expirediconian | Staff posted Dec 03, 2022 12:18 AM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Dec 03, 2022 12:18 AM
Fender American Professional II Stratocaster Electric Guitar (Various Colors)
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That being said, this is the 5th Fender guitar I have bought from Adorama and 4 out of the 5 have been in a similar condition when they arrived. They are always in boxes that have been opened and re-sealed. They always have the tags and accessories included but often show light wear. No more than you would get if you bought a guitar that had been on display in a store but very different than when you buy from a normal online retailer. I have always wondered exactly what the nature of Adorama's deal with Fender is. This next part is only speculation on my part, but I have always wondered if these are guitars that come back to Fender from the retail channel and then are sold to Adorama.
Either way, not a huge deal but something to be aware of if you are picky about such things.
Other than that, the guitar is great. I am not sure I love the v-mod pickups but that is just a matter of personal preference.
It did come with the trem arm tip broken off. I messaged Adorama but they have not gotten back to me about that yet.
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People expect guitars to have never been touched. Weird.
Just imagine Joe Bonamassa works part time and he played your instrument for a hour before giving the blessing.
I speak fluent Retailese.
Especially for anything with a visible wood grain and other nuance.
I speak fluent Retailese.
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Post your experience once you get it, a few have posted here that they might have gotten open box guitars, and I think for me as well. Mine was setup great, etc. and first impressions when i got mine are the same with shipping damage but the guitar looking great but handled before... but I thought that it was awesome with respect to setup/quality other than an open G buzz/deadish string (sustain is like a 3rd of length of the other strings) that I though would be easy to fix. After a several hour setup session including a fret polish, installing lockers and new set of ernie ball 9's, and significant time work on checking fret levels, rebuilding the bridge to remove possible buzz sources, cleaning out the pickup and trem spring cavities, tightening EVERY screw that could possibly be the source of buzz, and a bunch of other stuff. The buzz was reduced, but the string is still kind of dead.
I bring this up wondering if Arodama gets guitars that have been determined to have a gremlin, either by another shop or by Fender themselves or something, to explain the deep discounting on these american strats?? Nothing that would cause an instant return like obvious defects or blemishes, but rather the kind of hard to notice thing (unless you are a luthier or very experienced) right away... stuff like on mine. I plan on trying again a bit more scientifically (eg track down the buzz as I used to try and track down noices in a car more scientifically with a screwdriver in the ear stethoscope kind of approach), and if that doesn't work talk to a luthier. Until then I won't really know if there is anything significant wrong with mine.
Box picture:
https://imgur.com/a/99jDrdf
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