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Jul 6, 2021 5:20 PM

Fender Limited Edition Player Stratocaster or Telecaster Electric Guitars (Blue)

$519

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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.

Available Options: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)

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • Returns:
    • For the first 30 days after your purchase you may return merchandise for a full money back refund, excluding any shipping charges.
  • Warranty:
    • Includes Fender's 2 Year Limited Warranty

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Written by iconian | Staff
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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.

Available Options: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)

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • Returns:
    • For the first 30 days after your purchase you may return merchandise for a full money back refund, excluding any shipping charges.
  • Warranty:
    • Includes Fender's 2 Year Limited Warranty

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Written by iconian | Staff

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sward99
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Bring on the Gretsch deals!
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cheezballs
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Man I wish other colors were available at this price.
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Blikketty
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Brands like Fender and Gibson mark B stock stuff clearly, and would never let any dealer advertise B stock as normal product.

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.
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Jul 9, 2021 1:54 AM
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Quote from seiyad View quoted comment :
it's not deal tbh, its desperate , adorama try to sell this but never sold out
1) If it's not a deal then please link me to a lower priced new MIM Fender Tele from an official Fender dealer.
2) They order more.
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ScarletOstrich777Jul 9, 2021 3:53 AM
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Quote from fritzo View quoted comment :
I have this on alert---it's always been $519. When did it get to $480? You sure it was the same guitar?
It was $479.99 back in November, 2019. It was definitely the same guitar, because I bought one. I have not seen the price go that low again (but maybe it has).

I don't think we'll see these Adorama Lake Placid Blue Player 'casters as low as $480 ever again, because fender did across-the-board price increases sometime in the past few months. (I forget by how much... $70 increase?) Its still a great guitar for the money, though, I really like mine.

What's also nice about Adorama is you'll definitely get a new, unopened since-the-factory Fender box packed *within* the shipping box, complete with all the tags and such, and actually from Adorama. (Whereas Musician's Friend "deals" aren't new-in-box guitars, but are actually sent out by their parent company Guitar Center and are gear previously returned to a Guitar Center or are demo-gear / floor-models off a Guitar Center wall. Its happened to me 2x with Musicians Friend and I've heard the same from others, so I like my pristine, new-in-box Player Stratocaster from Adorama even more.)
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Jul 9, 2021 5:01 PM
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DarinJJul 9, 2021 5:01 PM
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Has anyone had to do a return, and if so know what the cost of return shipping was?
Jul 10, 2021 2:11 AM
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strawmanJul 10, 2021 2:11 AM
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Quote from DarinJ View quoted comment :
Has anyone had to do a return, and if so know what the cost of return shipping was?
If there is something wrong with the guitar, they don't charge the customer for returns. If you return it because you changed your mind, they do (but I don't remember what the cost was).
Jul 10, 2021 2:17 AM
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strawmanJul 10, 2021 2:17 AM
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Quote from ScarletOstrich777 View quoted comment :
(Whereas Musician's Friend "deals" aren't new-in-box guitars, but are actually sent out by their parent company Guitar Center and are gear previously returned to a Guitar Center or are demo-gear / floor-models off a Guitar Center wall. Its happened to me 2x with Musicians Friend and I've heard the same from others, so I like my pristine, new-in-box Player Stratocaster from Adorama even more.)
I've ordered 4 guitars from Musician's Friend and all have been brand new. They did send me an amp once that looked like it may have been a demo due to a few small cosmetic blemishes, although it was still in a sealed (stapled as usual) Fender box. They offered to replace it for free or give me an additional substantial discount.
Jul 10, 2021 3:37 AM
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BigbanksJul 10, 2021 3:37 AM
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Guitar Center bwas going to sell me the Seafoam for $599... Just wasn't good enough... I will settle for the Slickdeal monthly lake placid blue, lol
Jul 10, 2021 10:16 AM
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seiyadJul 10, 2021 10:16 AM
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Quote from Justin1983 View quoted comment :
1) If it's not a deal then please link me to a lower priced new MIM Fender Tele from an official Fender dealer.
2) They order more.
its simply no demands on this guitar, surplus stock , example deal is like Fenders Jaguar, american deluxe , american pro , the will sold out less than 3 days
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Jul 10, 2021 1:35 PM
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Travisthechimp88Jul 10, 2021 1:35 PM
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Just received the tele yesterday. Bad news is there is a small neck pocket crack. Hopefully I will receive a partial refund or I will return and buy a new one. This is my 6th guitar from adorama and my first ever problem. Good(unexpected) news is it's a 2021, 75th annv. edition! Set up is even good, no dead frets, straight neck. One piece maple on maple fretboard/neck. I am impressed by the gloss on the fretboard. The color is a little different than my American lpb tele,but not tide poolish at all. The headstock is a little skinnier than an American. Great price especially for a 2021.
Jul 10, 2021 4:25 PM
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strawmanJul 10, 2021 4:25 PM
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Quote from seiyad View quoted comment :
its simply no demands on this guitar, surplus stock , example deal is like Fenders Jaguar, american deluxe , american pro , the will sold out less than 3 days
Dude. Give it a rest. If you think they're simply selling "surplus stock" and have been for the last two years, you're not using your head. How many do think they started with that they're still not gone? This goes front page every time, and they sell hundreds. This will end, they will order more, and then they'll sell more.
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General_KlingerJul 10, 2021 7:29 PM
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Quote from seiyad View quoted comment :
its simply no demands on this guitar, surplus stock , example deal is like Fenders Jaguar, american deluxe , american pro , the will sold out less than 3 days
How is a 2021 75th anniversary model "surplus stock"? My serial # is from this year. These haven't been sitting around somewhere. This is an exclusive color.
Jul 10, 2021 11:03 PM
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BigbanksJul 10, 2021 11:03 PM
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Quote from seiyad View quoted comment :
its simply no demands on this guitar, surplus stock , example deal is like Fenders Jaguar, american deluxe , american pro , the will sold out less than 3 days
Companies do this stuff all the time. They make exclusive color or package and skill changes for various retailers. This is to prevent price matching for various retailers who might not have the buying power as the other. Adorama might be buying so many or have so many order that they're getting them for a cost that is much less than what Guitar center or another Mom and Pop Shop would. So this color, lake placid blue might be exclusive when it comes to adorama just because of the Rama has that color blue in their logo. If people are talking about they're getting 75 anniversary editions and other little stickers.. they're also saying they're getting serial number with the year 21, it can't be surplus. Companies rarely go back to make a product retrofitted... They might put a sticker on top of something or on the box.. but this would be taking those guitars apart and putting a new neck on it or something like that. That's not happening here
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fritzoJul 11, 2021 2:23 AM
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Quote from ScarletOstrich777 View quoted comment :
It was $479.99 back in November, 2019. It was definitely the same guitar, because I bought one. I have not seen the price go that low again (but maybe it has).

I don't think we'll see these Adorama Lake Placid Blue Player 'casters as low as $480 ever again, because fender did across-the-board price increases sometime in the past few months. (I forget by how much... $70 increase?) Its still a great guitar for the money, though, I really like mine.

What's also nice about Adorama is you'll definitely get a new, unopened since-the-factory Fender box packed *within* the shipping box, complete with all the tags and such, and actually from Adorama. (Whereas Musician's Friend "deals" aren't new-in-box guitars, but are actually sent out by their parent company Guitar Center and are gear previously returned to a Guitar Center or are demo-gear / floor-models off a Guitar Center wall. Its happened to me 2x with Musicians Friend and I've heard the same from others, so I like my pristine, new-in-box Player Stratocaster from Adorama even more.)
So....like...2 years ago it was cheaper? Confused Everything was cheaper before the pandemic LOL
Jul 11, 2021 6:51 PM
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BoastfulSparrow255Jul 11, 2021 6:51 PM
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is this a mexican or america
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disorderlyrobotJul 11, 2021 11:59 PM
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Quote from BoastfulSparrow255 View quoted comment :
is this a mexican or america
North American
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Quote from BoastfulSparrow255 View quoted comment :
is this a mexican or america
Mexican

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