Let's Talk About Fender's Player II Series
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Fender recently released the Player II series of guitars, hoping to improve on the initial Player series, which I was not a fan of. The new guitars seem like they have a lot to offer, but how do they stack up against the other guitars in Fender's lineup?
Thanks to @sweetwater for sending out these two strats to compare for today's stream.
I just ordered my 9 year old an Aqua Blue Payer II Mustang. Lucky kid. Let his guitar journey begin.
I just bought a Player Series strat. My first Fender! It was on sale, probably because of the new series. It plays great and it looks awesome. I love the pau ferro, the grains make it so beautiful, to me more interesting than a pitch black rosewood fingerboard, feels great on my fingers.
I'm from Brazil, Fender strats are quite expensive here. To me this new guitar feels like a high end product, so smooth to play. It's the best guitar I've had so far. I tried some american and old mexican strats and still I like my Player Series better.
People outside of the US should try the Player Series, the prices are going down and it's a great guitar! Rhett is not fair, he has access to some of the best gear out there. Not to throw shade at Rhett, great vid as always!
As time moves forward, competition between companies continue to drive product improvement. PRS's SE line, particularly the Silver Sky SE, played a huge role in Fender stepping up their more affordable product lines. Just like Drum Workshop did back in the 2000's with the Pacific line of drums. Being able to buy a really high-quality, truly great sounding, all maple set of drums turned the industry on its ear, and all the other drum manufacturers were scrambling to catch up. Nowadays you can buy some amazing drums for less than a grand.
I honestly laughed pretty hard when I saw the Player II. The reason for that is I have a Player I and literally upgraded it exactly to what the Player II is, down to the rolled fretboard edges and classic gear tuners and the aged plastics (which I ended up putting back to stock). Felt like Fender was stalking me
Good!!
I went out and bought a player 1 telecaster after the player 2 released and I got it $250 cheaper than the original price and it is literally the best feeling guitar I’ve played in a while. Absolutely worth it. The frets and amazing and the maple fretboard is killed. Idk why Rhett seriously disliked it
I bought a player 2 tele HH and a jazzmaster from the same line. Both are excellent and the pickups sound great on both as is! Really digging both of them.
Love it when Fender refresh their range - huge discounts to be on their old stock. In the past 4 months I've bought 7 brand-new Player MK1 guitars and bases for just £3643 UK ($4715 US) and that includes 3 limited edition models including the oxblood tele with ebony neck and USA Pure Vintage ’64 pickups. I'm blown away by the quality and value. THANK YOU FENDER!
How do you like the oxblood Tele?
I bought a player plus last year as my first tele. The Mexican stuff has gotten really good.
I'd still buy the American Pro II.
For me, at this point in my life, I want the best I can get. Playing guitar, and music in general, is very important to me. So again I want the best I can possibly get. I understand budgets though. I couldn't afford a private stock PRS or maybe a Murphy Lab Les Paul. Everyone has a different budget of course. I say buy the best instrument you can that fits within your budget.
Bought the Jaguar Player II. Its pretty great, really like the changes. They moved the Tremolo closer to the bridge for a better string angle and installed a Mustang bridge. New pick-ups are very clean and sound refined, modern. They cured my issues with the original and the Aqua Blue is killer. Got the CS Fat 50's pick-ups in my Mod Shop Strat. Rhett playing clean and the tone of a good Strat is heaven.
Player I is at the moment on big discounts. You can get one for 200 EUR cheapper than Player II. Player I is not a bad Strat at all for 600 EUR. If you will save 200 EUR and change pickups you will get a far better guitar in the and in compare to Player II. I have Player I with maple freatboard. After time I had changed bone nut and do some fretgorks in the edges - it is not a rocket sience. Everyone can do it with YT tutorials. With good pickups it is a killer strat.
I had a player ONE tele and it was flawless off the wall at the store... tuning stability was amazing. It needed no attention or set up prior to taking it home.. pick ups were great for a guitar of its price point. Beautiful guitar. Sounds like we've both had hits and misses
After watching this I feel bad for liking my player 1, but really I think it's just fine also, maybe I'm just not pro level
I love my 01 Mexican Strat for sure. And one thing I learned about that time frame “early 2000s” was supposedly the Mexican factory was running low on parts like necks and pots and stuff so many of those era mex ones ended up with American necks and things. And it you look at mine you would agree with that. The flame in the maple on the neck is insane way to nice for what we would think is “mex factory quality”
Showing support has the whole family should! Great show Rhett
I know it's unpopular, but I love my Player series bass with Pao ferro. The hate is in people's heads. It's between maple and rosewood in hardness. Its sound is fine. Its color is different than maple and rosewood, but I kinda like the reddish brown. I get it if you want very dark wood, but it's not pau ferro's fault.
I think the main issue was that when rosewood landed on the CITES list and they started using Pau ferro, people incorrectly saw it as a cheap out, or they were just bitter about environmental restrictions.
Bought a Player 1 series when they first came out. I never really had any problems with it, frets are nice ( never any sprout ), nice and smooth. I have played it alot so the fretboard edges seem to have rounded alittle bit. It does have the maple board not sure if that makes a difference ( sound wise maybe ).
My ‘95 Mexican Strat is still the best I’ve ever played. It’s from the “Squier series” rumored to have been created due to a fire at the Mexico factory. Essentially they shipped American made necks and bodies down and assembled with Squier pickups and electronics and labeled them as MIM fenders. Instead of “contour body” on the ball of the headstock it says Squier series. I dropped in a pre-wired Tex mex pickguard and it easily blows the player 1 series out of the water
I got a Pro 2 Jag with out of phase and series wiring and it is amazing!
Ordered a player ii Strat and it comes tomorrow. New to guitar. Can’t wait. Still learning bass on my squier affinity P bass.
Showing support after the show as all the family should great show Rhett !!
I'm with ya on the middle position on Strats. It's always been my favorite.
I have a classic vibe Mustang that is amazingly resonant. I swear its the loudest acoustic guitar out of all my electrics. Its an amazing guitar. I want a fender, but I feel like I got a good one already, so Im just sticking with the Squier. I also did all new wiring and put a hot rail in the bridge, cause, why not?
Oh man, I don't need another guitar, especially an 'expensive' one, but that AM PRO II looks awesome. They don't mention anywhere but those dots look clay colored, which is neat. It has the looks of the AM VINT II but yet has an 11" radius and an accessible truss rod nut. The plastics aren't 'aged' colored but that's a quick fix. If you own, or have access, to an American Vintage II 1961 Strat* I would love to hear your thoughts on the differences (*or a similar custom shop model).
Thanks for the conversation. Appreciate ya!
"The Twin" red-knob amps are true sleepers. A Fender clean channel, and a "Marshall-esque" dirty channel that is capable of crunch-to-kill levels of preamp distortion. And yes, they're kind of a nightmare to service, but they do make great tone.
On the "loudest" front,
the original custom-shop handwired "Tonemaster" heads designed and built by Bruce Zinky for Fender (not the solid-state amps that get called "Tonemaster" now) in the 90's are the loudest and most toneful amps that Fender _ever_ produced.
And the crazy thing is; the longer you leave one on, the warmer it gets, and the louder it gets lol.
Paisley, Scotland, UK. Thanks for the vid, Rhett.
Totally agree about the Player 1 frets. I've got one. What's weird is that not all of them feel that way. Seems to be starting around the 13th fret.
Great hang, even though it was the replay 😄 You just made me want 2 more guitars 🙈 Looking forward to your EP and the Good Trouble stuff! 🤗
I bought the Fat 60s some weeks ago from Thomann Germany. I wanted them for my '86 MIJ rosewood board Squier Strat. Ok, I had Noiseless Gold version 1 in it before, not that great but by winding them down a lot I got quite decent sounds out of them. But the new ones are night and day to the old ones, It used to be like messing around a lot to get a good sound. Now it's just plug in, adjust the amp controls and I' m good to go.
100% agree on the middle position, as well as disliking 2 and 4 (except for very specific situations like funky R&B triad stuff. I like all of the single pickup positions on mine, but I also put a Novak Tele-style bridge pickup in there and it rips. Traditional Strat bridge pickups never sounded good to me (my first "good' guitar was a 1994 MIM Standard Strat).
Also, pau ferro sucks - I had one guitar with it and hated it - totally that dry/scratchy thing. I can hang with maple or rosewood - I also have a Gretsch with ebony that feels wonderful.
I really want to try out one of those chambered mahogany Player IIs (Tele and Strat both).
Good vibe chat. You should definitely do these more on the regular.
I have a Player I and it's one of my fav ever guitars I own/owned. It's a second hand one for 500 euros and I upgraded just for my pleasure (roller nut like the Jeff Beck model, locking tuners, stainless steel saddles on the original bridge and Lace Sensors pickup SSS since it was an HSS). The rest is original and I didn't have any complain apart for the last frets on the neck that I had to rectify because of some buzzing. But it's a terrific guitar with a neck I really love (maple fingerboard). I''ll buy for sure the Player II chambered with rosewood fretboard.
PS.: I'm pretty sure the bridge it's the same, the Player I mounted the 2 point tremolo bridge as well with bent saddles. The tuners were the classic sealed one.
One of the easiest ways to roll the fretboard edges is to lightly go over them with a fine sponge sanding block... It will gently round the edges while smoothing the fret-ends... I have only done this on non-maple fretboards where the finish would not be significantly affected. 🎸
Calgary Canada! Rock on Rhett!
I polish frets and oil fret boards on my guitars if they need it whenever I change the strings. I'm getting better at it each time.
I have a being guitar made for my 50th. The fretboard has Palmira. It looks incredible. Going to be interesting to hear what it sounds like.
I’ve always preferred maple. But only because of how it looks.
Watching from Ireland love the vids
They’re good indeed.
if I was in the market for one just based on Rosewood I would get one, but honestly Pau Ferro doesn’t bother me aesthetically.
My Player Strat is just great. Plus the old stock gets heavily discounted folks.
I’m glad RW is back on these for sure. I do love these colors vs what the first series had at launch. Mine being Sonic Red I think it was. This coral is great too!
Thanks a lot, a very interesting review, with a lot of useful considerations.
400$ for pickups and bone nut! And you’re still 1000$ in your pocket! Get the player II. If you worried about the cheap now like player II then your just trying to keep up with the jones. Player II is a fine guitar and if your a good player then you make it work and know one will really know what your playing
Great video as always Rhett. Have you tried the Sire "Larry Carlton" guitars? The features you mentioned on the new Player II have been standard on those since they came out roughly 2 years ago.
I've always had a soft spot for how unrepentantly hair metal-y the drive channel of the red knob Princeton Chorus was. 😄
FromDirty Jersey and Imma digging that green and it’s a surprise to me!! cheers all!
Love that 80’s patch tone
I was ready to buy a Player Strat back in June when I ran across a used Squier Deluxe at Guitar Center mis-marked as a Bullet Strat for $100, so I bought that instead. The Squier has a 22-fret satin maple neck with rolled fretboard, really nice Duncan Designed AlNiCo V pickups, and a stable 2-point trem with block saddles. I feel like I ended up with a better Strat and had enough left in my pocket to pick up a Taylor acoustic. Now I’m curious to try a Player II to see if it’s any better than what I have.
Very interesting and informative video. To be honest I’m quite lazy so I would save for the more expensive guitar so I wouldn’t have to worry about upgrades. But I agree with you about it not being a $1200 difference. Luckily I’m very happy with having just my tele and not feeling like I’m missing anything. Of course I like the sound of other guitars and am interested in jazzmasters and 335’s but I love my tele’s sound so much it trumps anything else for me. Good on you for posting videos like this that will definitely help people who are in the market for a new guitar. Really enjoy your work.
Thanks
Fender Player series - one of only two guitars I've reviewed (and was so excited to try out) and sent it back very soon after trying it. I had purchased a higher end model, too. In addition to what was later described to me as "stratitis," the brash sound of either the alder body or maybe it's the pickups - not sure which, but alder guitars never do nice for my ears - not a fan. I'm a mahogany body fan due to the mid cut. If I were to *have* to buy another Fender guitar, it would undoubtedly be another Fender Special Edition Custom FMT telecaster made in (wait for it) Indonesia. Mahogany body with Seymour Duncan pickups. Best Fender guitars I've ever played. Everybody but me who loves an actual strat tends to sound great on a strat. Not me. It rubs against my ears the wrong way. I love the neck radius and feel. Can't get around the sound I get. Blyeck. Then I made the wonderful mistake of buying my first Musicman Sabre. Then another. Will probably never buy another non Musicman guitar ever again.
I strongly agree about people "sleeping on the middle position" though. It's become a go to for a smooth bluesy sound, but slightly brighter than the neck. It's great for building dynamics without adding actual volume. As far as the 2 position, I'll only use that for high gain, for a lower "verse 1" type setting before kicking into the chorus. Anyway, cool video as always. (And buy a Musicman Sabre. You'll love them!)
Just the video I was looking for,thanks.
Love my Ventera II. If it had a nitro finish it would be perfect. MIM has definitely stepped up. OG BiB is the shiz.
Yip. All my Fenders are Vinteras & Vintera IIs. Telecaster, Stratocaster & P Bass. I did try a maple neck Buttercream Player Jazz Bass, with maple neck, on sale for around 600, new. It's good, thinking of buying it. I have a Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster and I prefer it to these Player Jaguar and Jazzmasters, which aren't really either.
I have a vintera 2 60s tele and I absolutely love it, i always get compliments on its tone. Really great guitars. I can only imagine how the other guitars of that series are. For sure will bug another sometime. But yeah I recommend avoiding the player series 2 and saving up a few more hundred for a vintera guitar
@@troublemaker1145of mine, the 60s Vintera Tele is the pick of my Fender bunch. Just a really good sounding guitar. Very strong, rich and complex and plays really well. Really opened my ears to how good a guitar a Telecaster is. I think it beats my #3 Gibson Les Paul Special to #2 spot. My favourite guitar being my #1 Baum Wingman. #4 is the Vintera 60s Strat, it's really good but I feel lacks a tad in sustain and fullness, compared to the Wingman, Tele, and Les Paul Special. But, it does the Strat neck and middle tones thing very well, and that's mostly what I use it for. I think a setup, or maybe some minor mods would help it along.
@@troublemaker1145 I've got a Vintera II 60's strat in Olympic white with a rosewood fretboard and it's an outstanding guitar. I love it. I played the Vintera II and the American Vintage II side by side in the shop, and whilst I could afford the Vintage II I simply couldn't justify an additional £1000 for what I was seeing, hearing, and feeling.
Funnily enough, I couldn't take the guitar with me on the day for whatever reason so I had to return to the shop to pick it up. When I went to collect the guy at the shop went in the back and came out with a Vintage II and handed it over. I laughed and pointed out it wasn't the Vintera, much to the amusement of the other guys working in the shop! As one of them pointed out, that's a ringing endorsement for the Vintera.
As for fingerboard woods, ebony has been the best in my experience .... I've had and still have guitars with rosewood fingerboards, have played straight maple fingerboards. Feel under the fingers is noticeable, but I think that the tone is perceivable ... playing clean that is.
I absolutely love the color
The effects you ran for the Angel riff @ 1:04:25, remind me of Big Head Tod and The Monsters.
I played Mexican 62’ Reissue Strats and put the fat wound 58’s set in my neck n mid, then a Hot Tex-Mex in bridge, I got every sound I wanted… That was the 90’s
I just purchased a Strat player II and an American performer. My player II sounds and plays better. I do like the tone knob on the American performer ability to pull up on and activate the Middle p/u.
I did buy the HSS version of the player II.
The American performer has the SSS.
I have fret buzz on the American Performer. I bought both from Sweetwater
I agree with Rhett about Player vs CV in general but those thin necks are a deal breaker for me. I prefer the CV Tele as far as tone but prefer the tones from the Player Strat vs the CV Strat. The Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster is probably my favorite Squier.
If you want a good cup of coffee, I recommend Gaslight on Fullerton and Milwaukee.
I picked one up at guitar center it felt really nice
Thx Rhett. 😊
Thank you for playing some Floyd!!!!
I bought a pack of those trem arm springs. They worked for about five minutes. They would squish down and not bounce back. Maybe I screwed the arm too far in, or maybe I got a bad batch.
It sounds like people don't know that beeswax exists. Why are we out there playing dry fretboards? Treat your pau ferro, and then judge whether you like it. It also looks a lot more interesting.
I use Montypresso Relic Wax for Pau Ferro and Indian Laurel. It’s really good.
I'm old enough to remember pau ferro being sold as high spec because SRV was said to have it on his No.1 and Fender put it on his signature guitar. Make of that what you want.
Hello Rhett, would you be able to do a side-by-side sound comparison between a standard Player 2 Strat with an alder body and the Player 2 chambered mahogany? There's only one video and it sounds very Les Paul-ish (maybe it's my imagination). I would really appreciate it. Kind regards, Chris
If you ever come across one, I'd be interested to hear your take on the discontinued Triple Tele. (The one with three slanted tele bridge pickups, not the John 5 signature HHH model.)
I agree with alot you have to say on these guitars. I went to Guitar Center and played 3 different player 2 strats . A rosewood fingerboard, maple fingerboard and one with a humbucker in the bridge position. All three had beautiful feeling necks, great consistent fretboards and fretwork.
I believe the tone knob worked on the bridge pickup. I don’t know if the player 1 does. But That is a game changer and what G&L strats had over Fender.
The player one and I believe even the vintera strats, the necks were horrible! Consistently I found the fret ends were sharp and unplayable. And for that kind of money, that was unacceptable. The Squier necks and esp. the classic vibes , were much better.
While I’m always looking for used gear to pick up, I think I may actually buy a Player2 in the near future .
I love that green. Wish they would make a American one with a maple neck 😈
Rhett we want a Martin showcase.. 18 vs. 28 vs 35 vs 42. What kind of player is each best for and which is the best for a road gig.
Martin showcase!
Found it amusing that Sweetwater went with the CS Fat 60s in their Pro II Strat. I modded my Pro I to have these. They sound great.
I have to throw in that a few years ago I got a Player 1 Mustang 90. Hated the pickups and switched them for some DiMarzio stacked humbuckers, but otherwise it’s been possibly the best guitars I’ve ever owned…pau ferro and all
Birch green looks killer btw
Quite a few top players like Robert Cray used that middle pickup. I think Clapton plays middle sometimes too.
I think the Player/Player II bridge is the same part as on the American Standard (2nd version)/American Pro/American Pro II. With the competition from the PRS Silver Sky SE they had to step things up. Perhaps Fender was too afraid to make the Mexican guitars to good because then they'd be competing against themselves and the American Professional II. Compared to the old Mexican Standard model, the Player series is much more like their American counterparts. They are both modern interpretations of the classic Strat by incorporating things like the 22-fret neck, 2 post vibrato, and 9.6" neck radius. When the American Standard was first introduced, Fender was getting their backsides handed to them, so they sought to keep the Strat familiar, but with features that appealed to modern sensibilities.
"Old Granddad" Ha! I grew up about an hour from where that's distilled.
Your strings don’t actually need to touch the fingerboard itself for the fingerboard material to influence tone.
The frets, that actually do go into the fingerboard, will do that for you.
I play bass, and I do actually think that pau ferro is a nice and beautiful wood to use for a bass’ fingerboard. I do like the feel and sound too.
And yes, pau ferro used to be a more expensive upgrade on (fretless) basses for decades. That started with the now famous (New York) custom bass luthiers we all know and love. Since the 90’s the less vintage but more exclusive basses by Fender and Ernie Ball/ MusicMan came with pau ferro boards. Like their fretless and 5 string basses and the first signature Fender bass: Stu Hamm’s Urge 1 and 2.
Pau ferro was never cheap.
But, I’ve spoken to lots of guitarplayers over the last few years and both their feelings and facts on their personal experiences with pau ferro fingerboards are quite the opposite from those of bassists in the 90’s and early 2000’s: they don’t like the tone, feel and more important the last ten years: the color (because it looks too different from ‘vintage dark’ rosewood).
So, I totally get it why guitarists dislike pau ferro. Their objections go beyond the subjective. Fender made a mistake there. They acted too late on this. They know that now.
But, pau ferro was never the cheap alternative Fender chose for rosewood like people argue! That’s just a fairytale! Laurel wood would’ve been, like most other brands used. And, are still using. Leo would’ve too...
Fender was convinced they provided us with a beautiful and quality alternative.
So, it’s great Fender went back to rosewood! Everybody happy again 😆.
Fingerboards don’t contribute to sound. Only the feel of the instrument gets changed. Not sure about acoustically but when plugged to an amp and recorded it won’t have any effect. It can’t. It is impossible. If we’re talking about a difference that is over 0.01%
If you want to learn a Chili Peppers riff? "Behind The Sun" all the way. Sounds cool, is cool, fun to learn and play.
So then what’s the bottom line level series of Fender guitar worth buying? The Squier CVs or the American Professional IIs?
Player series 11 is like owning a high end squier and modd it with new fender pickups. I know I've owned one.
Nice review ! Rhett would you choose the player ll , or the PRs se silver sky ???
I would like to know if Player II strat is worth getting over Performer strat, especially if you plan to swap out the pickups.
I have the performer tele, with rose wood. This is a great tele! 100% I am getting the player II in a few days. I don’t think the PII is going to sound as good as the performer. The performer has a beautiful sound! I play it through a Texas red delux fender. It a great combo!
@@erasmogonzales7428 i personally don't care about the stock pickups, will be swapping those out and hotrodding it. Would like to know if in that case it's even worth considering performer over player2
I'm form Ballentrae Ontario. A tiny little town just half an hour north of the east end of Toronto. Love Strats but i really don't see the need to get fancy expensive ones. I have a late 90s Mexi and a 5 year old Squire. Both play, look and sound amazing. I don't play live gigs anymore. I'm primarily a keyboard player; with 17 guitars!; and between all the moving of heavy gear and the crap pay, it just isn't worth it.I'm much happier writing and recording in my studio.
The problem with the player2 is the price. They need to be $50-100 cheaper imo. Plus, if you already have a reliable guitar, you’re better off saving a bit longer and going AmPro2. The difference in quality is quite noticeable…at least that’s true of the couple I’ve played at the local shop.
I once got a telecaster from Sweetwater where the bridge was off kilter and the high e string was slipping off the fretboard. My conclusion about Sweetwater and companies of that ilk is that they'll send someone like yourself: a professional musician with a RUclips channel with tons of subscribers, their best quality examples of an instrument, while they don't care that much about the QC grade for John Q. Guitar Player. Those companies are unreliable at best.
Just bring back the American Standard lineup and the Standard (MIM) series again. I'm not buying another Fender until they do that.
The American Pro II is the new Standard in the US line from what I understand
I agree
Quit trying to fix what is not broken
And the deluxe 12" or 10" radius necks
@@RomainBigeardGuitardifference betweent the standard and the American standard. American standard = performer and pro and standard = player mim
Downingtown Pa. Thank you!
So how about that player II with the fat 60s pickups?
Love that ugly twin!
The music school my band rehearsed in 1991 had one.
I used it for bass! They let me borrow it for playing gigs too. I used my Boss GE Bass eq pedal with it, because like my peers I wanted those mid scooped Faith No More, Nirvana and Flea tones, but it didn’t have the ‘punch’ button my Peavey TNT bass combo had 😂!
It sure was loud! It sounded great too.
Those red knobs were perceived as really, really ugly in 1991 too.
That’s why we put one of my friend’s mother’s large black silk scarfs over it at gigs 😄. It never occurred to us the amp getting so hot might’ve caused us some 🔥 trouble...
So nobody is confused. The pickups are identical to player 1..as far as the strats go...Which i do not hate ..
They have different styles in the Jazzmaster and Jaguar.
@@sagittated true. Sadly not in the strats. I wish they would have. Yet, I do not hate the originals as they are a bit better than the ceramics. Lol.
Old Grandad BIB is great stuff! Have you tried Heaven Hill yet?
Will you be doing a video on the player 2 tele?
get the player 2 and put the custom shop pickups in it and have cash left over for a sammich
The player 1 were on sale at my local shop… and holding the Jazzmaster made me want to save for an American professional one lol
Mustang is sweet. Versatile
Portland, OR 🎸
I tried some days ago in a shop the player II hss and the Sire S7 hss and wow!!!
The Sire is better in sound, neck and playbility. And is more cheaper than the Fender!
I wish they used that green color in some of their better guitars
The American Pro II sounds like the American Vintage 1957 Strat. My American Pro II has a little more bite to it.
You Will have to buy the original You Love it
I feel the same way about the American Pro I vs the American Pro 2. My main strat at the moment is an American Standard. I tried the American Pro I and there was no difference. The American Pro 2 is better than the American Pro I imho.
Why not just get a second hand 2000s american standard? Can anyone who paid full price for a player series guitar explain what I am not getting?
This doesn’t apply to me, but I know many who don’t want to buy preowned guitars.
Hi, Jerel from Chicago, IL
Clayton,Ca. Hi Rhet!
My biggest problem with the player series as a Jaguar fan is how Fender continues to neuter the Jaguar into something that isn't a Jaguar.