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

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$850.00
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Adorama has Fender Limited Edition Player Stratocaster or Telecaster Electric Guitars (Lake Placid Blue) on sale for $529. Shipping is free.

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Available Options: Key Features:
  • Stratocaster
    • Alder body with gloss finish
    • Three Player Series single-coil Stratocaster pickups
    • 9.5" radius fingerboard
    • 2-point tremolo bridge with bent-steel saddles
    • Handedness: Right-Handed
    • Body Type: Solidbody
    • Neck Construction: Bolt-On
    • Strings: 6 String
  • Telecaster
    • Alder body with gloss finish
    • Two Player Series single-coil Telecaster pickups
    • "Modern C"-shaped neck profile
    • 9.5"-radius fingerboard
    • String-through-body bridge with block steel saddles
    • Handedness: Right-Handed
    • Body Type: Solidbody
    • Neck Construction: Bolt-On
    • Strings: 6 String

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Model: Fender Limited Edition Player Stratocaster Electric Guitar, Lake Placid Blue

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12/01/23Adorama$529 frontpage
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This wasn't my experience when I got in on an earlier version of this deal. The guitar had clearly not been set up at all from the factory. The truss rod was completely loose, and as a result the neck was extremely bowed. The intonation had not been set. The string action was not set. The pickup height was not set. Fortunately i have the tools to adjust all that myself. There is a little bit of fret sprout, but I can't fix that myself because the fretboard has finish on it. The fret ends are smooth, however, so it doesn't bother me. I swapped out the tuners for some Fender locking ones, and now I'm very happy with it.

If you're not able to set it up yourself, just be aware that there's a small risk you may have to swap it out. If you always take a new guitar to a luthier to get it set up, or can do a basic setup yourself (a skill I highly recommend learning) don't worry about it.
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A solid deal on a new MIM Fender instrument with his components including pickups. OOTB it should be pretty playable (reasonable action, decent fret ends, etc.).

The Player Telecaster has the six modern saddles that I prefer for better intonation, but purists might want the three brass saddles instead. For the latter, there's the Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele which is $343 ($310 with Fender Play) for blonde and yellow at Fender's site right now, https://slickdeals.net/f/17087101-squier-classic-vibe-50-s-telecaster-vintage-blonde-344-or-310-with-fender-play . The CV will have a gloss neck instead of the Player's satin.

If there's fret sprout on arrival, I'd swap it for another at seller expense. That's a defect on a new guitar, although it may yet develop later, at which point it's not a defect. A setup might help (typically $50-$75 but YMMV or do it yourself) if you want the action lower, but that's a matter of taste.

I only wish they'd offer this price on one with the dark fretboard (pau ferro, laurel, rosewood, or the like).

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11-22-2023 at 11:58 PM.

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+1 This deal has come, gone, and come again -- and it's still a good one. Even with all the other sales going on, this is the lowest price (I know of -- and I look a lot) for a new Fender electric guitar.
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11-23-2023 at 02:30 AM.
11-23-2023 at 02:30 AM.
Quote from IndigoHeart936 :
+1 This deal has come, gone, and come again -- and it's still a good one. Even with all the other sales going on, this is the lowest price (I know of -- and I look a lot) for a new Fender electric guitar.
Great guitars! The color looks even better in person too
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11-23-2023 at 03:22 AM.
11-23-2023 at 03:22 AM.
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Great guitars! The color looks even better in person too
Yep agreed. Bought this for my son last year and it looks and plays great. I'm looking for an excuse to get one for myself (if there was any other color available I would jump on it).
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11-23-2023 at 03:29 AM.
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Made in america?
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11-23-2023 at 03:41 AM.
11-23-2023 at 03:41 AM.
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Made in america?

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11-23-2023 at 04:28 AM.

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A solid deal on a new MIM Fender instrument with his components including pickups. OOTB it should be pretty playable (reasonable action, decent fret ends, etc.).

The Player Telecaster has the six modern saddles that I prefer for better intonation, but purists might want the three brass saddles instead. For the latter, there's the Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele which is $343 ($310 with Fender Play) for blonde and yellow at Fender's site right now, https://slickdeals.net/f/17087101-squier-classic-vibe-50-s-telecaster-vintage-blonde-344-or-310-with-fender-play . The CV will have a gloss neck instead of the Player's satin.

If there's fret sprout on arrival, I'd swap it for another at seller expense. That's a defect on a new guitar, although it may yet develop later, at which point it's not a defect. A setup might help (typically $50-$75 but YMMV or do it yourself) if you want the action lower, but that's a matter of taste.

I only wish they'd offer this price on one with the dark fretboard (pau ferro, laurel, rosewood, or the like).
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11-23-2023 at 05:39 AM.
11-23-2023 at 05:39 AM.
I picked this guitar up on a SlickDeal in 2019 - my first guitar of many off of SD. It still looks and plays great!
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11-23-2023 at 05:51 AM.
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this is a sick price in current market...these are like pre-covid prices
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Quote from GeekPriest :
A solid deal on a new MIM Fender instrument with his components including pickups. OOTB it should be pretty playable (reasonable action, decent fret ends, etc.
This wasn't my experience when I got in on an earlier version of this deal. The guitar had clearly not been set up at all from the factory. The truss rod was completely loose, and as a result the neck was extremely bowed. The intonation had not been set. The string action was not set. The pickup height was not set. Fortunately i have the tools to adjust all that myself. There is a little bit of fret sprout, but I can't fix that myself because the fretboard has finish on it. The fret ends are smooth, however, so it doesn't bother me. I swapped out the tuners for some Fender locking ones, and now I'm very happy with it.

If you're not able to set it up yourself, just be aware that there's a small risk you may have to swap it out. If you always take a new guitar to a luthier to get it set up, or can do a basic setup yourself (a skill I highly recommend learning) don't worry about it.
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11-23-2023 at 08:07 AM.
11-23-2023 at 08:07 AM.
Quote from DocMo :
I picked this guitar up on a SlickDeal in 2019 - my first guitar of many off of SD. It still looks and plays great!

The other guitars you picked up, were any less than this? Looking to get back in after a 10+ year breakā€¦

I would love a player, but convincing the spouse for a guitar much over $300 will likely be a challenge. I suspect a Squier CV Strat or 40th anniversary may be in my future if they go on sale
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11-23-2023 at 08:12 AM.
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Quote from Scutter :
This wasn't my experience when I got in on an earlier version of this deal. The guitar had clearly not been set up at all from the factory. The truss rod was completely loose, and as a result the neck was extremely bowed. The intonation had not been set. The string action was not set. The pickup height was not set. Fortunately i have the tools to adjust all that myself. There is a little bit of fret sprout, but I can't fix that myself because the fretboard has finish on it. The fret ends are smooth, however, so it doesn't bother me. I swapped out the tuners for some Fender locking ones, and now I'm very happy with it.

If you're not able to set it up yourself, just be aware that there's a small risk you may have to swap it out. If you always take a new guitar to a luthier to get it set up, or can do a basic setup yourself (a skill I highly recommend learning) don't worry about it.
Definitely send it back if you get one like that. I know during the 2020 era onwards, the sudden demand for guitars really led to some bad quality control. My own, I'll be at limited, experience with new player series instruments is that they're usually pretty good out of the box. However, if Fender does establish a track record of shipping poorly set up or manufactured instruments under their primary brand then I think it's perfectly warranted for them to lose market share to the many lesser brands and even the clones and counterfeits.
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Quote from DJ18 :
The other guitars you picked up, were any less than this? Looking to get back in after a 10+ year breakā€¦

I would love a player, but convincing the spouse for a guitar much over $300 will likely be a challenge. I suspect a Squier CV Strat or 40th anniversary may be in my future if they go on sale
The a Classic Vibe guitars are great. Fender and some other places are selling them around $340 at the moment. There may yet be a doorbuster that pulls it closer to 300. I do prefer the Classic Vibe models to the 40th anniversary ones. I tried a 40th anniversary Telecaster. The tuners weren't that great, and the guitar struggled to stay in tune. The claim was that the 40th anniversary models were using Classic Vibe components, but I don't think that's true. None of the Classic Vibes I've tried have been that way. On the flip side, the 40th anniversary neck was satin with lovely rounded and polished fret ends. That part of the 40th anniversary model was excellent.

If you really want to keep the price down, the reviews of the current discounted Firefly models (under $200 with shipping) posted elsewhere here on Slickdeals are really good. I've got one coming my way. I hope it lives up to the hype.
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11-23-2023 at 08:40 AM.
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> Even with all the other sales going on, this is the lowest price

fender.com has a fiesta red pau ferro player for $535.49 after 10% off from fender play membership.

But yes $529 is the lowest out there for brand new.

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