Fender Player Stratocaster HSS with Floyd Rose Review

Fender Stratocaster Player Series

This guitar is amazing! I love everything about it. It was well packaged and shipped out perfectly! Couldn't ask for a better product! Thank you Sweetwater!

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Great fender

Great guitar right out of the box the pickups are not all that I put in Seymour Duncan's but that's my flavor awesome guitar rock on

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Sweet sweet guitar from Sweetwater!

Fender is really listening to the customer base and making some great guitars at affordable prices. This guitar has several key features: HSS pickups, floyd rose, maple neck, 22 frets, 12" radius neck, and a satin finish on neck. It makes for an extremely fast and playable instrument. Sweetwater really does a great job of inspecting the instrument. Mine came in pristine condition!!… read more If you haven't watched the video of how they check out each guitar prior to shipping, you need to. I will be buying all my gear from them going forward!

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Fender Player Series Strat w/Floyd Rose

This is a really great guitar the bang for the buck off the roof. Note the body & neck is made in USA using Alder & Maple assembled in Mexico = a great value! The pickups sound good Alnico II Bridge & Alnico V neck & middle very defined top end but not ice picky. The Floyd set up & tuning was spot on it came in tune. Take Note the back of the neck is a satin finish so non sticky… read more gloss that many have issues with. It's a 12" radius fretboard so really you can play any style & not look out of place w/the Fender spaghetti logo it looks classy yet it's look could be at home at a metal, country, blues, gospel… w/a good Floyd Rose that you can abuse & still be in tune I forgot how much i missed the Floyd Trems I love em & you will too once you figure out how to set em up right.Thanks to Alex Rodriguez for getting this to me in 2 days! For the price you can't beat it when compared to Charvel / EVH Frankenstein strats aka any Super Strat being sold this holds it own. USA made body & neck assembled south of the boarder yes . It's a no brainer solid electronics very responsive tone pots nice solid switch. I'll be putting a Pearloid Pick Guard & back plate on it , that should really bring it up to another level as a beauty of a Super Strat.

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Best Purchase in Years!

A Fender Strat with a Floyd and a Humbucker? I"m sold on THAT alone...!! Okay, so after a lot of debate with wanting a "different beast" of a guitar (I"ve been loyal with Schecters w/ added active pups for a few years), and after going back and forth with a few Charvels, Fender telecasters and a few other choices, I randomly came across this beauty and decided it was for me. I"ve… read more never even held a Fender Stratocaster...in 25 years of playing...seriously...but I have recently fallen in love with the shape (and it"s ease of access) and LOVE maple fretboards. I wasn"t quite sure what to expect, but right away, I could feel and hear a difference...that Strat sound (position 4!?! HEAVEN!) OMFG! While I currently use some high-end active pickups in my other guitars, and my favorite set so far has been the EMG 57/66, they pale in comparison to the warmth, snap and articulation that these pickups provide. Like I said, I have NEVER even held one of these. It has been a very pleasant addition to my guitarsenal, and I haven"t put it down since. I"ve since installed a trem stop so it dives only, but other than that, this instrument is perfect (I"m sure it will end up striped like Mr. Van Halen"s, eventually...). It really is. But, if I have to be 110% honest, the primary reason that I went with this purchase, with Fender and Sweetwater, was the communication from Mr. Matthew LeMarche! He went out of his way to take care of me and ultimately got this fiddle in my hands, after a few back and forth with my indecisiveness, made it happen - easily, no hassles. He is great to talk with, over the phone and email! He just simply rocks, and I have since referred a LOT of folks to him...I hope they"ve called! Matthew, thank you for making this happen, my friend! Sweetwater - pay attention to this dude! He is part of a team of why you guys are rockin" on top, no doubt! After this interaction with Mr. Matthew LeMarche, and purchase from Sweetwater, I see no reason why I will use any other company from here on out. Period! Thanks!

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