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May 21, 2024 9:13 PM

Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Plus Top Electric Guitar (Blue Burst)

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Musician's Friend has Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Plus Top Electric Guitar (Blue Burst) for $599.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member GeekPriest for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Body
    • Body shape: Double cutaway
    • Body type: Solidbody
    • Body material: Solid wood
    • Top wood: Flame Maple
    • Body wood: Alder
    • Body finish: Gloss
    • Orientation: Right handed
  • Neck
    • Neck shape: C modern
    • Neck wood: Maple
    • Joint: Bolt-on
    • Scale length: 25.5"
    • Truss rod: Dual-action
    • Neck finish: Gloss
  • Fingerboard
    • Material: Maple
    • Radius: 9.5"
    • Fret size: Medium-jumbo
    • Number of frets: 2
    • Inlays: Dot
    • Nut width/material 1.69" (43 mm) Synthetic Bone
  • Pickups
    • Configuration: HSS
    • Neck: Player Series Stratocaster single coil
    • Middle: Player Series Stratocaster single coil
    • Bridge: Player Series Stratocaster humbucker
    • Brand: Fender
    • Active or passive pickups: Passive
    • Series or parallel: Parallel
    • Piezo: No
    • Active EQ: No
    • Special electronics:
  • Controls
    • Control layout: Master volume, tone 1, tone 2
    • Pickup switch: 5-way
    • Coil tap or split:
    • Kill switch: No
  • Hardware
    • Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
    • Bridge design: 2-point Fulcrum tremolo bent steel saddles
    • Tailpiece: Not applicable
    • Tuning machines: Die-cast sealed
    • Color: Chrome

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Deal:
  • About this Product:
    • Rating of 4.7 stars overall from 46 customer reviews.
  • Additional Note:
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Community Notes
About the Poster
Musician's Friend has Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Plus Top Electric Guitar (Blue Burst) for $599.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member GeekPriest for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Body
    • Body shape: Double cutaway
    • Body type: Solidbody
    • Body material: Solid wood
    • Top wood: Flame Maple
    • Body wood: Alder
    • Body finish: Gloss
    • Orientation: Right handed
  • Neck
    • Neck shape: C modern
    • Neck wood: Maple
    • Joint: Bolt-on
    • Scale length: 25.5"
    • Truss rod: Dual-action
    • Neck finish: Gloss
  • Fingerboard
    • Material: Maple
    • Radius: 9.5"
    • Fret size: Medium-jumbo
    • Number of frets: 2
    • Inlays: Dot
    • Nut width/material 1.69" (43 mm) Synthetic Bone
  • Pickups
    • Configuration: HSS
    • Neck: Player Series Stratocaster single coil
    • Middle: Player Series Stratocaster single coil
    • Bridge: Player Series Stratocaster humbucker
    • Brand: Fender
    • Active or passive pickups: Passive
    • Series or parallel: Parallel
    • Piezo: No
    • Active EQ: No
    • Special electronics:
  • Controls
    • Control layout: Master volume, tone 1, tone 2
    • Pickup switch: 5-way
    • Coil tap or split:
    • Kill switch: No
  • Hardware
    • Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
    • Bridge design: 2-point Fulcrum tremolo bent steel saddles
    • Tailpiece: Not applicable
    • Tuning machines: Die-cast sealed
    • Color: Chrome

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Deal:
  • About this Product:
    • Rating of 4.7 stars overall from 46 customer reviews.
  • Additional Note:
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by GeekPriest

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EfficientPolice6161
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These were like 549 on sale before the pandemic. Considering the crazy inflation over the last 4 years, its a good deal now that its back to the 500s.
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dissident7
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You had this information in your original post.

WTF staff, why remove basic facts?
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May 22, 2024 1:31 PM
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EfficientPolice6161May 22, 2024 1:31 PM
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These were like 549 on sale before the pandemic. Considering the crazy inflation over the last 4 years, its a good deal now that its back to the 500s.
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May 22, 2024 3:19 PM
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murpheeeeMay 22, 2024 3:19 PM
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love that color!
May 22, 2024 5:42 PM
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gunslingerfryMay 22, 2024 5:42 PM
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Is the stigma around a humbucker on a strat so strong that they have to hide that second coil? 😉
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May 22, 2024 5:53 PM
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gunslingerfryMay 22, 2024 5:53 PM
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If you're in the market this is a pretty great deal for a MiM equivalent strat
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May 22, 2024 6:03 PM
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May 22, 2024 6:03 PM
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Quote from gunslingerfry View quoted comment :
If you're in the market this is a pretty great deal for a MiM equivalent strat
What do you mean by "MiM equivalent strat"? This IS a MiM Strat....
May 22, 2024 6:27 PM
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gunslingerfryMay 22, 2024 6:27 PM
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Quote from GeekPriest View quoted comment :
What do you mean by "MiM equivalent strat"? This IS a MiM Strat....
Sorry, I meant former Standard MiM model.
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May 22, 2024 8:56 PM
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May 22, 2024 8:56 PM
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Quote from gunslingerfry View quoted comment :
Is the stigma around a humbucker on a strat so strong that they have to hide that second coil? 😉
The guitar is undercover. Don't blow it.

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May 22, 2024 10:24 PM
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SplendidMorning215
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May 22, 2024 10:24 PM
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I'm personally interested in this for $50 more: roasted Maple Neck and custom shop pickups:
Black
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/g...ric-guitar

Surf Green
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/g...ric-guitar
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May 22, 2024 11:04 PM
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OoTLinkMay 22, 2024 11:04 PM
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Quote from gunslingerfry View quoted comment :
Is the stigma around a humbucker on a strat so strong that they have to hide that second coil?
lol now I gotta think about this. My ultra HSS has a humbucker and 2 noiseless pickups.... which are... basically humbuckers. Oh shit my guitar is HHH lol.

Those stacked pickups sound different than the regular humbucker does though. Big Grin

To be fair, HSS (even if it's effectively HHH) looks better than actual HHH does. HHH looks funky. Some people may like that. I'm not sure lol. I think HH is cool.

What would be truly short bus special is putting the humbucker on a HSS crooked like they do when they put a regular pickup in the bridge position.

Honorable mention: The G&L split pickups.
May 23, 2024 2:43 AM
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ArcorilMay 23, 2024 2:43 AM
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Worth noting that the Player series Strats are routed for HSH under the pickguard. So if you end up not liking HSS you can always get a new pickguard and swap to something else.
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May 23, 2024 2:45 AM
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GoodVibrationsMay 23, 2024 2:45 AM
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Quote from SplendidMorning215 View quoted comment :
I'm personally interested in this for $50 more: roasted Maple Neck and custom shop pickups:
Black
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/g...ric-guitar

Surf Green
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/g...ric-guitar
This is a much better deal. Be aware the black one comes with pau ferro, not roasted maple. You're basically getting an amazing Strat for the cost of the pickups and neck alone. I snagged one of the Fiesta Red ones before they went OOS. Fat50s are supposed to be glorious.
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May 23, 2024 3:30 AM
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Quote from GoodVibrations View quoted comment :
This is a much better deal. Be aware the black one comes with pau ferro, not roasted maple. You're basically getting an amazing Strat for the cost of the pickups and neck alone. I snagged one of the Fiesta Red ones before they went OOS. Fat50s are supposed to be glorious.
Maybe, if the humbucker isn't your thing.

But no one has even posted those alternatives as deals in their own right.
May 23, 2024 3:54 AM
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CompassionateVegMay 23, 2024 3:54 AM
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That is really pretty. I just had some money sitting around, I would grab one.
May 23, 2024 5:05 AM
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cymekMay 23, 2024 5:05 AM
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Quote from gunslingerfry View quoted comment :
Is the stigma around a humbucker on a strat so strong that they have to hide that second coil? 😉
I think it depends what type of music you are into, and want to play. The standard SSS Strat is a great swiss army tool and plays most things well, EXCEPT hard rock and metal. If I was buying a guitar for a kid just starting to learn, unless they are a huge SRV or Eric Clapton fan, the HSS give them more options.

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May 23, 2024 10:27 AM
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GoodVibrationsMay 23, 2024 10:27 AM
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Quote from GeekPriest View quoted comment :
Maybe, if the humbucker isn't your thing.

But no one has even posted those alternatives as deals in their own right.
Definitely a better deal. You can always swap a hum bucker in if you want and sell the fat 50s. But those are some of the best single coil pickups in existence, while the pickups in this model will be nothing to write home about. The deal has been kind of low key but the Fiesta Red one was posted.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17382519-fender-player-stratocaster-roasted-maple-fingerboard-with-fat-50s-pickups-limited-edition-electric-guitar-fiesta-red-for-650-shipping-is-free
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