Adorama has
Fender Limited Edition Player Stratocaster or Telecaster Electric Guitars (Lake Placid Blue) on sale for
$519 (price drops in cart).
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Editor
iconian for finding this deal.
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Features:- Alder body with gloss finish
- Three Player Series single-coil pickups (Stratocaster)
- Two Player Series single-coil pickups (Telecaster)
- "Modern C"-shaped neck profile
- 9.5"-radius fingerboard
- String-through-body bridge with block steel saddles (Telecaster)
- 2-point tremolo bridge with bent-steel saddles (Stratocaster)
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I know some of this has been covered, but throwing this out there anyway as someone who has actually (delivered today) purchased this deal.
1. Brand new guitar. Unopened Fender box inside Adorama box. Not B-stock.
2. This isn't old stock they are clearing out. MX21.. serial, made this year.
3. Someone mentioned this being 75th anniversary edition. It's not the 75th anniversary edition. That one has a painted headstock, and the neck plate says 75th on it. This one does however have the "Fender 75" logo on the back of the headstock signifying the 75th anniversary.
I have owned mostly squiers, epiphones, and I had a Fender Duo-Sonic. I was not expecting this guitar to be that much better. I was wrong.
The finish is absolutely perfect. Color is beautiful. No issues with neck pocket cracking. The gloss finish on this maple fretboard seems less "thick" than was on the duo-sonic I had (also an Adorama LPB special). Plays better. The shiny chrome frets are super smooth along the neck. I literally can't find anything wrong with it and it feel amazing to play.
I know some people have issues, and maybe I just got really lucky with how great this one is, but I'm super happy with the purchase. A little tuning out of the box and it was ready to go, I don't think there is any setup even needed. By far the easiest guitar I've played and the pickups sound amazing on clean.
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That's not how this works, not how any of this works.
Quality might vary (which it does with American made fenders as well....) but these are not B stock.
I got a hold of their CS, and I had to take a picture and send it while on the phone before they would send me a link to a merch return form. I filled out, packed and sent off, it took them a week to refund my money.
This was supposed to be a birthday present for someone, so I had to run out and get another gift, not the one the recipient wanted because I couldn't find one in any store around.
I explained this to CS, and she told me they would issue me a $15 credit for my trouble. After my money got refunded, I emailed and asked about the $15. I was then told that the credit was denied.
I honestly was thinking about ordering a guitar and an Alesis drum set from them, $1400 or so worth of merch, but f##k that. They'll never see a dime of my money.
EDIT: Nvm, appears to be going in and out.
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I got this telecaster from a previous post and it came perfectly new!
I got a similar Mexican strat from them and it seems great to me, but I'm more of an acoustic player so maybe not the best judge
Lowest price was $479.99 on 11/18/2019.
It has been posted consistently every 1-3 months.
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The 75th has different pickups, possibly from the Vintera range, and a painted headstock and unique paint, but I think they're the same otherwise.
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Adorama has been first class in every interaction I have had with them, and I have gotten about 7 guitars from them at this point. It's the same deal as last time, but I wager they probably get about 50 of these every quarter and sell through them in about a month. It's a good deal and if you like the color you can't beat the price for a new Fender. You can troll CL and Marketplace, but you are going to pay similar price and hope nobody swapped out parts.
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