sent a faulty Due-Sonic🎸 that then goes on 2 give you an injury~hope it doesn't go septic~that's simply the worst thing ever for a guitarist, believe me❗
Maybe Señor Scribble had 'blisters on his fingers..... `hence the lack of 🎸 inspection & trouble with signing his name🤔.
The bridge saddles lined up in a row were a dead giveaway. I really enjoy videos like this, thanks for showing it as is!
*Dude, I felt bad for Fender, that beautiful Duo-Sonic, you and your finger. Such a dissapointment.*
"I've got a splinter in my thumb!!"
What a shame - I was actually considering purchasing two of these to do up!!
If you actually have a penchant for Mustangs and Duo Sonics, Callaham do make a compensated, three saddle bridge so it is possible to retain that old world look and make the instrument sound better, as well!!
Awesome review!! looks and sounds great!!
thanks for sharing!!
Whats that Kurt Cobain book in the background dude?
It’s a graphic novel called Who Killed Kurt Cobain?: The Story of Boddah
by Nicolas Otéro
I can't find the follow-up video; did you ever get it done? I'm trying hard to justify the Fender Duo-Sonic HS over the Squier Bullet Mustang HH, and your thoughts on a working DS would help. Thanks. Oh, and I do have metal swarf stuck in my thumb.
Wow....bet you didnt want that to happen and a splinter to boot.....great....anyway I was at Andertons music shop last year purchasing my G n l asat bluesboy semi ( which is beautiful by the way ) when I happened upon a duo sonic in white with the mint green colour plate....I love the feel and the sound of it and it played lovely. It was second hand for around £280 or sommin like that....I almost came out with 2 guitars but noticed just before reaching for my card that it had a 1 inch crack in the body next to the neck joint which had been filled....so I was like.....naaaa fanks....lol....but I was impressed with the quality feel of it all...anyway....still a great video here thanks, its not always gonna go to plan with guitars is it. There produced like cars really and sometimes you just get unlucky with one.
Cheers guys.....James in gloomy cold Sidcup.
That little guitar certainly is a looker. Too bad about the switch and, perhaps, more so, the tuning, which didn't seem interested in cooperating.
Now, what was the secret phrase... Something something blisters? Something something splinters? Something something metal bits?
Nice how you work your guitars under your skin! You've got a metal splinter in your thumb. Grab it with nail cutters. They have a precise grip and won't slip like tweezers. Good review! Do you have another review where the DuoSonic works properly?
the fender play group in FB is the absolute best!
I've got a splinter in my finger.
hello , i'm sure it's not a quality check error ,probably it's due to a bad shipping , only one box to ship a guitar is not good ,double boxing is safer ! anyway fender give a you switch if you don't replace the entire guitar ,(not sure they have an other model if it's a limited edition) .request a commercial gesture .this duo sonic look cool ,i love it ! give some news about the troubleshooting . take care ,be safe !
Did you ever get a new switch tip?
Yes I did!
Which model of fender is behind you?
Is that jazz bass or what?
Bustin’ a phrase.....the metal splinter in your finger is not good.
I’m right between the Mexico plant and California plant.....I’ll yell at em both
I got blisters... lol
Gotta love the unboxing axe to unbox an axe.
I've got blisters on my fingers! I've also got a duo sonic on order. Now I'm hoping it all works out of the box!
Wow, that switch has a poltergeist! 😂😂😂 ever thought of a crossover video- “paranormal guitars”… 😂
The switch on mine sucks also, I got the capri orange, its fun to play. Sounds somewhere between a Strat/Tele
Oooowwwww, I've got blisters on me fingers. Sorry bud hope you didn't lose too much blood.
If I got a Authentic Gibson, I wouldn't get a free splinter in my finger.... yay for Fender Freebies
I have the same guitar. The switch is funky also. When I switch to neck pickup sometimes it doesn't work until I jiggle it a bit....do you think it could just be dirty?
Btw if you are used to squire necks, any actual fender neck will feel beefy.
Squires have a narrow nut with and slimmer back than a standard Fender neck.
MIM Fenders are standard spec just made in Mexico instead of the USA.
Don’t feel bad. Just got a paranormal baritone (Squier) from SWEETWATER with the pick up switch snapped off clean at the base, and a crack in the body. Definitely shipping damage. Not packed well.
I had to trade mine because it just slapped way too treble-y to me. It is a really comfy guitar to play but I could never find the magic tone for me..even with pedals. I still wish I just kept it anyways..mine was orange and I loved the look
All of the Duo-Sonic models have just been deleted from the Fender UK website ...
Looks even smaller on you Andy :) So chinese guitars better than Fender ? Bad times..
'Tis but a scratch! It's just a flesh wound! ...oh alright...I've got blisters on me fingers! Hope you get the switch fixed soon!
Hostia puta tío! Con los dientes? Get some tweezers or something!
Love your honesty man. Thanks for the vid. Big love.
PS. What's 'almost two meters to you? Just curious... I'm only 1,69 (a whole centimeter taller than Tom Cruise, Shane Williams, Messi...)
Thanks... 193cm
I was playing one of these in a pmt music shop as well as a mustang & the switch is shit compared to the mustang
I've got blisters on my fingers and I loved this video, thanks!
Sorry you messed up your thumb. I have a Mexican Telecaster that I love.
Looking forward to the replacement review
My Squier CV Duo Sonic never gave me splinters, and after 9 years of regular playing, its switch is still going strong.
Este amigo pasó mas tiempo destruyendo la guitarra que tocándola, me gustan sus videos pero me hubiera gustado ver mas a la guitarra en acción, como mexicano me emocionaba ver esta guitarra ser reseñada por alguien fuera de mi país pero me decepcionó un poco, hubiera sido bueno verla en acción con diferentes efectos y en diferentes géneros, pero bueno, saludos.
I've got blisters on my fingers. I got a tele instead of one of these. But I've still got my eye on one of these. Out of all the offsets the Duo Sonic looks ergonomically cleaner and it's a hardtail which is a bonus for me.
Everyone seems to like these Duosonic Afroman Very cool Definitely like the switch as opposed to the little clicky things above the strings how they used to be Good looking guitar IMO But you might have gotten an anodized 🍋 Why I don't buy a guitar w/o playing first but I can see your not too thrilled even though your giving it a good GO 9.5 radius as well 😂 Last demo I saw on the exact same 🍋 I mean guitar it was really pretty nice QC might be an issue w this one
++ i think it`s no surprise because it wasn`t well packed for shipping. i bet the guy at QC did a good job and the switch was ok at that time++ very nice guitar++
I've got splinters on my fingers n Fender did it :-P I remember a dire straits song with a line about a blister on the finger from playing guitar. Really though I do like duo sonics though I've not owned 1 yet. Typical of fender though to stick an inspection tag on a guitar while clearly not having inspected close enough. Reminds me of a problem I had with a fender amp last year (still under warranty) which they refused to do anything about or even answer my questions. A flaming shame really as I'd prolly end up getting 1 used instead whenever 1 comes up.
Cant give this a thumbs up!!!!!! ill call a first aider!!!!
You remind me of Mungo Jerry.
Only when the weather is fine
Well... that guitar’s a part of you now. Literally. So the bonding shall commence! Once it’s sorted and video complete- it could be a candidate for modding to the ultimate TINY GUITAR
Little Billy; Mommmmy! Andy needs a band-aid! He's got blisters on his finger! Mom; Shit! what has that boy done now!
Does look NICE, #dontbleedonguitar ouch carful switching switch,
I bought a daphne blue duo sonic last year, after a month the pick up selector died on me too, comon Fender!!!
I gave you a bleedin' thumbs-up for this video..! :-)
That's the main problem with buying online - unless the guitar is packaged securely and/or in a case, it's a gamble with what comes out of a flimsy cardboard box with no/very little packing material. The main target for this guitar will be students who will spend a bit extra (currently ~£499 in the UK) wanting that logo on the headstock but Fender should really be ashamed to have let this leave the warehouse packaged that way, even if the switch hadn't been broken... No wonder Harley Benton are doing so well.