Fender Player Plus Stratocaster & Telecaster Demo

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[@maxsalasr]

Let me tell you, these noiseless pickups sound great. Richard adds for sure, he is a legend

[@geoguitar1950]

That tele tone! Wow!

[@williamrobinson7435]

These guitars are fine (I don't like pull switches) the Tele is q. pretty. The real Star of this is Richard Barrett. What a lovely player this guy is. I have followed with interest his work, incl faultless transcriptions of great guitar repertoire, and he is a DIAMOND. 24ct,no less.

[@gobodega5226]

Nice. That is the first video where the tele with this plus noiseless pickups sounds really good. Thanks 🙂👍

[@theblondelions9894]

The tele sound, warm¡, percusive, lovely. I just like it.

[@sourav2328]

One of the best review...I was on the fence because of the negative comments on other videos about the noiseless pickups....but after watching this video....i have no doubt that this guitar offers an arsenal of tones ..like none other in a competitive price. You can tweak just the tone buttons enough to get the tones you need. Unless you are Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales you will do just fine with the player plus. Got myself a perl white sss.

[@kurtklein6360]

Thanx Richard! This confirmed me again, that i'm a Tele Guy😊 Great sound, i'm in love with this!

[@russheath15]

Great playing as always such a great player is Richard

[@Krullmatic]

Great review my dude! Your playing is top notch!

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

Great review! I bought the Fender Player HSS plus top aged cherry strat last year and this guitar is probably going to be my next one...

[@qiyongchung6954]

Love the playing!

[@garycoraluzzi1166]

Very nicely done! Thank You!!

[@robertclinger7351]

Great demo! Thanks!

[@davidt9841]

Richard, May all be well! Straight off.. I rarely watch/listen to videos featuring demos of guitars, or gear.. what have you.. but, because of the intro - and, because it's YOU - I watched all the way to the last note! Glad to see Fender is improving their offerings to players who love their guitars.. I'm sure most of those 'enhancements' have come from listening to what guitar players have told them they would like to see/hear/have in their guitars! Amazing, isn't it? Leo nailed it right out of the box.. the Stratocaster, the Telecaster, the Fender Precision/Jazz! Among the multitudes of guitars offered today, they still stand proud and strong! And, by the way, it really brought it all home when the rhythm section was added to the mix. An excellent demo, from the hands of a Master! Great Job (still waiting for more of those Hooker vamps)!

[@mikepapas14]

Hello David. Great player indeed. Could you please tell me his full name, so I can watch more videos of this really good player? Richard..? Or any links links if you can..! Mike. Rhodes, Greece

[@TheDdkk1]

Very helpful and detailed review thanks as I am looking to buy a player plus tele. One question I had is with the neck and body seeming to be a little thinner than traditional fender player tele, is the overall weight lighter?

[@reddieseled]

People saying the noiseless pickups this and that. I’ve yet to play a better pickup. They are somewhat fuller sounding than most single coils and don’t buzz. For a working musician or recording what is not to like about that? I’ve recently swapped a strat for the Nashville player and it’s an excellent guitar. Those locking tuners are so precise and hold fast. The saddles make the strings sustain nicely.

[@jonswift7174]

Great demo.Think I need one of those Teles

[@MrKkprince]

Yes the bridge pickup is near to 11k ohms dc while the other two are around 10.5k ohm dc

[@jst601]

Rolled fingerboard edges in Player Plus models. A definite welcome addition.

[@davidratliff807]

For the money it’s a great classic Fender with nice options, my opinion is the action is so low on the strat the frets are buzzing a bit and the pick ups sound very thin. The paint job is beautiful and love the 12 radius and locking tuners. Great demo!

[@Ronno4691]

I learned the Eric Clapton/John Mayall's Bluesbreakers version of the Freddie King classic Hideaway via Mr Barratt's Lick Library video lesson and the man is good! Forensic, concise, no nonsense. An excellent musician AND teacher too, no doubt.

[@Elimnio]

I actually like the look of that pao ferro here (I usually don't) but here it looks like it's own thing (which it is of course)

[@raydowley1038]

Hi Rich nice demo

[@clivehutchby5035]

The Player Plus Telecaster (I have a sunburst version) is OUTSTANDING. In this video it sounds so much better than the Strat IMO...

[@mototakahe836]

The Strat neck appears not on centre line of guitar. Base string looks to be further into the neck than top e which appears closer to the edge of the neck..I note the intonation screws are really screwed up tight ot get it tuned. Go for a modern Squier QC so much better

[@rick00770]

Those sound good, I had the strat. Player plus top Mexican made nice playing guitar.

[@jaycasmirrimusic5751]

Excellent, thorough demo of these great guitars. Also, Richard, what an amazing guitarist! You, sir, are a player plus in your own right! Love your style(s).

[@deanlockamy2087]

I have many guitars, fenders. gibsons and jacksons even a real nice martin acoustic, but I dont get it when people say they dont like fenders. For me the tele is the most comfortable and best necks of all, I do prefer the traditional teles, however I do have one with humbucker on the bridge and its amazing.

[@philpants44]

That tele is gorgeous! i think i might have to go shopping. Im pretty new to guitar specs, how does the maple and Pau ferrodiffer in practiability? also could some explaim the idea of "noiseless! pickups.

[@Allguitarinfo]

Designed to eliminate the nasty 60 cycle hum of standard single coils..thus the Hum bucker pu..was born

[@Krullmatic]

They're stacked single coils, so basically, they're humbuckers.

[@rezakhan8290]

Sound good. Wish the strat had maple fretboard.

[@williampettit909]

You can get a maple fretboard. Mine has one

[@sourav2328]

It does have

[@eocha24]

I have this tele. Awesome guitar. Only negative thing is pickups arent balanced in a sense: middle position sounds good- bridge is too thin; bridge sounds good- middle/neck sound too big and boomy…

[@Allguitarinfo]

Man...why. now I want one of each ..aaaarrghh the agony of Guitar aquasition syndrone

[@themuzzfuzz7045]

Hate the fretboard on the strat

[@RickMcCargar]

I haven't owned one of the cheap guitars with noiseless, but the Elite Strat and Tele that I had both sounded great with them...and no hassle anywhere you play. These sound great.

[@coltonius]

I’ll know I’ve made it when I can call a $1000 guitar cheap! 😆

[@RickMcCargar]

@@coltonius Everything is relative. $1000 in today's dollars is the equivalent to $122 when I was ten.

[@coltonius]

@@RickMcCargar My comment was meant to be lighthearted, but since you mentioned it.. It’s true that $122 in 1965 had the same buying power as $1000 in 2021. $122 TODAY doesn’t seem like a lot, but it sure was *back then*. I’m guessing anyway, since the average family income in 1965 was $6,900 and houses averaged $21k. (Estimates provided by the US census.) Am I being extra? Sure, I freely admit it. But playing sleight of hand between $122 in 1965 and $122 in 2021 is misleading at best. Have a good one, and enjoy those Elites! I have some upper level Fenders as well, and they’re definitely lifers.

[@RickMcCargar]

@@coltonius I wrote; "Everything is relative". I bought a $100 guitar with money I earned from a paper route during that time. $122 is 1.8% of the average income you mentioned. Hardly a huge purchase.

[@frogslips]

Is that aged candy apple red or copper?

[@tendingtropic7778]

aged candy red, looks like copper

[@eocha24]

Its what it says and looks awesome in person

[@scottanderson4175]

Is it my imagination or is the neck on the Strat absolutely amazing more like the Ultra yet the Tele neck still feels like the first guitar neck ever made 😐

[@kjatexas3679]

So...................what was wrong with the Strat/Tele specs, that they had to "improve" them? Always love your playing, Richard.

[@coltonius]

Nothing wrong with vintage spec. Just something different.. same reason Fender offers different colors, pickup configurations, and neck radiuses. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TheWelhaven]

There’s a guitar for everyone out there. No stress.

[@gerdpfeil]

The specs were made to fit the playing styles and music of the late 1940s and 1950s, when "old man waving fist at clouds" was still a toddler. ;)

[@TheWelhaven]

If there’s people out there who can hear and feel the difference between rosewood and Pau Ferro, I doubt they buy Mexican guitars in the first place.

[@treishtrei]

There is no if

[@Brian_Vallejo]

I'm of the belief that no one can "hear" any difference b/w Pau Ferro & Rosewood. I do think an argument can be made for how they feel different. That being said, Pau Ferro feels quite nice to me, better than Indian Laurel. Perhaps rosewood feels better idk 🤷‍♂️

[@truthfactreality6814]

Fender don’t need to use pau ferro anymore. Use rosewood and they might make me interested again in the Mexican guitars

[@MrWeedpatch]

What the hell is pay ferro? Sounds like some cheap money saving scam, is it even wood?

[@kcave23]

It's so hideous looking.

[@TheWelhaven]

@@MrWeedpatch It’s also called Brazilian ironwood and used by many guitar manufacturers like PRS. Most players won’t notice any difference, other than a slightly lighter colour in some cases.

[@truthfactreality6814]

@@TheWelhaven it feels fine. But looks awful

[@TheWelhaven]

@@truthfactreality6814 Two of my MiMs have Pau Ferro, and they looks just fine. There’s a guitar for everyone out there, no stress.

[@CHOPERUS23]

Why the Synthetic Bone (Plastic) nut?! Such a shame.

[@gerdpfeil]

Yeah that's a total deal breaker! ...for dogs. ;)

[@Krullmatic]

Yeah, that's nuts! They should put a Tusq on it. I'm planning to put one on my Strat, and they only cost $12.00!

[@kurtlonde5892]

.... Super gute Gitarre... im Shop war ich mehr als überrascht über die Qualität der Gitarren... Fender auf einem guten Weg.... die Player Spec sind ein Fortschritt und eigentlich unverzichtbar.... die Gitarre ist ausreichend für professionelle Ansprüche.... natürlich findet man immer irgendwelche Dinge die an exklusiveren Gitarren besser.... oder sagen wir interessanter sind... das liegt aber im Auge des Betrachters.... denn über eines sollte man sich im Klaren sein.... hat man seinen Zenit in der Gitarren Technik und der Virtuosität erreicht.... ich könnte auch sagen... stagniert man in seinem Gitarrenspiel.... dann versucht man immer mehr den Kick in das Equipment zu verlagern... doch.... es macht viel mehr Spass.... den Fortschritt auf das Verbessern der spielerischen Fertigkeiten zu legen .... believe me

[@MrJones-ge5sl]

Richard always gets the best tone out of any guitar. I'm guessing this is through the Vox AC30.

[@officialWWM]

Ac15. He said that at the beginning.

[@timholtguitar6999]

Man, Strat is cool but those pickups just sound harsh to me.

[@ATX0705]

Good tones, but the Ferro fretboard looks terrible.

[@philpants44]

doesnt feel all tht nice either tbh

[@jackblack2321]

Pau ferro is a deal breaker for me, just hate it so much

[@philpants44]

how does it differ from the maplewood?

[@eocha24]

@@philpants44 pau ferro is just ugly looking

[@ButternoteBackingTracks]

Nice guitars, but I just can't get on with that light stripey Pau Farro or whatever fingerboard look on the Strat... horrible imo!

[@DMSProduktions]

NICE 1 Dick! \m/

[@wozabrown]

Fender guitars now are like Porsche 911s, there are that many different variations it gets confusing ! If you want a guitar the plays beautifully and is built beautifully too buy a G and L Fender's direction for me has gone from wanting to make great guitars to becoming a marketing brand .

[@colinrobinson9674]

Bullshit, never seen such high quality in every price range

[@eocha24]

Put the white switch tip on that tele and thank me later

[@whiskersb5296]

Nice demo. This guy is so English.