Comments on: Fender Classic Player 50’s Stratocaster guitar review

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:15:24 +0000

Guys,

Dont get hung up on the Mexican assembly - the World has changed since the 50’s. These guys are assembling guitars with aprts shipped from the US that would cost 5x that much from the US custom shop. I have all 3 Classic Player models - the two Strats (50s and 60s) are both superb and the Baja Tele is too - the setup can be a bit variable but anyone with any sense can easilly work that out. Both my Strats have incredible flame maple necks. These guitars are unbelievably undervalued.

Ignore at your peril!

By: David Hurst

David Hurst — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:28:01 +0000

Jed,

My brothers have American Strats - it compares very well to the standard and the deluxe. Fit and finish is slightly inferior, and the grade of wood used for the body might not be as good (visually more than tonally). In terms of tone and playability there’s barely anything in it.

Go play one in a shop and see for yourself. Just remember that there are two different Mex 50’s Strat. This one is the more expensive one. It has a V neck and different pick-up switching. The cheaper one is not available in sunburst.

The American instruments are better, but they’re nowhere near twice as good, so why pay twice as much?

Bear in mind also that this is the most expensive Strat the Mexican factory makes, so it is considerably better than ordinary Mex Strats.

Cheers,

David

By: jedoz

jedoz — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:26:29 +0000

mloop mloop i have had a shitmobile with mex strats so i am an american strat player 4 life. but ich bin thinking about gettn thiz geetar so could anyone who owns / plays both this and the american series tell me how it shapes up to the betterer americorn one.

By: jl

jl — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:54:17 +0000

Getting mine in Shoreline Gold this week. Can’t wait.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:52:52 +0000

HI! i buy the dapne blue and the surf green they are fabulous! i just put some custom 54 fender pickups in both and notice then the original vinage style was barelly the same so just don’t waist money stay stock !!! i got a maxon tube overdrive pedal to sell ???

By: David Hurst

David Hurst — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:32:57 +0000

Well, I am still loving my guitar some weeks on. I have re-strung it since, and that didn’t go so well. I bought some PRS strings in the same gauge, but they are nothing like the Fender 250 strings that come with the guitar. Somehow, they are just much more slack, so whilst they are easier to bend, you end up with fret buzz on the bass strings. I could raise the action, but I just don’t want to - the guitar was perfect with the Fender strings.

Also, the PRS strings just don’t seem to work as well with the tremolo, and I seem to have lost some of the natural reverb that the tremolo provides.

So, off with the PRS strings - it’ll be Fender 250s forever more!

By: jl

jl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:23:22 +0000

Also considering getting this guitar - have heard nothing but good reviews about it.