I think Steve could take a wal mart first act and make it sound killer! He probably already has! Ive got a couple epis. Pleased with them. Ill be grabbing one of these next.. dont have a v...yet👍

A great color guitar ❗ but Fender should be giving a gig bag with it ‼️

The rolled edge fingerboard definitely has my interest. Can't wait to see you play it Saturday night. 😺👍

What amp or software is he playing through? Thanks!

Why do I hear you @Steve from Boston? You make every guitar sound far better. 🔥🔥🔥

What distortion pedal will you use in I really like that sound

An $800+ guitar and still no bone nut ! (shaking my head)

Sounds great Steve! How does it compare to that Sonic blue 2012 "Designed by the Custom Shop" one you got a year or so ago?

I love it when it has the yellow in the sunburst like in the sixties. I had a Squier like that, but gave it to my son.

Tell to make the old RG3120 new again. Thats the model everyone wants.

I was thinking of getting the Stratocaster Ultra Luxe HSS with Floyd Rose. What do you think of those? How would it compare to something like a Frankie?

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Do you want to sell it

If you find one original Ibanez Artist from 1970/1980 buy it. You wont regred it. These sound fantastic and are super easy to play.

That seems cheap for a Strat.

There's a lot of good KZfaq people that review guitars but this style is spot on. What he's doing is like talking with a friend about a new guitar. Other than playing it I can get a well rounded perspective of it. Well done man.

Custom pickguard builders will have a field day with these, as a modder myself this is a bit a of a PITA guitar but if you want the PRS style in a ST format this is it (sorry silver sky!).

The tuners are now 18:1. Really liking the Birch Green with the Rosewood

Lovely tones

I had a similar "issue" with some of my affordable Jacksons...I simply replaced the stock tuners with Wilkinson EZ-Loks : They have two holes in each post ( perpendicular ) and I used the lower ones...Problem solved 🙂🙂

I agree with you Steve 3 color sunburst is my favorite strat color 🤟🏻and for $829 is a great price!

RG560 is the best guitar ever!

Out of tune guitars are like fingernails on a chalk board Nice at least one reviewer isn't tone deaf like most others.

2 point trem, They might as well went the distance with a Floyd

What are they using for the humbucker? Sounding pretty tasty!

just watching this vid as I saw a Chiabnez for sale.. .lol.. have to say according to Steve.. I need a 7 string and 3 more 6 strings in my "collection".. or has inflation hit the GAS market?.. maybe 30 6 stringers now?.. lol.. love the ho0nesty no matter who makes the guitars these days..

Player II blew me away. Had to buy the SSS Coral Red. Didn’t need it, but it’s all I’ve been playing for a week plus. The neck is insane…

I have a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat. The laurel fretboardlooks and feels just fine.

I ordered the aged cherry burst with a maple board. Won't ship to me for a while. I'm hopeful my pickups sound like the one's that you have.

I’ve been waiting for somebody to review this guitar,in this color

I agree, the bridge humbucker adds options. Too bad no matter now many times Fender adds new models, they never include a left handed version with a humbucker....still waiting Fender!!!

Yeah the bag is atrocious! Possibly the worst gig bag I’ve ever seen. I have the ’78 Eruption model and it came with that bag. It’s a tight fit too. I just use a decent fender bag with mine. Great looking guitar, I’m tempted by the new silver-burst model. I like the fact the pickguard screw holes are there, I think I’d add the pickguard from the ’78.

Hi Steve - that's no blem, that's the first relic mark!

Just bought my son a players. We modded with VegaTrem and a SD Hotrails in the bridge. The guitar rips and feels awesome. It's a pro level instrument for not a lot of money.

Some issues with the player ii. I’d spend the extra money on the pro ii.

Playability to me is the most important. I hear hints of Zep, Hendrix, PJ, ACDC, Bells outro. How's the HSS vs the trad HSS? Wouldn't have noticed the "blem" in a million years. Would the guitar have been free if there were 8-16 of them? What do you think of entry ones like Squier Debut?

I followed the link to look at Price and Specs. This beauty doesn't look like a cheap guitar but the US price seems very low. Mexico?. Pixxy where I live a USA made Fender is a very pricy guitar. A Fender custom shop guitar is popping up between $6K to $7K in Australia. The guitar you show here in Oz has a RRP $1,499. So yeah the US price is magic, much lower. In Oz for $1,499 you can buy a Ibanez Iceman or a Epiphone Les Paul or a Epiphone SG or a Jackson X series or a bunch of different PRS guitars. All these guitars can be haggled down to say $1300 ish. The price range for new guitars in a good guitar shop ranges between $250 to $10K in Oz. So yeah this guitar for how it sounds and presents seems like good value.

Guitar players will pay extra for a relic finish And lose their minds over a small blemish

Tasty licks

Beautiful Steve, but I prefer a Maple neck and board

Rolled edges too. Yesh i have my 2015 classic vibe squier. "SQUIAH" LOL Alder ,Rosewood. Rolled edges. But i got mine from someone second hand music go round ad listed as a squier se. 169..back in 2019. I sprinted to the checkout as it looked like someone really put some time into it. Took it apart and all. Legit. Scored. Lol. Didnt get the stock tone rider like sytle pups though but had some 500k pots with ceramic cloth wired mitey mites. Sss. Insane i kept that loaded guard tortoise and bought a loaded fender player series new guard and dropped in it. Tuners are barely turn and they move style. Not sure why and stiff. But man they stay in tune ...the whole guitar had a perfect feel. They lightly sanded the headstock edges and top minimally. It is a guitar i wont let go of. Well maybe for a Harley Benton HSS modern Strat they released. Im a sucker for the fusion line and those new strats are killer. Lol. 😅

Very disappointed in the color options.

ok steve, you talked me into it... i just ordered mine from empire music!! i liked yours so much that i had to have one just like it!!

Blem = Discount, Relic = pay more. Maybe I should shop for a relic'd guitar and ask for a blem discount.

I have a 2015 Olympic White, maple board American Special Strat which is a beautiful guitar I bought new but it doesn’t really cut it. So I recently bought a used 2011 Squire Classic Vibe 3TS and it is so much more alive ‘Strat’ sounding and seems of an equal quality build. 🤘

Steve, you must extreme sonically hearing, in order to hear the slight out of tunings. Shoot, I have to wear hearing aid, (thanks to the US ARMY). Yet I can't pick out thoses nuances. Thanks ¡¤¡

I like this one ! 👌🍷☘️

Are you playing through a Fryette (VHT), Dang you sound super natural!!! ¡¥¡

I love bleams ... is that the typical plastic nut. Give me the giant discount. No decent bag or case ... thats just LAMEO!!! It costs how mucho??? Made in ??? ¡¥¡

That guitar sounds good.