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Fender Player Plus Electric Guitars: Telecaster (3-Color Sunburst)

& More + Free S&H

$682

$1,000

31% off
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Amazon has select Fender Electric Guitars on sale below. Shipping is free.

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  • About this deal:
    • Player Plus Telecaster (3-Color Sunburst, 0147332300) is $247.50 lower (25% savings) than the $999.99 list price.
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Amazon has select Fender Electric Guitars on sale below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member r.pad for posting this deal.

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Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Player Plus Telecaster (3-Color Sunburst, 0147332300) is $247.50 lower (25% savings) than the $999.99 list price.
  • About this store:
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.
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since this happens "all the time" according to you, why don't you post some friend's numbers so we can all get artist pricing
the Player series is irrelevant to this post since these are all Player Plus models.

the "history" is pretty short considering these models have been available for about a year. SD shows one Player Plus post in the same price range.

i'm still waiting for you to show how these deals happen "all the time," as you've said. for some reason, you won't or can't do that.
12" radius neck is definitely a selling point for those that prefer a modern feel. there are some other differentiators, some objectively better and others that are subjective. they include:


Modern C neck: definitely a subjective preference
Rolled frets: objectively a nicer feature and requires more labor
Locking tuners: certainly more expensive and most find them useful for string changes
Noiseless pickups: some people find them a bit flat, while others think they sound good. most think that the noiseless pickups on the American Ultra series are better.
Push-pull pot: on the Player Plus Strat it adds the neck pickup to the first and second positions, while on the Player Plus Tele is puts the two pickups in series. it's never bad to have more sound options.
Satin fingerboard finish: the Player finish is gloss, while Player Plus is satin. this one is subjective.
USA string trees: these are better than the Mexican string trees on the Player
Block saddles: these are better than the bent saddles on the Player
Gig bag: this is include with the Player Plus and not the Player


i'm probably missing a few things, but those are the Player Plus vs. Player differences i can remember.

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cosmic jade back to full price.
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Nathan777
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Just OK deal. You can call Musician's Friend basically anytime and get 15-20% off plus 8% back in points.
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iwearjorts
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Beautiful guitars, nice find.
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Anferz
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The original Nashville tele is fantastic, so I imagine the player plus version is just as good.
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Quote from Nathan777 :
Just OK deal. You can call Musician's Friend basically anytime and get 15-20% off plus 8% back in points.
Ive never been able to. Not even on open box.
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Quote from EfficientPolice6161 :
Ive never been able to. Not even on open box.
MF kept giving me issues claiming they are out of stock even though they aren't. They offered half the discount. I wanted to use my MF rewards but not worth it.
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Quote from EfficientPolice6161 :
Ive never been able to. Not even on open box.
If I have a 1-time coupon for 20% (tend to get them a couple of times per year) it just requires a 5-minute chat w/ MF to get it applied to supposedly excluded Fender (or other) products. I've done similar with the generic 15% coupons as well. They're not keen on doing it with open-box though, which often end up being more than the brand new gear with the discount.

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MIM strat
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Quote from andy123h :
If I have a 1-time coupon for 20% (tend to get them a couple of times per year)
a what? lol. I need to speak to my gear advisor tomorrow.
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These "noiseless" pickups don't sound good to me. It is like having a cheap noise gate on the guitar. Sounds brighter but higher harmonics are cut off or muted so it feels like synthesized sound. As it is, the MIM body is lacking a bit in harmonics, so the overall effect sounds a bit dead. But it may also be because I am used to an Ameican Standard sound. I also had a MIM and tried out a lot of different pickups. Didn't like any of them. Yes, the standard AmStrat has issues with noise, steep attenuation when bending, etc., but the tone… so you deal with it.
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Quote from Wickedcarny :
MF kept giving me issues claiming they are out of stock even though they aren't. They offered half the discount. I wanted to use my MF rewards but not worth it.
i kept reading MF as something that sounds like motherfather instead of Musician's Friend :p

Quote from unknownuser5 :
Meh deal you get much better discount on these guitars all the time. Retail price is a gimmick of Amazon.
where are these "all the time" deals? a quick look at Guitar Center, Sweetwater, and Musician's Friend show them at MSRP. i don't know how a manufacturer setting a price is an Amazon gimmick, but okay....
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Quote from r.pad :
i kept reading MF as something that sounds like motherfather instead of Musician's Friend :p



where are these "all the time" deals? a quick look at Guitar Center, Sweetwater, and Musician's Friend show them at MSRP. i don't know how a manufacturer setting a price is an Amazon gimmick, but okay....
You don't buy from these shops at MSRP. You call them and ask for discount or if you have friends who can get you access to artist pricing then you use that.
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Quote from unknownuser5 :
You don't buy from these shops at MSRP. You call them and ask for discount or if you have friends who can get you access to artist pricing then you use that.
since this happens "all the time" according to you, why don't you post some friend's numbers so we can all get artist pricing
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