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

By: Phil Roberts

Phil Roberts — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:00:44 +0000

I’ve been gigging since 1964 and have owned/ currently own some of the most desirable guitars out there. Ihaven’t owned a strat for some years but needed one for my present band…..i tried over three weekends in excess of 30 strats and i was not operating off a budget …..what did i buy? — a Mexican 60′s classic player!
Sure theres a kudos about a USA Fender…i own two so i can feel smug if i want, but the simple truth is theres many a Mexican and Japanese made Fender which are just as good and in some cases better. With age comes wisdom and cash saving!!

By: Bush

Bush — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:32:16 +0000

I am planning to buy the same exact guitar sir ..we share the same taste , playability and feel of the guitar .. i also want the gloss urethane finish for the maple fretboard (moves ur fingers way lot faster than rosewood) ..

By: ara

ara — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:03:11 +0000

Where did you get this guitar for only £400? I can’t find these anywhere in germany for less than 600€ (~£525)

By: David Hurst

David Hurst — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:05:50 +0000

I put Giovannis in mine. Don’t be put off by the cheap price tag, they are brilliant and a significant upgrade over the Fender American vintage pickups that are standard on these.

By: Simone

Simone — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:56:39 +0000

I have a CP 50′s.
Any hints for pickups replacement?

By: Kaitlin Gullick

Kaitlin Gullick — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:16:36 +0000

It’s remarkable that the design is still used today.

Where are you finding these, anyone? Are these new guitars fashioned after the first designs, or affordable, collectable antiques?

By: gary earl

gary earl — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:19:15 +0000

i just got one, the shoreline gold. love it. i do a lot of tv/film music and have owned many guitars through the years, this is my favorite strat, over a couple of american ones even. (including a ’63 true vintage) the first strat i have ever really enjoyed. i sanded the back of the neck off then did a couple applications of tung oil followed by 400 then 1500 sandpaper and now it’s lightening fast.

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.