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Fender Player Stratocaster FR HSS w/ Pau Ferro Fretboard in 3-Color Sunburst

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Product Description

The Fender Stratocaster is the most popular and recognised guitar ever made! In production for over 60 years, the Strat has remained largely unchanged both aesthetically and feature-wise. However, small refinements have been made over the years to improve the instrument in terms of its tones, quality, and playability.

The Fender Player Stratocaster FR HSS encompasses all of Fender's guitar-building experience, available at a price that is more accessible to a wider audience. Made in Mexico, these affordable instruments boast a number of updates to give players an instrument with more versatility and elegance than ever before.

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Construction

Fender has long-established its preferred tonewoods, and the Player Series Stratocaster retains their iconic Alder and Maple combination. The Alder body emits a balanced sound with a tight low-end, plenty of mid-range punch and a crisp presence, serving as a great foundation for the trio of pickups.

Paired with a bolt-on Maple neck, a true Fender staple, this wood is what gives Fender instruments their signature snap. With a bright top-end, this material allows notes and chords to effortlessly cut through in a mix, ensuring that your playing is heard amongst a full band. Adorned with a Pau Ferro fretboard, this attractive wood gives some warmth and roundness, working well in conjunction with the vibrant tonal properties of the Maple neck.

Modern Neck

Featuring a "Modern C" neck shape, this profile provides both traditionalists and contemporary players with a comfortable feel. Thin enough for aspiring shredders, this neck shape is still solid and substantial, offering great support for your thumb. With a satin finish, a noteworthy Player Series update, the neck has a super-smooth feel that allows you to easily glide up and down, without getting sticky at sweaty gigs!

Apart from its cosy neck contours and practical finish, the Players Series Stratocaster also sports medium jumbo frets, giving players great control and intonation across the fretboard. Meeting the growing demands of fans, Fender has also added a 22nd fret to its Player Series Strats, expanding the range of the instrument for further musical expression.    

Electronics & Hardware

The Fender Stratocaster is notorious for its three pickups, and the Player Series Strat FR HSS features a revised set. Projecting that legendary, vibrant Fender tone, these particular pickups emit a more modern voice, with a bolder mid-range that can handle overdrive far better than its predecessors, especially with the beefy-sounding humbucker in the bridge. Keep your amp settings clean, and you'll still be able to attain those classic chimey Strat tones with the 5-way blade pickup switch in positions 2 and 4.

Dedicated tone controls for the neck/middle and bridge pickups let you tame any aggressive highs, particularly if plugged into a bright-sounding amplifier. Nearest the bridge pickup you have an ergonomically-placed master volume knob, which can be used to roll off gain for a milder, "cleaned-up" sound, or for achieving dramatic volume swells.

One of the coolest aspects of this guitar is its Floyd Rose tremolo. Keeping your tuning in check by locking the strings at the both the bridge and the nut, with this innovative unit you can perform dramatic vibrato effects as well as divebombs. And with a recessed design, you can create crazy flutters and over-the-top raised squealies, perfect for chaotic-sounding effects.

Specifications

  • Series: Player
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
  • Neck: Maple, Modern “C”
  • Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face
  • Fingerboard: Pau Ferro, 12” Radius (305 mm)
  • Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
  • Position Inlays: White Dots
  • Nut (Material/Width): Floyd Rose® Locking, 1.6875” (42.86 mm)
  • Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
  • Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
  • Bridge: Floyd Rose® Double Locking Tremolo
  • Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
  • Pickups: Player Series Alnico 2 Humbucking (Bridge), Player Series Alnico 5 Strat Single-Coil (Middle/Neck)
  • Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Postion 1. Bridge Humbucking Pickup; Position 2. Middle Pickup and Inner Coil of Humbucker; Position 3. Middle Pickup; Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup; Position 5. Neck Pickup
  • Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck/Middle Pickups), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
  • Control Knobs: Parchment Plastic
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
  • Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
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Written by Elliot Stent

Customer Reviews

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matt10th Dec 2023

Classic strat sounds with the addition of a humbucker and a floyd = world of prog possiblities ....

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 4

Mr David Hawkins16th Nov 2022

Value 4Looks 5Sound 5

Lee22nd May 2022

Plays and sounds better that lots of usa strats I’ve played. Had loads of strats but this one’s a keeper . Glad I went for the sunburst one with the pau ferro fret board .

Value 4Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

Trusted Customer19th Jan 2022

Genuine Fender Strat at an affordable price. Looks great, feels like a quality modern Strat. Only criticism is the bridge humbucker isn't F-spaced for the Floyd Rose bridge. Otherwise, a great mod platform.

Value 4Looks 4Durability 4Sound 4

Trusted Customer20th Dec 2018

Bang for buck, this is a great guitar which I bought as a back up to a Jackson floyd rose strat that I use for gigging. I swapped out the bridge pickup for a dimarzio super distortion and it sounds great. I have a collection of much more expensive guitars - PRS’s, Gibson’s etc, by comparison the workmanship and finish on this MIM strat is very good. It would benefit from a rolled fretboard edge but this is not the end of the world. It is probably a guitar I will mod at mess about with over time, but now I have it set up to my taste, there is really not much else I’d have done to it...

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