Since watching this video and posting my original comment I've both email and called Fender customer service to find out if the pickups are the same, or different, in the Player II series. Both responses from Fender were that they "are the same pickups" in the strat as in the original Player series!

I always enjoy your demos Brett! Thanks

Great review and playing Brett! The aquatone blue and maple fretboard are a perfect match. 👍

Nice colour. Sits well with the maple neck. Having listened to your demos of these 'Player II' Fenders what impresses me most is the Tone Master Pro. Not that I'm in the market for a modelling device but if I was this would definitely be on my radar. Tasteful playing as ever Brett. 👍🙂

As usual most enjoyable and to-the-point demo! Thanks

That studio is looking epic Brett!!!

This and your other video with the coral red rosewood Strat are the best videos on YT of the new Player II Strats, and the Tone Master Pro sounds fabulous too.

Rolled fingerboard, nice addition, great demo by the way.

The bridge humbucker is an alinco 2 and it along with the single coil pickups are the same ones as in the original Player series which I'm ok with. A lot of reviewers are claiming the Player II pickups are new "revoiced" pickups and this is not true at least on the strat. I watched an interview with a Fender representative and he flat out stated the strat pickups were the same as the original Player series. The humbucker is 7.6k ohm which makes for some nice clean tones.

Thanks!

Brilliant review of a an incredible guitar. Nice work fender ! I wonder if the nut will ever get an upgrade from MIM. I suppose their synthetic bone is their staple for nut. Mine works fine actually but I often wonder why not throw in a Graphite or bone? I know every detail counts for price but dang. This is impressive for upgrades albeit minor they make huge feel diff.

What do you guys prefer in terms of sound for the third pickup. Single or humbucker? More versatility with the HSS package?

Can you split the coils on the humbucker pickup?

Nice playing and demo. Are these the same pickups in the players l ??

@surfinjim

13 күн бұрын

Yes they are

Thanks for this new great video! Are the tuners "Fender vintage" ones, with a 8.7mm hole diameter or some "modernized" version with 10mm holes? I know many like these, but I don't...

looks very nice! kudos that you have mentioned the string spacing, mostly an overlooked factor but quite important. with such such nice features I could easily swap it for my am pro 2 and get half money back 😂 BTW what's your chair with raised arms? is that from amazon or something?

@BrettKingman

14 күн бұрын

Amazon, yep. About $250 if I recall.

I wonder if they are going to keep the Player Plus the same.

How different does position 2 sound on the hss vs the sss? Are they quacking the same? 😅

@BrettKingman

3 күн бұрын

Good question and I have to say that they're pretty darned close. I think it would be a tough call in a blind test. The HSS P2 is good enough, for sure.

@rawnajaaris

3 күн бұрын

@@BrettKingman thanks for the reply! I'm excited to try this myself at the shop.

Is it much different from Player I series?

Aquatone blue is that miamiblue with less yellow?

That color looks like Miami Blue....

@BrettKingman

16 күн бұрын

Thanks Mark!

I want this color so bad bad no rosewood option! So lame Fender!

I'm sorry, but those pickups sound thin, tinny and unpleasantly bright and brittle. You'd think after 70 years Fender would figure out how to make a pickup. Perhaps they need some guidance from Seymour Duncan.

Is there any way to get that awesome jam track ? Even if I have to pay for it, that's fine.

This is mexican made ?

@marcusmauldin731

15 күн бұрын

Yes

HOW MANY times to ask you SWITCH ON subtitles in your videos?.

@BrettKingman

16 күн бұрын

I do switch it on. If KZread's algorithms don't generate the subtitles, it's not my fault. AND STOP YELLING.

@1loStu

15 күн бұрын

@@BrettKingman I appreciate that you are a good musician, but you don't understand the YT system at all. Your channel is the only one I subscribe to (was subscribed to) without the ability to turn on subtitles. And I subscribe to several dozen channels. Just THINK about it. Perhaps you need to fix something, aren’t you?