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

$600
$729.99
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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

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Musician's Friend has the Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Plus Top Limited-Edition Electric Guitar in Blue Burst for $599.99, with free shipping and 8% Musician's Friend rewards.

This is slightly higher than a previous deal from 9 weeks ago, but these are new not open box. (At least they're supposed to be. This is Musician's Friend we're talking about.)

Great option for a really attractive Strat with more versatility thanks to the bridge humbucker. The lower tone control also applies to the bridge pickup.

Finally, this is a Player Strat, not a Player Plus. The "Plus" goes with "Top".

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
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
Other
  • Number of strings: 6 string
Special features:
  • Case: Sold separately
  • Accessories:
  • Country of origin: Mexico
Guitar Center has it at the same price. [guitarcenter.com]

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/g...ric-guitar
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EfficientPolice6161
05-22-2024 at 06:31 AM.
05-22-2024 at 06:31 AM.
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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murpheeee
05-22-2024 at 08:19 AM.
05-22-2024 at 08:19 AM.
love that color!
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gunslingerfry
05-22-2024 at 10:42 AM.
05-22-2024 at 10:42 AM.
Is the stigma around a humbucker on a strat so strong that they have to hide that second coil? 😉
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gunslingerfry
05-22-2024 at 10:53 AM.
05-22-2024 at 10:53 AM.
If you're in the market this is a pretty great deal for a MiM equivalent strat
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05-22-2024 at 11:03 AM.
05-22-2024 at 11:03 AM.
Quote from gunslingerfry :
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....
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gunslingerfry
05-22-2024 at 11:27 AM.
05-22-2024 at 11:27 AM.
Quote from GeekPriest :
What do you mean by "MiM equivalent strat"? This IS a MiM Strat....

Sorry, I meant former Standard MiM model.
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05-22-2024 at 01:56 PM.
05-22-2024 at 01:56 PM.
Quote from gunslingerfry :
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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SplendidMorning215
05-22-2024 at 03:24 PM.
05-22-2024 at 03:24 PM.
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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OoTLink
05-22-2024 at 04:04 PM.
05-22-2024 at 04:04 PM.
Quote from gunslingerfry :
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.
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Arcoril
05-22-2024 at 07:43 PM.
05-22-2024 at 07:43 PM.
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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GoodVibrations
05-22-2024 at 07:45 PM.
05-22-2024 at 07:45 PM.
Quote from SplendidMorning215 :
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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05-22-2024 at 08:30 PM.
05-22-2024 at 08:30 PM.
Quote from GoodVibrations :
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.
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CompassionateVeg
05-22-2024 at 08:54 PM.
05-22-2024 at 08:54 PM.
That is really pretty. I just had some money sitting around, I would grab one.
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