Fender Player Series Strat MN BCR

First of all the color of guitar is absolutely stunning, real it looks even better than in picture, color is pure yellow.
Guitar sounds really well, but I have nothing to compare in that level, I had Squier before. So I can confidently say that Strat has much richer and solid timbre and sound.
The sixth string had a little buzzing, but I picked up bridge of that string and now it sound normally and purely.
I was worried a little bit about electronic noise when I was touching strings. After consultation with professionals and owners of Fender I came to the conclusion, that it’s probably absolutely normal for Fender guitars who has a single coil pickup, especially if you live in Eastern Europe in old houses with bad grounding in the circuit.
I’m happy with my guitar, and I will keep it with all the pros & cons.

As soon as I opened the box the buttercream colour made me scream: what a lovely lovely colour! The guitar is gorgeous. Classic look with a very modern feeling. The neck is smooth as silk and it is very easy to play.
The only flaw is the setup: terrible terrible setup! The guitar was out of tune with a super high action. the bridge needs some serious setup. I will replace the pickups with a Seymour Duncan YJM loaded pickguard. I will also install Fender locking tuners in order to improve tuning stability.

Overall: very good value for money. The Fender Player is a perfect guitar to start with. The guitar will grow up with you: you can change bridge, tuning keys, pickups...You will LOVE the buttercream colour and LOVE the neck feeling (the fretwork is not bad at all!). Maybe you will need a little bit of time to setup the guitar properly.

The body: huge, massive, robust body, compared to the former MIM standard. I resonates unbelievably well acoustically. The neck is somewhere between the modern C and very soft V. Very comfortable. Definitely a pro compared to the lighter body of the MIM standard.

The sound: it plays on a very wide range, however mainly it is a relatively hot strat sound. All pickups have more bass and a bit more high then for ex. a vintage sounding one. The clean is beautiful, and due to the hotter winding you reach a wide range of setups. If you dial back with the volume you can get close to vintage stuff as well. So If I ever change the pickups I'd keep this set, because its huge. I used it in one gig so far, and it held up the band surprisingly good compared to strats.

Build quality: as far as I can measure, it is perfectly built, no sharp edges, no extra laquer on the frets, and the buttercream color is love at first sight!

I would recommend the guitar and the service without hesitation.

I was looking for a more versatile guitar rather (I own a Jackson and an ESP) to play something less aggressive than metal and hard rock. I was thinking about a Fender strato with single coil pickups but frankly speaking I could not afford an original american one. So I decided to go for this Player series strato. As far as I can see, so far the choice has been definitely successful. The finish is really good (i.e. no paint defect). As far as the tone is concerned I'm not able to compare to an America ST but it is great and it is exactly what I was looking for.
As far as customer service is concerned, I think it could not be better. I have been constantly informed on order and delivery status, shipment has been really fast (the item has been delivered two days in advance rather than estimated). Moreover, the order has been split in 2 different deliveries without extra costs since one item was not immediately available. Packaging is well done so that you can be sure that there are no issues during shipment.

In my 20 years of guitar playing I have never owned a Stratocaster, and after reading some reviews about the new player series I decided it's time to remove it from the wish list. So went ahead and bought it. The guitar was delivered to Estonia (3-4 working days) it arrived in mint condition. Everything worked perfectly and it had no aesthetic blemishes or faults of any sort.

The guitar is a looker and it's my new favorite guitar. I already own a gibson les paul Joe bonamassa model and an epiphone dot. The sound is very different from those 2 of course, but for some reason I just like the cleans that this produces, at least more than those 2 humbucker based guitars that I own.

If you want a technical review about the specs go to youtube, there's tons of videos where they spec the hell out of this guitar. So long story short. If you don't own a strat, and have wanted one for the longest time like me, then now it's the time to get it.