Fender Upgrades The Critically Important Player Series! All-New Fender Player II

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The Fender Player Series is a critically important series of guitars for Fender. Representing the entry into the world of Fender branded guitars, the player series has long offered killer features on classic models at a price aimed at budding musicians. As prices have continued to creep up over the year Fender has sought to add new features without raising the price and giving players more of what they want, namely fantastic sound, playability and looks. The new Player II series updates these guitars with new neck shapes, rolled edges the return of rosewood and new classic colors. Check out Cooper's full review and preview of more models to come.
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@philzlz 17 күн бұрын

ROSEWOOD WELCOME BACK BABY ❤

@RabindraDahal-ie7sb 16 күн бұрын

Yeah

@jojojojojojojojojojojojob 15 күн бұрын

its a mixed bag. some player 2 rosewood still looks like pau ferro.

@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 14 күн бұрын

Meanwhile other companies have been selling GREAT guitars with beautiful Indian rosewood boards the last 5 yrs…EART is one that’s been killing it

@DaringDan 16 күн бұрын

This is great. The used market will be even better for buyers now. A Player Series for $500 will be a steal.

@retiredguyadventures6211 6 күн бұрын

Not getting rid of my Player strat. I might get a Player II neck for it when they come out thouhg.

@bengreenbank 4 күн бұрын

Picked up a brand new player 1 tele for £500 in the UK yesterday. Love that fender is bringing out the player 2 😂😂 Think I’ll grab a strat too if I see one in a nice colour for £400ish

@ClockworkDave 16 күн бұрын

I think they nailed it, especially that red with rosewood. Going to sell a ton.

@drlt9241 17 күн бұрын

I love it! I just don't know why I can't get the aquatone blue strat with rosewood!

@MervGinsberg-sc8kp 17 күн бұрын

Every guitar Cooper plays sounds like the best guitar ever made!

@wikolib6821 16 күн бұрын

Yeah. Cooper and Jonathan at Casino Guitars could play a homemade box guitar made out of cardboard and we would be going Wow. Hehe.

@ronmoore1219 16 күн бұрын

Thank you. That was a great showcase. I like the changes in the II. Especially the rolled fret board edges and the vintage tuners. Every time I change strings on my Am Performer, I appreciate the tuners more. And rosewood fret boards are a very welcome change. Nothing wrong with Pao Ferro. I just haven’t been a fan of its color. Well, I’m interested in the routed mahogany and ash bodies, so I’ll eagerly wait for their introduction. Great video, Cooper, thanks again.

@markkoher3468 17 күн бұрын

Hi Cooper,... I remember back in the early 2000's when Pau Ferro was a boutique option with a higher price tag... hahaha .... As always y'all do a great job of showing off the gear... well done once again :-)

@tylerk1013 14 күн бұрын

@Bodiddley788 Yeah bro, it's only a thing b/c Suhr started using it. Then Fender and others went to it after there were some export/import/travel restrictions on Rosewood

@migononet2637 16 күн бұрын

Birch Green...top color!

@Merglet 10 күн бұрын

100% agree! The photos on the Fender site don't even come close to doing it justice, they look terrible! But WHEW it's pretty in person.

@DIGITAL7Media 2 күн бұрын

Sold out color on Sweetwater.

@mortonwilson795 16 күн бұрын

Thanks - great sneak peek! Look forward to checking out the Jaguars. Rosewood - yes!

@jasonswitzer1748 16 күн бұрын

You knocked “Hiya-Lee-ah” out of the park. It’s an area of Miami. Color name makes sense when you think about the location. Got those South Florida vibes. Also, while I don’t like the look of the modern Tele bridges, that guitar makes all the right Tele sounds. Can’t complain about the pickups. As for the Strat… they aren’t my jam (sounds too thin for what I play), but if I were in the market for a Strat, this would 100% be my jam. Nice color choices, like the aged hardware, vintage tuners, rosewood with rounded fretboard and 2 point trem. Not sure what more you could ask for in terms of a Strat.

@sneakerhead6184 17 күн бұрын

Another awesome review guys 👍👌 i still have my player series tele(first real guitar) and its my favorite guitar to this day. Im a lefty so my options are limited lol

@chris5375 16 күн бұрын

I love the birch green Tele ❤

@josephlerz6889 3 күн бұрын

same

@astrofire68 16 күн бұрын

That Tele - Birch green with Rosewood 😍

@BreadandFaxes 12 күн бұрын

That Birch Green tele is beautiful. Im smelling a backup tele. Drop a wilkinson bridge with brass saddles and locking tuners and she is good to go.

@rexomatic8667 11 күн бұрын

Nice playing and demo.

@69telecasterplayer 16 күн бұрын

Glad to see the rosewood come back. I was planning to get an American Prof II strat just to get the rosewood board but now this option is looking good.

@sharkmanyt4431 12 күн бұрын

I just got a brand new player ii. So much better

@Nate-vk7gu 11 күн бұрын

I own a professional 2 it’s miles above the player I had for a long time I would recommend it’s an instrument that can last a life time

@jamesgretsch4894 15 күн бұрын

These will be big sellers. I liken it to the California Series by Fender in the mid to late 1990s. They made a big splash and these will too.

@Ringer1982 16 күн бұрын

Great playing

@simonmodig 16 күн бұрын

You just have to fingerpick a red strat :) Very good playing! Beautiful guitars!

@ereimul1444 16 күн бұрын

time for Fender Roadworn ii with rosewood.

@telefrk49 13 күн бұрын

yes!!!

@MellowFellow137 16 күн бұрын

great playing man

@argento8447 11 күн бұрын

That's great news, in particular the neck edges improvements, I tried a coulpe of "old" Players and I wasn't really convinced by the feel of the neck, but I absolutely loved the Player Plus series' ones. I really hoped we could choose between maple and rosewood fingerboard without being binded to a specific body colour (I would immediately buy an aquatone blue Tele if it came with maple fingerboard), but I guess we can't get everything.

@wikolib6821 16 күн бұрын

Good move on Fender's part. I'm interested.

@gddion 16 күн бұрын

I paid $350 for my Standard Tele but that was 25 years ago and the new ones are better guitars with a lot more options. I've actually seen guitars exactly like my old one on Reverb for $600, not sure who's paying that.

@nowhereismyhome1458 15 күн бұрын

Lefty’s inbound too. My first Tele is in production 🙂

@TheFloridaBikeVlogger 17 күн бұрын

I love my players strat from 2021 but always tempted when I see new stuff coming out. not sure i can get away with another guitar tho

@stefpenfield5918 16 күн бұрын

All my Strats are maple, so the rosewood is sorta calling to me. I have a pao ferro Mustang, but like the darker look.

@TheRealxVincent 16 күн бұрын

That P bass would match my strat perfectly 🤔

@unitedtomato5444 10 күн бұрын

iPhone's guitar emoji looks like that coral red strat 🎸

@chefboy6123 17 күн бұрын

I snagged a brand New FSR Player 1 Fiesta Red ~ with Custom Shop PUPS and Roasted Maple Neck for $500 - I 'm Good!!!!

@chuck8902 14 күн бұрын

Nice grooving!

@billybat5790 14 күн бұрын

i played the red one and tho needed a setup, felt way better! neck feels round and thin but still enough meat to grab

@stevetunick7501 15 күн бұрын

It’s pronounced Hi-a-lee-uh, Cooper ! (from a transplanted New Yorker in Pittsburgh) - Hope to visit someday! I’m a fan of you guys-

@bryancollins6796 16 күн бұрын

You can get chambered ash? Do you mean Fender will now sell you an Ash-hole?

@JakeL202 17 күн бұрын

I live in Montreal Canada and the Player II series go for $1150 to over $1200 CDN, of course our Dollar is worth less than the US dollar, so $700 or so is a good price. Seems like Fender has to keep up with Sterling (Music Man) and Sire.

@wikolib6821 16 күн бұрын

Yeah, that's tough paying Canadian, makes US prices look great.

@efeseymen1015 16 күн бұрын

i hope that fender player plus rosewood options also would come up 😔

@pzolsky 16 күн бұрын

I’m waiting for Player iii

@jaykelley103 15 күн бұрын

IV or V for me

@scke3717 11 күн бұрын

Nice colors. Worth buying just for a rosewood board?

@NickMcC 16 күн бұрын

Nice! Do you think anything is changing with the Player Plus series with this release?

@sagittated 16 күн бұрын

It would not surprise me if that series got an upgrade next, but they're not part of this update.

@ivansucha1 14 күн бұрын

I am interesting in HH Tele Coral Red. Will there be also RW neck version? I can find everywere only MN version. Don't you konw whether coil-split is possible on Player II Telecaster HH? It is not mentioned on Fender website. On Player series it was possible. Thank you for any answer :)

@syzl___ 17 күн бұрын

The duo sonic is forgotten yet again

@ivylotus9991 12 күн бұрын

I like rosewood. I like rolled fretboards. I am not crazy about the colors or the old style (PITA, IMO) slot-top tuners. These will likely sell very well, though, as I do not think most people care strongly either way about the tuners.

@dcamnc1 16 күн бұрын

I wish they had put tall narrow frets on these. I don't like med jumbos personally.

@wikolib6821 16 күн бұрын

Kinda agree with you but I just go with it.

@RabindraDahal-ie7sb 16 күн бұрын

Tempted me to buy Player 2 series Telecaster Yellow colour.

@Astronaut_FX 15 күн бұрын

It's hard to get a good look at the Tele bridge assembly. Anyone know if you could swap out that bridge assembly for a more traditional bridge assembly without the need for drilling, etc.?

@powbobs 15 күн бұрын

@williamchamberlain1266 15 күн бұрын

Will Fender be making any changes to the Player Plus series any time soon? I've got my eye on the tele

@BadgerBarf 15 күн бұрын

Telecaster HH video when you get one in please!

@ayidn.h 16 күн бұрын

Sounds better than Vintage ||...!! The red one!

@ayidn.h 16 күн бұрын

And also affordable!!

@DbiPro 17 сағат бұрын

Thanks to all the KZfaqrs that complained we didn’t have rosewood

@RickFoxx777 8 күн бұрын

They look nice and sound nice but... as usual, the neck is the same ole neck on every guitar (for the last 5 years or so) under $1000.00 and it is either a modern C or regular C or a deep C (I have played them all and basically they are all the same...nothing special at all). I personally have not purchased a Fender strat for over 5 years because all the soft V necks are either signature strats, or soft V with a 7.5 radius and cheap poplar and Basswood bodies or a custom shop strat which IMO, the price for them is just way to high for most working musicians. Consider this, you can get a FireFly strat with Locking Tuners, Roasted Maple Neck, Bone Nut, Alder Body or Ash, Alnico 5 Pups and Stainless Steel Frets all for under $200.00 and they sound great. Yeah sure, they only have C necks but for the price, I myself bit the bullet and bought two at Christmas for under $300.00 plus shipping. For me it's easier to buy a FireFly and swap out the neck for a soft V ($299.00 for a Fender neck or $169.00 for a Fender knock off at Northwest guitars) and still have a great guitar under $500.00. If Fender ever gets it together again and decides to make a decent (under 900.00) guitar with a soft V neck AND A 9.5 radius with an ALDER or ASH body (at the very least) then I may start buying them again. Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.

@JC-ee8qm 3 күн бұрын

Dude didn't look too impressed with these Players did he? 15:47 Fair enough. I'm a lefty and normally could only dream of an acquatone color, but for regular guys, it's hardly the second coming of JC

@anmolatwal 17 күн бұрын

What's that green cursor flying on the screen???

@abrahamdavidsmith 16 күн бұрын

You mean the oscilloscope?

@indigos290 16 күн бұрын

Smh! Now I gotta get another guitar!

@jamesmata4579 17 күн бұрын

Trying to decide between Player II & Player Plus, any thoughts? I know one of the differences is the noiseless pickups that come with the plus. I just don’t know if it’s worth the extra $200 or so.

@jasonswitzer1748 16 күн бұрын

Give it time… I’ll bet you a cheeseburger that this time next year there will be a Player Plus II, with the rolled fingerboard, vintage tuners, etc.

@daviddenoncourt757 16 күн бұрын

They both have the rolled edges, I think the main selling point of the Plus is a more refined look with the tortoise shell pickguards and suck, some limited edition also have roasted maple neck if you can grab that too.

@sagittated 16 күн бұрын

Big difference is the player plus have the flatter 12" radius. Player II have the standard 9.5.

@pgrove 16 күн бұрын

Aside from that green, those colors are meh. I'm interested to see a demo of the HH tele though.

@martianmurray 17 күн бұрын

New OFFSETS!

@photonewbie8065 16 күн бұрын

:Looks like the Player II Mustang will be a hard tail instead of a tremelo. I don't see the Duo Sonic in this new lineup. So is the Player Duo Sonic discontinued?

@viniciuscomacento 6 күн бұрын

rosewood

@MelodyCarroll-rx8tk 17 күн бұрын

I'd still rather have a Vintera II strat.

@mojo6778 14 күн бұрын

I am not able to access your website, is anyone else reporting this as an issue?

@rodnyg7952 16 күн бұрын

♫....gotta' move these Strat-o-casters, Gotta' move these new colored TeleeEEEEeEEesEs....♫

@user-pf7xy8nz3t 10 күн бұрын

For the demo part he changed the saddles on the tele. I wonder.

@SiddharthKarunakaran 16 күн бұрын

🎸I always wanted an emoji guitar.

@damham5689 16 күн бұрын

Why is it even affordable guitars like Harley Benton and even Squier can put binding in guitars, but Fender cant seem to do it unless its over a $1000 guitar ? I personally like binding on my guitars..

@dantedimaano9556 16 күн бұрын

does it come with a gig bag

@sagittated 16 күн бұрын

Nope. Upside is you get to choose which color case you want.

@rigorhead01 15 күн бұрын

I want to see Cooper as the front man of a wailing, screaming, hollering rock band!! 🤣

@sleepwalkingman6303 14 күн бұрын

Rosewood doesn't look rosewood-y enough😏

@keithdavis5464 16 күн бұрын

What happened to the Player Plus

@alexstrums 15 күн бұрын

These Player II strats seem VERY similar to the Vintera II’s… Ok different neck radius and trem bridge. Am I missing something here?

@quiksilver78 12 күн бұрын

Good demo and coverage but why do people gloss over the hardware with a simple "upgraded hardware" well, what's upgraded? From here it looks like the same from the Player I series and if all the electronics are the same (why would they change that) same with the body material, the only change I see is all in the neck. So, can I just buy a new neck for my Player I?

@JmSmith751 16 күн бұрын

So, fender is the new squier killer??

@mikeadams4605 16 күн бұрын

Fender finally doing an ash body again......but it's chambered.....Cmon man

@ThomasBN4G 16 күн бұрын

So the Player's are guitars made from the old Corona machines after 2016.

@airtimedesign 15 күн бұрын

Hi-Ah-Lee-Ah

@andyvitali7510 5 күн бұрын

Give us a nitro version please

@daynmitchell7543 12 күн бұрын

Ahh so that’s why the old ones were on sale lol

@simonmodig 16 күн бұрын

Hawktuah Yellow

@thombat999 12 күн бұрын

Hialeah = Hi ( as in hello) - uh - lee - uh

@Mexxx65 16 күн бұрын

Some cool new colors, and body materials/construction. - still no locking tuners - still no block saddles - still no pickup upgrade from the old models Player Series Alnico 5's - not a real bone nut - still a "black plastic" truss rod cover - made now in Indonesia I've heard

@wikolib6821 16 күн бұрын

Sweetwater has Player II Strats and Teles in stock and the photos of the back of the headstocks show MX in front of the serial number and also say "Made in Ensenada".

@AlamoMusic 16 күн бұрын

The guitars are made in Ensenada, Mexico. The Player Plus models do have locking tuners and block saddles. A nice thing about the classicgear tuners on the Player II is that they are vintage looking modern mount which means you can drop locking tuners in with no modifictation - Chris

@wikolib6821 16 күн бұрын

@@AlamoMusic Thanks Chris. Good to know.

@ml2054 16 күн бұрын

You should really research or at the very least think before you make statements lol “They’re made in Indonesia now.” Lol what??

@Mexxx65 16 күн бұрын

@@ml2054 Yeah I spent every single hour last night, sifting over every single spec I could find online on the new Fender player II Stratocaster....before I typed my first comment.......are you for real? I had read some of these new player IIs were being manufactured in an Indonesian plant. Its just a comment mate. Do I have to reach your "Bible" commenting status before I type a youtube comment now?

@VictorBlakerst 15 күн бұрын

Arthas, My Son...

@braddietzmusic2429 14 күн бұрын

You can say it: “…because the American Series is…” Any guess? “…really EXPENSIVE…”

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 14 күн бұрын

I'm too much of a fancy boy guitarist to dig this cheap crap. BUT... That being said they seem like pretty decent guitars for cheap crap. Great guitar to get into for starters : )

@azerbouf 16 күн бұрын

So the main difference of Player II is just the color? According to the specs from their website, they have exact same specs as for Player I...

@powbobs 15 күн бұрын

Vintage tuners and rolled edges. Have you considered actually watching the video?

@BreadandFaxes 12 күн бұрын

Standard mexican strats used to be $500 and came with shitty hardware, and ceramic pickups. They now are like $750-850 and have alnico pickups, better hardware, better tuners, better trems, no more shitty zinc trem block, rolled edges. I mean, and these guitars are workhorses for studio and live. Buy one, get it set up well and it can do anything you need it to.

@BreadandFaxes 12 күн бұрын

I bought an American Telecaster and Japanese Tele last year and since have sold them both. My Pacific Peach Tele sounds and plays better than both so I kept it and it's my main Tele.

@robertoabdall 10 күн бұрын

Kinda hate this iFender marketing (?) What´s next, Vintera and Player Pro Max?

@herewegoagain7403 16 күн бұрын

oh rosewood making a comeback? 10+ years from now, the player strat w pau-ferro fretboard will be sought after.

@josephkeating3597 16 күн бұрын

The Player Plus at $999.00 and they have locking tunners, noiseless pickups and a push pull pot. So why would I want to buy one of these?? BTW, I bought a player Plus Tele last year. Nice ax!

@macbeth642 14 күн бұрын

so then buy the player plus? Who is stopping you? What point is this trying to prove.

@oliverhenkel376 16 күн бұрын

The illusion that you could play as good as Cooper if you buy this (or any guitar that he shows us) guitar... Quality of a guitar: 5% Quality of Cooper playing: 95%

@oliverhenkel376 16 күн бұрын

and don't get me wrong: If I had the money, I would buy every guitar Cooper presents - just he's such a nice guy!

@joesmith8398 16 күн бұрын

All the videos ive seen for these, the guitars sound very "tinny" and bright, unpleasantly so.

@anatol1204 Күн бұрын

Pricies are going up AI is caching up.. Ask Beiden to make this a gift to you he s got a lot money

@shakespeariancopy3053 9 күн бұрын

So if I want a sunburst now I must get a chambered bodied strat? 🤮🤢what about making strats the way they are supposed to be?

@javiersilva5409 9 күн бұрын

I owned two CS, and I'm spoiled, yeah, but I also own 2 roadworns and they're way better than these guitars.

@javiersilva5409 9 күн бұрын

I played one. Terrible. Lifeless, and they did the rolled edges half assed, it doesn't feel good at all.

@pepmasters-999 3 күн бұрын

Well that rules that one out then.

@NoName-gz2kk 14 күн бұрын

No ashtray bridge? No barrel saddles? Fender, why bother? No thanks.

@tbone2451 16 күн бұрын

Not a fan of the aged knobs and pickups. Fake looking.

@karemare6426 14 күн бұрын

Lol fender been making the SAME boring guitars for 70 years, and it's still the "new fender models" each goddamn year :D

@VictorVectorMusic 16 күн бұрын

You can buy a player series assembled in Mexico or a US Model assembled by a Mexican in the USA. lol Oh and rolled FBs have nothing to do with fret sprouts FWIW :)

@mikeschultz8156 17 күн бұрын

Don’t you think went you buy a Strat or a Tele it should be their flagship guitar ? You should not have buy a player series or a 54 or a custom shop to get their best … Fender didn’t do that in the beginning… so what I get out of it is Fender can’t build a guitar that is as good as a fifties or sixties because they won’t they want all to upgrade to get the quality that was the Fender name … Gibson does it also … shameful

@zezuntxiduntxi 17 күн бұрын

I actually agree with you

@timetraveler_0 16 күн бұрын

Sometimes people can get nuisanced about minor features, why should fender not capitalize on that? The Player II series is likely better than any guitar you could buy back in the day for the same if not less amount of money (adjusted for inflation). No one is forcing anyone to buy an Ultra Lux.

@keithferris9574 16 күн бұрын

@@timetraveler_0sure but it makes everything high level have to be aspirational. Is there a law that the average earner should never be able to afford high end stuff?

@tdc_2021 16 күн бұрын

It’s an amazing time to be a guitar player. If you can’t afford a Fender, you can get a very decent Squire. If you are very well off then you can get something custom shop. Then there are loads of options in between. But ultimately, all of the options are very good and most will be as good as what was made in the 50s.

@damham5689 16 күн бұрын

Just buy a G&L, the real leo fender guitar and never worry about it.