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Incorrectly assembled and damaged
Bought a new Fender Player Series Strat (not b stock..).
Received a guitar with a chip on the body and a left-handed nut on a right-handed guitar (i.e. the nut slopes down toward the fretboard instead of down toward the headstock).
The guitar also had black finger marks on the back of the neck and some lump of glue on the fretboard.
I didn't expect the most perfect guitar in the world, but for 659 euros I expected a guitar which is undamaged and assembled with the correct parts.
I am currently awaiting a response from Thomann customer support.
UPDATE: Guitar is on its way back to be exchanged for a new one.
UPDATE2: Received a new guitar which had the correct nut, no damage, and was clean. I am highly satisfied with Thomann support!
Received a guitar with a chip on the body and a left-handed nut on a right-handed guitar (i.e. the nut slopes down toward the fretboard instead of down toward the headstock).
The guitar also had black finger marks on the back of the neck and some lump of glue on the fretboard.
I didn't expect the most perfect guitar in the world, but for 659 euros I expected a guitar which is undamaged and assembled with the correct parts.
I am currently awaiting a response from Thomann customer support.
UPDATE: Guitar is on its way back to be exchanged for a new one.
UPDATE2: Received a new guitar which had the correct nut, no damage, and was clean. I am highly satisfied with Thomann support!
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Great guitar for the money
Bought this guitar roughly a year an a half ago and it's a really good guitar for the price tag, especially if you're into Fender.
The pickups are not that hot but for clean stuff I find them to be really good, but if I were to choose again I would go for the HSS configuration rather than SSS as there's more versatility if you're also looking for more gain/distorsion in your tone.
The only thing I dislike about this model but it's more of a personal preference, is the maple neck which sounds a bit too bright for my taste and I wonder if I would be happier with a rosewood fretboard instead.
The guitar was very well packed, no QC issues and arrived as expected (as estimated by Thomann).
The pickups are not that hot but for clean stuff I find them to be really good, but if I were to choose again I would go for the HSS configuration rather than SSS as there's more versatility if you're also looking for more gain/distorsion in your tone.
The only thing I dislike about this model but it's more of a personal preference, is the maple neck which sounds a bit too bright for my taste and I wonder if I would be happier with a rosewood fretboard instead.
The guitar was very well packed, no QC issues and arrived as expected (as estimated by Thomann).
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Good strat if you don't want to break the bank
I have this for almost 7-8 months. I can't say it's bad out of the box but recently i decided to make an upgrade with seymour duncun pickups and another shell pickguard. These are just personal preference.
If you are happy with "hum" noise you can stick to the ones that the guitar comes with, but i'm a more of melodic guitar soloist aka Andy Timmons so...
If you are happy with "hum" noise you can stick to the ones that the guitar comes with, but i'm a more of melodic guitar soloist aka Andy Timmons so...
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Fender Player Series Stratocaster
Nice guitar, not very nice paintjob, but only if you look very closely. Pickups sound great in my opinion, potis and switch feel very nice too. Nut wasn't cut very well, so the low E and A strings were buzzing alot whenever I played powerchords, yet it was fine with softer stuff. Still I'd rate it 4.0 / 5.0, the positives definetly outweight the negatives.
Would I buy it again? Maybe, idk
Would I buy it again? Maybe, idk
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First impressions are pretty good, great looks, great sounds, some sharp frets here and there, maybe a slightly high action for my taste, but nothing that can't be easy fix.
The colour is great, so properly varnished. The pickguard is slightly more greyish/greenish than the body, but it fits perfectly. It is not "perfect" like the American or Japanese made Fender, but the price of those guitars are double or higher.
Overall, this is very good stratocaster, especially for the money, 20 years ago you couldn't buy anything that good for that money. Nice job Fender!
The colour is great, so properly varnished. The pickguard is slightly more greyish/greenish than the body, but it fits perfectly. It is not "perfect" like the American or Japanese made Fender, but the price of those guitars are double or higher.
Overall, this is very good stratocaster, especially for the money, 20 years ago you couldn't buy anything that good for that money. Nice job Fender!
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