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expiredniki4h | Staff posted Jul 08, 2023 05:23 PM
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Fender Player Stratocaster Electric Guitars: Plus Top (Tobacco Burst) $642.39, Floyd Rose HSS (3-Color Sunburst) $725.38 + Free Shipping

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Jul 08, 2023 06:48 PM
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PortabelloRoadJul 08, 2023 06:48 PM
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Great price on the plus top model. That's in used price range for a brand new guitar.
And I only see one used floyd model on reverb right now for the same price as this new one.
Jul 08, 2023 10:42 PM
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SlickweaselsJul 08, 2023 10:42 PM
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Please note that this is a "plus top," or pretty façade. It is not a "Player Plus" model, which is much better quality and hardware wise and has actual rolled-fretboard edges for the first time in a MIM non-signature model guitar. This is a good price for one of these, but they are not good value compared to either the more expensive Player Plus or the less expensive Squiers. It's just a low-end MIM with a pretty 1/92nd of an inch slice of real flamed maple on top.
Jul 09, 2023 03:25 AM
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JawBreaker44Jul 09, 2023 03:25 AM
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.. and to back up what de Marquis of Slickweasels said there ..

Just make sure you go in to a music store, a Guitar Center ideally, and put your fingers on a guitar there with Pau Ferro wood. That's the feeling you will have with this guitar and make sure that is OK with you. This is NOT a Maple neck like real Strats have nor is it a nicer wood like Rosewood or, the fastest fretboard of all, Ebony (which is basically like stone). Also, in Acoustics (most especially Martin) they use Richlite .. which is fake wood but .. man, it feels great to play. Those people really know how to make guitars.

To be clear, it's a personal choice .. an opinion .. about Pau Ferro. I've played for 40 years and to me, Pau Ferro, that junk feels like a K-Mart kids toy guitar.

Doesn't mean that's your opinion.

Just make sure you know what you are getting before you lay out seven-hundred bucks after taxes.
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Jul 09, 2023 09:55 AM
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Jul 09, 2023 09:55 AM
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That plus top is gorgeous!
The player series are great guitars.
As others have said, the plus top has the flamed Maple veneer top. The Player plus has the locking tuners, rolled Fingerboard edges, Noiseless pickups...etc.
I scored a Player Plus nashville telecaster in 10/2022 off Amazon. It is fantastic. It is my go to guitar. I have been stalking Amanzon ever since for a similar deal on a stratocaster Player plus.
Jul 09, 2023 10:39 AM
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AnferzJul 09, 2023 10:39 AM
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Quote from JawBreaker44 :
.. and to back up what de Marquis of Slickweasels said there ..

Just make sure you go in to a music store, a Guitar Center ideally, and put your fingers on a guitar there with Pau Ferro wood. That's the feeling you will have with this guitar and make sure that is OK with you. This is NOT a Maple neck like real Strats have nor is it a nicer wood like Rosewood or, the fastest fretboard of all, Ebony (which is basically like stone). Also, in Acoustics (most especially Martin) they use Richlite .. which is fake wood but .. man, it feels great to play. Those people really know how to make guitars.

To be clear, it's a personal choice .. an opinion .. about Pau Ferro. I've played for 40 years and to me, Pau Ferro, that junk feels like a K-Mart kids toy guitar.

Doesn't mean that's your opinion.

Just make sure you know what you are getting before you lay out seven-hundred bucks after taxes.
I must say, I had a 2017(or so) mustang bass with pau ferro and it was just awful to play. The fingerboard was super dry and no amount of oil could save it. Sent it right back.

Got a player plus PJ last holiday when they were going for the same price as these and it is MUCH better to play. Not sure if the quality has improved, or maybe it's just the rolled fingerboard but I don't hate it as much as I used to.

Would still prefer rosewood though.
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Jul 09, 2023 03:17 PM
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DJ18Jul 09, 2023 03:17 PM
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Quote from Anferz :
I must say, I had a 2017(or so) mustang bass with pau ferro and it was just awful to play. The fingerboard was super dry and no amount of oil could save it. Sent it right back.

Got a player plus PJ last holiday when they were going for the same price as these and it is MUCH better to play. Not sure if the quality has improved, or maybe it's just the rolled fingerboard but I don't hate it as much as I used to.

Would still prefer rosewood though.
We're those both the pau ferro? That dashes my thought of just oiling one up…

Rosewood seems to become increasingly rare on budget guitars.
Jul 09, 2023 03:32 PM
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AnferzJul 09, 2023 03:32 PM
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Quote from DJ18 :
We're those both the pau ferro? That dashes my thought of just oiling one up…

Rosewood seems to become increasingly rare on budget guitars.
Yes, both pau ferro. I suppose it could be luck of the drawl either way, but maybe the newer ones are better since my new player plus feels fine. Since this deal isn't that amazing, I'd personally go try a pau ferro model out in person first before buying blindly.

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