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Wonderful guitar but needs set up
I bought this out of curiosity to try a Player ii series guitar. I wanted to compare it to my Fender Standard Strat (Mexican) with Fender CS Fat50s pickups and Fender American Special Tele with Texas Special pickups.
I was really positively surprised: the tone beats either of the previously mentioned guitars. Very stratty tones, clearly on the high output and bright side, which I like. Perfect for Fender amps, and for Marshall type amps, the treble can be tamed with tone control. In addition the playability and feel is excellent for this price range. I really like the feel of the neck: it is easy and fun to play and does not have any dead notes or sustain problems. The guitar also looks beautiful - the fretboard rosewood is nicely dark and smooth. The guitar is really light weight because of chambering.
Nevertheless, the finishing quality is not totally perfect. Some frets were slightly gritty at the beginning. In addition, there are small lacquer bubbles at the end of most of the frets likely because of fret sprout from dryness. Speaking of which, the guitar has clearly been manufactured in humid environment and stored in dry afterwards: the fretboard was dry and truss rod needed significant tightening. String action was a bit high and pickups were too low in the factory setup to my taste. Also, the springs needed tightening for the bridge and intonation needed very slight adjustment. Luckily, there was no significant fret buzzing.
It should be noted, that all my earlier Fenders have needed similar setup while Gibsons have come with perfect standard setup from the factory. I went to the local guitar shop to check the fret sprout problem and saw similar phenomena even in American Professional II strats. So it seems to be Fender brand finishing quality overall.
All in all, a great guitar for the price. Actually prefer this to many more expensive models. Rather would buy 2 Player ii Fenders than one Professional.
I was really positively surprised: the tone beats either of the previously mentioned guitars. Very stratty tones, clearly on the high output and bright side, which I like. Perfect for Fender amps, and for Marshall type amps, the treble can be tamed with tone control. In addition the playability and feel is excellent for this price range. I really like the feel of the neck: it is easy and fun to play and does not have any dead notes or sustain problems. The guitar also looks beautiful - the fretboard rosewood is nicely dark and smooth. The guitar is really light weight because of chambering.
Nevertheless, the finishing quality is not totally perfect. Some frets were slightly gritty at the beginning. In addition, there are small lacquer bubbles at the end of most of the frets likely because of fret sprout from dryness. Speaking of which, the guitar has clearly been manufactured in humid environment and stored in dry afterwards: the fretboard was dry and truss rod needed significant tightening. String action was a bit high and pickups were too low in the factory setup to my taste. Also, the springs needed tightening for the bridge and intonation needed very slight adjustment. Luckily, there was no significant fret buzzing.
It should be noted, that all my earlier Fenders have needed similar setup while Gibsons have come with perfect standard setup from the factory. I went to the local guitar shop to check the fret sprout problem and saw similar phenomena even in American Professional II strats. So it seems to be Fender brand finishing quality overall.
All in all, a great guitar for the price. Actually prefer this to many more expensive models. Rather would buy 2 Player ii Fenders than one Professional.
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