Fender Classic Player '50s Stratocaster Electric Guitar 2-Color Sunburst

Build quality and finish are top notch, much better than I would normally expect at this price point. I usually have to adjust the set up on a new guitar but the set up on this was nearly perfect me. I did, however, tighten the tremolo claw screws a bit. The neck and frets are very comfortable to play and the pickups have a wonderful vintage sound. Overall, this is not just a great guitar for the money it is a great guitar.

Wow! I mean WOW!! where do I begin... I have had really bad experiences with MIM or Indonesia guitars over these many years and let's face it, for the most part they all sucked (all but THIS ONE still does and that includes those rinky dink PRS SE's and even the S2-24 YIKES)...I say that because in my experience, after you upgrade the pups, pick-guard, electronics, bridge (most likely the neck) and the tuners you still have a sub par product which costs you more than if you had just bought a specialty american made guitar. I have been playing guitar professionally for 40 years and have had at least fifty MIM guitars over those years and have four now and have never been happy with any of them till now. What happened Fender?! KEEP IT UP. I waited a year and a half to pull the trigger on this strat and finally did so because of the overwhelming positive reviews. This has everything my american strats have and in one or two instances more. This thing plays better than most of the guitars I own except my John Mayer strat (10 american 4 MIM))... I love the nice almost thick neck, the pups rock and it has locking tuners and it has a decent weight to it (god I hate a lightweight guitar)... at this price point it does not get any better. Good job Fender. You put out more of these (like some with rosewood finger board) and I will buy them. I only gave this a four because the fret-board is a little sharp on the sides but all in all it's a great guitar.

Love it! Plays like a dream. No problems at all with finish

Great Guitar.

Looks even better than pictured. Minimal tweaks to set up at GC when I picked it up. Extremely comfortable play. Great tone.

I bought the Gold one new this year. I loved it from the start. The neck in particular is a cut above any other Mexican and even some of the USA Strats. Necks are a personal thing but it's a standout feature of this guitar. I'm fond of the hardware as well including pickups. My biggest gripe is the poly paint. I brought mine in for a setup and the paint on perimeter of the neck plate started to crack. What was worse was that the adjacent paint started to flake off the guitar somewhat like a hard boiled egg which went nearly to the front of the guitar. It's as if it had no adherence at all to the wood. It's possible the tech tightened the plate too tightly but still, the paint in the neighborhood shouldn't have fallen off. I've read reviews complaining about the thick poly paint killing sound and this paint was indeed extremely thick. It was more like a plastic coating. Even if you like a relic'd guitar, you probably don't want the paint chipping away. The shop that did the setup felt bad about the paint chipping and repainted it with nitro paint but said that stripping the guitar was almost too easy. The paint just fell off with little effort. Although they were polite, Fender support did nothing to help. It didn't leave me with much confidence they would stand behind their product. I still like the guitar and of course the if anything, I'm much happier with the nitro finish but I'm disappointed in Fender's lack of taking any responsibility and the terrible paint. Perhaps I just got a lemon. I hope so for Fender's sake.