Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Maple Fingerboard Electric Guitar 3-Color Sunburst

Sounds amazing, especially the HSS.

Pickups are amazing, humbucker bridge pickups give it a strong rock sound while the single coils still give it an amazing, classic Stratocaster sound. Love jamming out to Hendrix & SRV with the neck pickups, and switching over to the bridge when playing Nirvana or Metallica. Incredible work of art with hardly any flaws at all, and for a very respectable price.

I chose this guitar (Polar White) because it was the most...decorated Strat that came with a gloss/lacquered neck, which doesn't seem readily available on more expensive strats. I was surprised to see that the fingerboard is gloss but the back of the neck is satin. Not what I expected, but still feels great. HSS FTW. Shipped to home, and setup was decent but needed slight intonation adjustments. Overall, I'm very happy with it

practice wonderful so far

I've had one for about 3 years now, and I can't be happier. I've played my first few gigs with it, I've brought it to -5°F temps up in northern Vermont, I've played it in 85°F heat, and it is still kicking. Don't be worried about tone with this thing, either. It can do everything from funk to blues to hard rock to nu metal. Tuning stability is fantastic with this thing as well. Like every other Strat, you just need to get this set up every now again and it can last you decades. If you're looking for something that can do everything under the sun without daily maintenance and won't break the bank, this is the guitar.

I bought a used MIM Strat a few years back that has been my workhorse for a long time now. Solid guitar but it wasn't in the greatest condition and I've always wanted to "upgrade". A friend wanted to buy that guitar so I started looking. I initially purchased a Strat Professional 2 SSS but the color I wanted was backordered. After a month of waiting, and a little bit of buyers remorse, I cancelled to see what was readily available. This Player Series Strat in Silver is a great guitar. For about half the cost, I was able to get similar tones and feel of the Pro 2 Series. Once I brought this guitar home, I let it rest for a few hours. I tuned it and started jamming with my EVH 5150 pedal and didn't put it down for 3 hours! The humbucker on this thing has a nice, high output for those chunkier riffs. Not to mention the single coils sound beautiful with the clean Fender tones. It feels like the newer Mexico Strats are better in quality. Would definitely recommend to a beginner/intermediate player.