"Fireball" humbuckers, my 🍑 Had to get this one out for the 20th Anniversary of Meteora, one of the albums that defined my childhood. RIP Chester, never forgotten. ➤ More details on the Fender Player Plus Meteora » Sweetwater sweetwater.sjv.io/4PJ6q1 » Thomann thmn.to/thoprod/537647?partner_id=57066
Kind of a compliment. Wes Borland is maybe the most underrated riff writer in metal. Some badass epically heavy riffs. And honestly this was recognisably Linkin Park-y anyway. Nice work Agu
@@sEaNoYeAh Oh it was in no way a slight! Wes Borland is an absolute riff master and incredible artist, both musical and visual. I was trying to put my finger on why it sounds more Borland than LP... other than "feel," which is hard to put into words, I think it was the choice of harmonics. They are a bit more jarring (in a very good and musical way) that reminds me more of Wes as opposed to the more "natural" sound of LP's harmonics. Maybe someone else can better articulate it if they understand what I mean. Agu is the man. No disrespect intended.
That isn't tape on the frets, it's lacquer from when they sprayed the neck. On a lot of maple fretboard guitars Fender generally seats the frets, sprays the lacquer for the neck over them and then levels them taking off only the finish that is on the crowns. The rest of the lacquer is left on the frets and will eventually start peeling off when you play it.
@@agufish If you take a very sharp x-acto blade, and very carefully score around the bottom of the fret, it will usually release it right then and there.
@@flapjack413 A bit disappointing for an £900 guitar. Wouldn't expect to have to take an x-acto knife to my brand new guitar to finish a job that should really have been done at the factory for that price.
Hear me out - silver burst, black headstock, anodized pickguard, TOM bridge like the alternate reality rendition, ebony fretboard, block inlays, and for good measure, fishmans. Maybe black nickel moderns with all three PPs - v1/2, HF tilt, splits?
Fender is coming out with their 'mod shop' online guitar customizer which is nice because Im really getting sick of both Fender and Gibson not giving any options for guitars anymore, especially colors. Im hoping they will add scalloped neck to this list of options.
I just got a "limited edition" one in all black with a black anodized pickguard and ebony fingerboard. I love it! I think that the "Fireball" moniker is just a word to associate them with the name Meteora, which sounds like Meteor, but really means something different. would love to see you mod that one to suit your playing style.
I love the Meteora. Shape is beautiful. I loved it so much I built a custom meteora in 2020. I got the pine body off ebay. Neck from warmoth and paid to have it painted my favorite color. Silverburst. Custom pickups, custom wiring, i love it but overall it cost close to $2100. Imagine my face when these were announced 😮. I could've waited and saved a bunch of money but oh well 🤷🏻♂️. I still love mine its my main guitar.still going to buy the office fender though 😂
played one of these at a store once and i havent stopped thinking about it since. such a comfy body shape. absolutely deserves a squier version - this and the jagstang already!
Man I love how drop c# sounds. Just a great tuning. Also why does silver burst make everything look good? I'm honestly as surprised by the tones you got from this guitar as you are. Sounds really nice. Awesome video as always. Have an awesome new year Hunter
I have two Meteorae. And a Meteora bass. Meteora are actually the MIM Fender Reverend Billy Corgan BC1/Z-One Player Plus series. They make a LOT more sense when you think of them that way, and play Pumpkins style of music with them, ie. long pretty cleans, crushing downtuned high gain, massive walls of fuzz. The stock pickups sound a lot like Gibson 57s, think Gibson SG and try playing some Sabbath with your Meteora (I have a Gibson SG with 57s and it sounds very very close to the Meteora, and yes I know Iommi used P90s wired to like 17k, but stick with me here because...), but when you roll back the Meteora tones and volume, they kind of turn into a P90-ish sound. The Meteora coil split sounds are anywhere from Strat to Tele to Jaguar to Mustang depending on where the volume and tone knobs are at. These are incredibly versatile guitars. You should hear the Meteora with the RailHammer Billy Corgan pickups and the Reverend bass contour wiring. 😳🤯
I bought one of these in the blue fade color a year or so ago. I really liked the playability like the rolled fretboard and the unique look but didn't find myself reaching for it that often I so ended up selling it to find it a home where it would get played.
I’m so glad as more and more of my favorite gear reviewers are “not wanting to just be reviewing and unboxing and reacting anymore” you are literally taking the gear review video to its highest level IMO. Your process, quality, production, location, animals, gear choice (not 30 boost pedals that sound the same) are all top notch.
I bought one of the fiesta red ones and it’s really really good. Comfortable to play sitting and with a strap. Pickups sound good too. Neck plays great. Def check one out.
I need a black on black with gold hardware and a dark rosewood/ebony board option ASAP! Fender came up with such a cool shape, despite the fact 98% of new original guitar shapes end up being ugly as sin and the guy who designed all of Fender's iconic shapes has been dead for years.
Man, the Meteora really lives up to its name. It's a meteoric rise. A new star in Fender's nebula of guitar builds is born. Now, if only this had an Ocean Turquoise colorway, then it'd be playing into internal biases.
I am absolutely loving this Fender Meteora ! Looks bad ass and sounds just as good ! 🤟🏻 I want one more than any Fender I’ve ever seen before! And also a gold foil model Telecaster! So beautiful!
I think you're right about the color making or breaking the look of this guitar more than others. I love the Fiesta Red version, even if I wish the fretboard was ebony. Sadly, I think I'd really want to replace the bridge humbucker on this to something higher output, adding to expense and effort. Still haven't closed the door on this, though. Maybe Fender will take another bite at it, including bringing back the fixed bridge.
I’ll be honest, I’m a Gibson fanboy ….. although! Fender has been pumping out a lot of new guitar concepts, colors and that modern C shape neck. It’s making me reconsider my opinion of Fender and seriously interested in buying a fender, especially this Meteora and the telecaster in Texas Tea.
I ordered a Bass shortly after they came out and ended up having to reject two of them because of really bad quality control issues with the electronics. The third one GC ordered for me was great but I've never had to reject a brand new guitar, let alone two of them.
I have one of these Covid era Meteora in the blue fade. I don't know about others, but mine has some QC issues: scratchy volume pot, pickup selector switch sometimes shorting out the sound, finish residue on the fret edges. It is still a nice playing and nice sounding guitar, but make sure to check all the bits that might concern you. Hopefully Fender has ironed out their manufacturing after their perplexing 'restructuring'
I'm a big fan of linkin park I was lucky enough to see him in Amsterdam for the last time sadly enough he's not with us anymore the riff was really on point and the guitar is badass really love to own it for myself one day keep up the good work !!
2:20 laquer. Thats the laquer they spray the neck with. Yes they do that after putting in the frets. Yes they do not remove it completely. Yes you can do that yourself if it bothers you.
lol I have a cosmic jade meteora and I love it for the color 😂😂😂 Seriously though as someone who gigs mainly pop and ccm/worship the fireball is awesome!
The Alternate Reality Meteora is my main guitar and i love it. It's the most SG guitar fender has ever made, in my opinion. Even more than the Tele Deluxe because of the contours. It looks big like a Jazzmaster but feels small like a strat when playing it. I think the most similar thing to the Meteora on how it feels might be the St. Vincent and the PRS Vela. It's the most confortable guitar i've ever own standing up, and sitting down both in classical and regular position. But hey... i'm a fan! 🙂
To each their own. I love the Cosmic Jade and it is a Fender afterall so you expect it to have car-culture inspired color options. If you want something more dark and brooding Gibson and ESP are open for business😅.
its like im paranoid looking over my back its a whirlwind inside of my head it like i cant stop what im hearing within its like a face inside is right beneath my skin. Rip Chester B left us way too soon papercut and runaway are my favorite LP songs
You simply can not get more breadth to your sound than Wide-Range. They are huge sounding. Seth Lover designed the fist ones when Fender stole him away from Gibson, lol.
I'm waiting for Jim Root version of this guitar 😂, love the looks but i want more modern specs! No pickguard, direct mount humbucker, flat radious, ebony fingerboard, that's will be a pretty sick guitar!!
that is a fun guitar to play. I swapped my pups for a set of Fishman's of course lol and it sounds like a mean bitch now. The guitar was gifted to me from someone that hated it but when I picked it up it played really good and I was able to pull pinch harmonics out of it quite easily so I took it home with me and swapped the electronics and have been playing the shit out of it ever since. my primary axe is my Ibanez prestige also with Fishman's and this fender sounds as good if not better in someways. Definitely still like the neck on my Ibanez way better but it doesn't take away from the Guitars play ability and sound at all. That one's going to be a keeper. and yes you are correct, it is ugly as fuck but that also doesn't take away from its playability and sound. I would have never purchased it in 1 million years but when someone gave it to me and I discovered how great it was now I'm kind of in love lol. Great video Hunter.
You should really review the Jackson Dominion Pro series Mark Morton signature. Super versatile guitar and completely unique. It also gives you a chance to talk about his switch to Gibson and a possible Les Paul signature.
I had the same issue with the film on the frets with my Player Plus Tele. It’s excess tint / oil or whatever they rub on the board and neck. I had to use a razor blade to get it off the sides of the frets and then polished the frets with steel wool. Took care of it, but for a guitar in this price range, it’s pretty unacceptable.
Just bought my first Fender Telecaster - Fender isnt shy about taking you on a journey thats for sure. First tele was a Player Plus in Cosmic Jade. Loved the push/pull tone combos and the 12 inch radius neck - but - the bridge design is awful. The saddle screws on E strings drop into the bridge mounting screw depressions. I could not get the guitar to intonate no matter what I tried, the B and high E string rattled at the nut, and the frets looked awful; yellowing of the clear coat over the top of them looked awful and they had tooling marks all over them. I spent 3 hours on cleaning/polishing and still couldnt get them completely clean of the clear coat dull sheen (this was a brand new guitar by the way). The music store offered to trade me for another one like it hoping it would better - it wasnt. Same saddle screw issue, same intonation issue, and the frets were even worse on this one. These guitars are $1k. I got my money back. I looked at other Player Series models in the store but still found issues with the frets/fret sprout, cracks in the finish in the neck pocket, blemishes, bad nut, etc. Went on Sweetwater and bought a regular Player Series limited edition telecaster. Saved myself about $200 and the guitar came exactly as I would expect a new Fender to be. Its not perfect, but its a far cry better than any of the others I looked at in the music store. This is exactly why I have avoided buying Fender guitars, but I have had great luck with my JV series MIJ Strat and I had to have a tele!
I believe that “film” is from finishing the neck and fretboard - on maple/maple they finish the whole neck and board - if I’m right, it’ll wear off with playing
This would be killer if you could get it in the hardtail setup like the previous version, but also... Fender needs to jump into this century and incorporate contoured/sculpted neck heels. These giant blocky neck heels aren't very player friendly.
I think it would look much better with a slightly less obvious Stratocaster headstock. As it is, it's almost a Partscaster, but admittedly, a quite nice one. A touch expensive though. My favourite is the faded blue, Bel-Air. Hope that Fender have used paint/varnish that is much more durable. A 'relic' version of this guitar would look bad.
Christmas Kringle - are you in Southeast Wisconsin? As for as I know (because I live in that area), that's the only place that does kringle in any amount (I've had more than my fare share of that pastry over the years - O&H Bakery are the masters of kringle). The Meteora? Welllll, nice sounding guitar, but I'd prefer a hardtail, and a bit chunkier neck than the Modern C profile neck they come with.
The Meteoras are cool guitars in my opinion, but i wish they'd make a reverse body version to dick kick Gibson for not making the RD a standard run guitar.
"Fireball" humbuckers, my 🍑
Had to get this one out for the 20th Anniversary of Meteora, one of the albums that defined my childhood. RIP Chester, never forgotten.
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My man tried to write Linkin Park and wrote Wes Borland playing with POD 😅
I'll take that, honestly lol
@@agufish I always enjoy your tracks brother. This one was no different. Well done!
Kind of a compliment. Wes Borland is maybe the most underrated riff writer in metal. Some badass epically heavy riffs.
And honestly this was recognisably Linkin Park-y anyway. Nice work Agu
@@sEaNoYeAh Oh it was in no way a slight! Wes Borland is an absolute riff master and incredible artist, both musical and visual. I was trying to put my finger on why it sounds more Borland than LP... other than "feel," which is hard to put into words, I think it was the choice of harmonics. They are a bit more jarring (in a very good and musical way) that reminds me more of Wes as opposed to the more "natural" sound of LP's harmonics. Maybe someone else can better articulate it if they understand what I mean.
Agu is the man. No disrespect intended.
Love wes borland
That isn't tape on the frets, it's lacquer from when they sprayed the neck. On a lot of maple fretboard guitars Fender generally seats the frets, sprays the lacquer for the neck over them and then levels them taking off only the finish that is on the crowns. The rest of the lacquer is left on the frets and will eventually start peeling off when you play it.
Ah appreciate that explanation, I was mad confused lol
Exactly. One of the main reasons I dislike maple fretboards!
@@agufish If you take a very sharp x-acto blade, and very carefully score around the bottom of the fret, it will usually release it right then and there.
@@flapjack413, came here to say this. This is the way.
@@flapjack413 A bit disappointing for an £900 guitar. Wouldn't expect to have to take an x-acto knife to my brand new guitar to finish a job that should really have been done at the factory for that price.
I bought the Silverburst a year ago & out of my collection this guitar is in my hands a lot.
It's super comfortable when sitting.
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Hear me out - silver burst, black headstock, anodized pickguard, TOM bridge like the alternate reality rendition, ebony fretboard, block inlays, and for good measure, fishmans. Maybe black nickel moderns with all three PPs - v1/2, HF tilt, splits?
Fender is coming out with their 'mod shop' online guitar customizer which is nice because Im really getting sick of both Fender and Gibson not giving any options for guitars anymore, especially colors. Im hoping they will add scalloped neck to this list of options.
And matching headstocks
I missed the memo when these came out ....but having just caught the offset bug with a Blacktop Jaguar 90 ...I want one of these.!
I Love the Meteora look.👍
I agree I think it's a really cool shape. I wish they would give us more color options...
I just got a "limited edition" one in all black with a black anodized pickguard and ebony fingerboard. I love it! I think that the "Fireball" moniker is just a word to associate them with the name Meteora, which sounds like Meteor, but really means something different. would love to see you mod that one to suit your playing style.
come join the Fender Meteora and offset rarities and join the family! Thanks
That wordplay makes total sense and now I feel dumb lol. Maybe I'll try modding it into the Jim Root Meteora they should make... 🤔
That would look dope with EMGs or SD Blackout pickups in it... and fix the output issue
I think it would be killer with a emg/fishman, 7 string and Floyd rose combo
No. Im getting tired of the Fishman/EMG/Blackout shit. Name a fucking guitar these days have that, you want that buy literally anything else.
Yooo bruv is sounding tight about active pickups. Check your grammar and your blood pressure homie 😨
I love the Meteora. Shape is beautiful. I loved it so much I built a custom meteora in 2020. I got the pine body off ebay. Neck from warmoth and paid to have it painted my favorite color. Silverburst. Custom pickups, custom wiring, i love it but overall it cost close to $2100. Imagine my face when these were announced 😮. I could've waited and saved a bunch of money but oh well 🤷🏻♂️. I still love mine its my main guitar.still going to buy the office fender though 😂
played one of these at a store once and i havent stopped thinking about it since. such a comfy body shape. absolutely deserves a squier version - this and the jagstang already!
Man I love how drop c# sounds. Just a great tuning. Also why does silver burst make everything look good? I'm honestly as surprised by the tones you got from this guitar as you are. Sounds really nice. Awesome video as always. Have an awesome new year Hunter
Best tuning there is for composition. You just go Drop C live if you can't handle vocals and you're ready to go.
@@diegolatorre6793 drop C# and Drop B seem to hit my ears just right. Even open C and B are lots of fun.
@@sb632 7 string should be in drop B or A# lol but I use aB
Love your content dude! Keep up the great work 🔥
I have two Meteorae. And a Meteora bass.
Meteora are actually the MIM Fender Reverend Billy Corgan BC1/Z-One Player Plus series. They make a LOT more sense when you think of them that way, and play Pumpkins style of music with them, ie. long pretty cleans, crushing downtuned high gain, massive walls of fuzz.
The stock pickups sound a lot like Gibson 57s, think Gibson SG and try playing some Sabbath with your Meteora (I have a Gibson SG with 57s and it sounds very very close to the Meteora, and yes I know Iommi used P90s wired to like 17k, but stick with me here because...), but when you roll back the Meteora tones and volume, they kind of turn into a P90-ish sound.
The Meteora coil split sounds are anywhere from Strat to Tele to Jaguar to Mustang depending on where the volume and tone knobs are at.
These are incredibly versatile guitars.
You should hear the Meteora with the RailHammer Billy Corgan pickups and the Reverend bass contour wiring.
😳🤯
Not sure if you are- but come join the Fender Meteora and offset rarities and join the family! Thanks
I got one of these on sale last month and I love it. One of the most comfortable guitars I’ve ever played.
No matter, the main thing is that we saw the fantastic triamp again Roooooooaaaaarrrrr 💥🚀🥳👌👍
These Meteoras are great.
I bought one of these in the blue fade color a year or so ago. I really liked the playability like the rolled fretboard and the unique look but didn't find myself reaching for it that often I so ended up selling it to find it a home where it would get played.
I’m so glad as more and more of my favorite gear reviewers are “not wanting to just be reviewing and unboxing and reacting anymore” you are literally taking the gear review video to its highest level IMO. Your process, quality, production, location, animals, gear choice (not 30 boost pedals that sound the same) are all top notch.
That was a very insane demo dude!! Good job!! 👏
I bought one of the fiesta red ones and it’s really really good. Comfortable to play sitting and with a strap. Pickups sound good too. Neck plays great. Def check one out.
I own the Meteora HH and it's pretty much my favorite guitar. Much prefer the feel and pickups of that to the Player Plus. Not a fan of the fireball.
Always checking for a new agufish video
"It's the 20th anniversary"...well fuck.
The most relatable comment 🙃
Would love for them to make an American version in the future. They imagine this with an ebony fretboard and block inlays!
I need a black on black with gold hardware and a dark rosewood/ebony board option ASAP!
Fender came up with such a cool shape, despite the fact 98% of new original guitar shapes end up being ugly as sin and the guy who designed all of Fender's iconic shapes has been dead for years.
It's a possibility, it was the second most sold guitar last year
Man, I love that in silverburst with the dual humbuckers.
Man, the Meteora really lives up to its name. It's a meteoric rise. A new star in Fender's nebula of guitar builds is born.
Now, if only this had an Ocean Turquoise colorway, then it'd be playing into internal biases.
I am absolutely loving this Fender Meteora ! Looks bad ass and sounds just as good ! 🤟🏻 I want one more than any Fender I’ve ever seen before! And also a gold foil model Telecaster! So beautiful!
I think you're right about the color making or breaking the look of this guitar more than others. I love the Fiesta Red version, even if I wish the fretboard was ebony. Sadly, I think I'd really want to replace the bridge humbucker on this to something higher output, adding to expense and effort. Still haven't closed the door on this, though. Maybe Fender will take another bite at it, including bringing back the fixed bridge.
2:44 Kitty Kat likes Fenders
This guy's really upped the production on his videos!
I’ll be honest, I’m a Gibson fanboy ….. although! Fender has been pumping out a lot of new guitar concepts, colors and that modern C shape neck. It’s making me reconsider my opinion of Fender and seriously interested in buying a fender, especially this Meteora and the telecaster in Texas Tea.
I ordered a Bass shortly after they came out and ended up having to reject two of them because of really bad quality control issues with the electronics. The third one GC ordered for me was great but I've never had to reject a brand new guitar, let alone two of them.
That is crazy. I was looking at these over the last few days and and was on the fence between this and the Grzenia Royale. Went with the Royale.
If they release a Meteora in Dark Night finish I’d buy it in an heartbeat
I have one of these Covid era Meteora in the blue fade. I don't know about others, but mine has some QC issues: scratchy volume pot, pickup selector switch sometimes shorting out the sound, finish residue on the fret edges.
It is still a nice playing and nice sounding guitar, but make sure to check all the bits that might concern you. Hopefully Fender has ironed out their manufacturing after their perplexing 'restructuring'
Looks similar to a Jag minus all the switches. Guitar looks beautiful with silverburst top.
I own that exact model. It's surprisingly fabulous!
Elder millennial here for the LP.
That looks like something Paul Stanley would have played back in the 70s had it been around.
drop C# sounds mad good!!! so heavy - demo track sounded good and i personally think this guitar shape fits their line up
That track is fucking solid! Great drum sound and overall production
I'm a big fan of linkin park I was lucky enough to see him in Amsterdam for the last time sadly enough he's not with us anymore the riff was really on point and the guitar is badass really love to own it for myself one day keep up the good work !!
2:20 laquer. Thats the laquer they spray the neck with. Yes they do that after putting in the frets. Yes they do not remove it completely. Yes you can do that yourself if it bothers you.
Surprised Abasi didn't holler at FMIC for a hot second about that arm cut lol and I still want the space tele they built lol
Still waiting on the announcement of Fender Hybrid Theory.
He sees a chug machine
I see a high octane blues machine
Great jam, Hunter!
I actually really like the shape of the meteora- it’s weird in a good way.
It must be nice to just, forget that you have an awesome Fender guitar for a whole year.
Just, Wow!
Looks, sounds great this Fender.
yes man, the meteora is damn comfortable. It plays super cool even if your good over 6ft
Sounds killer dude! Love your videos. Been watching for a very long time. Curious. What are you using for the drums in this vid?
That demo track was so good!!
lol I have a cosmic jade meteora and I love it for the color 😂😂😂
Seriously though as someone who gigs mainly pop and ccm/worship the fireball is awesome!
I really dig the shape and the silver burst looks so good! TBH if I had the expendable income I'd totally pick one up.
The Alternate Reality Meteora is my main guitar and i love it. It's the most SG guitar fender has ever made, in my opinion. Even more than the Tele Deluxe because of the contours.
It looks big like a Jazzmaster but feels small like a strat when playing it.
I think the most similar thing to the Meteora on how it feels might be the St. Vincent and the PRS Vela.
It's the most confortable guitar i've ever own standing up, and sitting down both in classical and regular position. But hey... i'm a fan! 🙂
Loving all the cats in this video.
To each their own. I love the Cosmic Jade and it is a Fender afterall so you expect it to have car-culture inspired color options. If you want something more dark and brooding Gibson and ESP are open for business😅.
Awesome video! Great riffs! 🤘
its like im paranoid looking over my back its a whirlwind inside of my head it like i cant stop what im hearing within its like a face inside is right beneath my skin. Rip Chester B left us way too soon papercut and runaway are my favorite LP songs
You simply can not get more breadth to your sound than Wide-Range. They are huge sounding. Seth Lover designed the fist ones when Fender stole him away from Gibson, lol.
I actually prefer low output pickups, so thats a win for me, my 50s standard still has plenty hot enough pickups for metal
I'm waiting for Jim Root version of this guitar 😂, love the looks but i want more modern specs! No pickguard, direct mount humbucker, flat radious, ebony fingerboard, that's will be a pretty sick guitar!!
Kickass IR drop when?
that is a fun guitar to play. I swapped my pups for a set of Fishman's of course lol and it sounds like a mean bitch now. The guitar was gifted to me from someone that hated it but when I picked it up it played really good and I was able to pull pinch harmonics out of it quite easily so I took it home with me and swapped the electronics and have been playing the shit out of it ever since. my primary axe is my Ibanez prestige also with Fishman's and this fender sounds as good if not better in someways. Definitely still like the neck on my Ibanez way better but it doesn't take away from the Guitars play ability and sound at all. That one's going to be a keeper. and yes you are correct, it is ugly as fuck but that also doesn't take away from its playability and sound. I would have never purchased it in 1 million years but when someone gave it to me and I discovered how great it was now I'm kind of in love lol. Great video Hunter.
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Surprisingly enough, to me at least, I really like the Fender Player Humbuckers.
I can almost hear Fred Durst screaming “Yeah, Limp Bizkit in the house!”
The riff that kicks off the demo really reminds me of the middle section of Deftones' "Be Quiet and Drive"
Is it just me
You should really review the Jackson Dominion Pro series Mark Morton signature. Super versatile guitar and completely unique. It also gives you a chance to talk about his switch to Gibson and a possible Les Paul signature.
I had the same issue with the film on the frets with my Player Plus Tele. It’s excess tint / oil or whatever they rub on the board and neck. I had to use a razor blade to get it off the sides of the frets and then polished the frets with steel wool. Took care of it, but for a guitar in this price range, it’s pretty unacceptable.
Ohhhh damn I dig this fiddle.
Just bought my first Fender Telecaster - Fender isnt shy about taking you on a journey thats for sure. First tele was a Player Plus in Cosmic Jade. Loved the push/pull tone combos and the 12 inch radius neck - but - the bridge design is awful. The saddle screws on E strings drop into the bridge mounting screw depressions. I could not get the guitar to intonate no matter what I tried, the B and high E string rattled at the nut, and the frets looked awful; yellowing of the clear coat over the top of them looked awful and they had tooling marks all over them. I spent 3 hours on cleaning/polishing and still couldnt get them completely clean of the clear coat dull sheen (this was a brand new guitar by the way). The music store offered to trade me for another one like it hoping it would better - it wasnt. Same saddle screw issue, same intonation issue, and the frets were even worse on this one. These guitars are $1k. I got my money back. I looked at other Player Series models in the store but still found issues with the frets/fret sprout, cracks in the finish in the neck pocket, blemishes, bad nut, etc. Went on Sweetwater and bought a regular Player Series limited edition telecaster. Saved myself about $200 and the guitar came exactly as I would expect a new Fender to be. Its not perfect, but its a far cry better than any of the others I looked at in the music store. This is exactly why I have avoided buying Fender guitars, but I have had great luck with my JV series MIJ Strat and I had to have a tele!
I believe that “film” is from finishing the neck and fretboard - on maple/maple they finish the whole neck and board - if I’m right, it’ll wear off with playing
I've got the meteora bass in the silver burst and it's sick awesome Live bass
This would be killer if you could get it in the hardtail setup like the previous version, but also... Fender needs to jump into this century and incorporate contoured/sculpted neck heels. These giant blocky neck heels aren't very player friendly.
I think it would look much better with a slightly less obvious Stratocaster headstock.
As it is, it's almost a Partscaster, but admittedly, a quite nice one.
A touch expensive though.
My favourite is the faded blue, Bel-Air.
Hope that Fender have used paint/varnish that is much more durable. A 'relic' version of this guitar would look bad.
I would drop some EMGs on it! looking at the squier version for it
That's a sick guitar, i wish my OCD could stop me from D tuna FR 24 frets.
I said it again, this shape literally reminds me of Patrick star
I had the same little flakes on the fretboard of my player plus strat. They will eventually wear off and go away
I still say, this would look much cooler with the STARCASTER headstock
Third time I've had to subscribe. Don't know what's up with that.. Sick song for real.
Christmas Kringle - are you in Southeast Wisconsin? As for as I know (because I live in that area), that's the only place that does kringle in any amount (I've had more than my fare share of that pastry over the years - O&H Bakery are the masters of kringle). The Meteora? Welllll, nice sounding guitar, but I'd prefer a hardtail, and a bit chunkier neck than the Modern C profile neck they come with.
My favorite is the "Sixty six" model
I think it's a cool guitar!
Pro tip: 10-minute video; can actually hear what the guitar sounds like briefly at 7:48 and one other time after that.
Well then you clearly didn't watch the video.
One Step Closer
sweet bro..💀💀💀
i am confused. was it an oversized headstock?
Body reminds me of the JagStang!
It reminds me of my toronado deluxe and it's atomic humbuckers
Fender's rock offering?. It sounds nice.
I really love the shape
These scratches 🥴
The Meteoras are cool guitars in my opinion, but i wish they'd make a reverse body version to dick kick Gibson for not making the RD a standard run guitar.
Anyone who has a Meteora come join the Fender Meteora and offset rarities and join the family! Thanks
Necks on Fenders still seem too thin and the fretwork is hit or miss.
Cool guitar, beautiful cat