NEW Fender Player Plus Meteora - Fender's Most Futuristic Guitar of the Year!

[@fender]

Epic video guys! ❤️🎸

[@WTF-Cubing]

Epic guitars Fender! 😎 🎸

[@paulweyer4339]

"Retro futuristic" is the term that comes to mind. Like what 2002 was supposed to look like according to people in the 60s and 70s. Always glad to see fender experiment a bit

[@toledo2983]

would like to see not only fender to experiment a bit but also the guitar players.

[@joonasvuomajoki2636]

Yes. This. I wouldn't call the Meteora a futuristic looking guitar. Especially the first ones. It still looks like a classic Fender. Imho tied for the best looking Fender with Tele.

[@postoffice146]

Fender Jetson looks great

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

exactly, is like the future in 1950, beautiful guitars BTW and lots of versatility

[@LJN71]

I just love the Meteora! As much as I absolutely adore Fender guitars they are horrendously conservative so any breath of fresh air is always most welcome.

[@mikeg.9238]

TRUE THAT!!!

[@TonyHawkTuah]

They will have a 8 strings Jazzmaster around 2525

[@mikeg.9238]

@@TonyHawkTuah 🤣

[@user-rs8sp7wh6b]

PSA: I love my Meteora, but I want to let people know that the maple fretboard variants come with laquered frets. Once you play it, the laquer chips away from the frets and will make messes everywhere until you scrape it all off by hand. Pickups are not lined up properly at all, high E string is quiet on the neck pickup, G string is the loudest string for some reason. The gig bag sucks, mine showed up to the guitar store with a huge dent on the upper bout so I got it discounted. The laquer on the actual fretboard has dust and bumps all over it, there is a spot on the end of the fretboard, high E side, that was rotted out, chipped and browned then laquered over. The far tone pot on the bridge side had a lump. The lump was from where they drilled the scratch plate onto the body and pinched the bridge pickup wire between the two, causing the bridge pickup to cut out far too occasionally. Took it apart to polish frets, free the bridge pickup wires, intonate it (it was not playable in the LEAST), float the trem, remove the bucket loads of polishing compound and saw dust from the cavity and truss slot and it's a great little BRAND NEW fixer upper! I'm a Fender fan, but the QC is lacking huge. Just know that you'll have to put time into making it playable. It is now my personal favorite instrument, it just could have been executed better.

[@fretout]

Dear Fender, if these Meteoras came stock with Block Inlays, it would have been perfect!!!!

[@thesmellycatjazz]

They should full send it, and have Charvel do a Meteora with the DK24 HH specs and Jazzmaster (with the proper pickups and rhythm circuit)

[@kiltedarcher574]

Random fact: the Jetsons is set in the year 2062, making us closer to them (40 years) than we are to the era it was created in (1962- 60 years ago)

[@jackgreenwood1817]

Meteora was a brand new body shape in 2019, not a repurposed 70s model.

[@tangible_audio1060]

I am a huge offset fan, soI got the blue MIM Meteora a couple years ago and it is my favourite guitar in my collection and my new favourite body shape. Enough that I sought out the first USA tele-setup, and eventually another used MIM in red haha. They are so comfortable to play. So excited for this new range.

[@gregoryhall3156]

These are cool updates of the Meteora-gotta say though why would you make some 3 color sunburst as one of just a few color choices-this body shape invokes modern futuristic vibes so why an old school color like 3C Sumburst or even Silver burst for that matter. Hows about something more contemporary like the Skyburst or a variation thereof or the Mercury silver or silverburst or the dark night burst-how’s about a red-orange flame burst. Cmon-if your gonna go cutting edge on design-color should follow. i thought Fender was all about “Innovate”.

[@BRAG450]

I didn't really like any of the colors. They should have made them more adventurous. I actually liked the bass version of that tequila sunrise but it only comes on the bass. That blue fade is cool but it doesn't suit the body shape. Same with the sunburst.

[@jord7843]

The only color i like is the 3C sunburst and I think it's the best looking guitar i've ever seen. It reminds me of some retro 70s guitar in some weird alternate reality. Both futuristic but retro at the same time

[@thepeetjournal4469]

Guys, leave the peddles allone and give some clear tones.

[@TheMadMedek]

Jazzmaster is Classic mid century. The Meteora is mid century modern

[@furtherdefinitions1]

They look suspiciously a lot like the Harmony Silhouette guitars

[@cheezyodeezy]

9:53 is the best part

[@mrtelechi]

Great looking guitar, and Lee's playing is getting more f*cking amazing every video.

[@roywarriner8441]

I really like these guitars, but I would switch the fretboards. The pau ferro would look much better with the bursts and the lighter colour of the maple would look better with the blue and green.

[@JeighNeither]

I know, they always do this, & I have no idea why?

[@TonyHawkTuah]

@@JeighNeither True ! They don't have no idea why they do that neither.

[@unknownentity2429]

Thought the same thing

[@paulgordon6949]

You're right. I can never find a fender or squier guitar that's in the colour I want, the right specs, and the right fretboard. You can only get certain colours with maple fretboard, and certain colours are pau ferro/rosewood only, and I can never seem to find the combo I'm looking for.

[@killerdude35]

I know what you mean. Also, I'll find a strat with the perfect color, perfect fretboard, perfect specs...and it will have that butt ugly oversized headstock that I cannot stand! I understand tradition and all that but I cant see how anyone thinks the larger headstock looks better than the standard one.

[@BRAG450]

The biggest problem with the player plus series for me was the noiseless pickups in all the models.. They just didn't do what I wanted. So this having the humbuckers makes this meteora more viable option for me at least.

[@Bobby-wn5yr]

100% I was looking at a jazz bass but the noiseless pickups just weren’t … jazz bass pickups for me. It’s nice to have the option I suppose, but this meteora bass is really the first player plus bass I’d consider - it’s pretty cool, and dual humbuckers make sense if that’s the goal; don’t replace single coils with half humbuckers and pretend there’s no compromise. As they apprear to be paired jazz style pickups it would be nice to have a switch to flick them between humbucking and single coil though - that’d be an amazing tonal range as I don’t think it has much to offer in passive mode as is just from the demos I’ve seen so far, but it’s nice to have the switch.

[@jordanpratt3821]

Yeah man those noiseless pickups ain't where it's at.To me they make the guitar sound like an "almost" strat ,or almost tele.

[@ryangunwitch-black]

Noiseless pups are for the birds, y’all

[@robertodambrini5419]

@@jordanpratt3821 u

[@jordanpratt3821]

@@robertodambrini5419 say what?

[@ryanbrown8750]

The only way the silver burst could look better is if it was purple with a gold anodised pickguard...

[@markmaioli4]

Love the shape and whole concept of this new offering from Fender but FFS why would you put that god awful ancient tobacco burst finish on it?!?! Give me sparkle blue, red, shoreline gold - anything but that!

[@JeighNeither]

I've got a Strat HSS, a Jaguar HH, & an Explorer. While I appreciate & use their individualistic tones, if this had been around when I put together my current lineup of electrics (I also have a Les Paul & classicals & acoustics, but they're not really a part of this) I'd only have one, the Meteora.

[@davidturner7863]

Don't contact that number. I'm sure it's a scam. Call Andertons.

[@danduntz9112]

It’s the second iteration of these and still not available in lefty?! What’s the problem Fender?? You’ve always offered most of your products in both, so what’s the deal?

[@srfgrn]

This guitar is basically George Blanda's "Rocketcaster" custom shop design from 1992, without the tremolo system. See "The Dream Factory: Fender Custom Shop" book byTom Wheeler, pages 194 and 22.

[@caiusmadison2996]

I have had this book since year one, and you are correct, it is the shape.

[@PaulCooksStuff]

"is it an upside down jazzmaster" I see upside down Explorer, and can't unsee it now.

[@carwynvan]

I really love some of the things fender are doing at the moment. But I think I'm going to wait and see if they eventually do a Noventa Meteora. I think that would be epic

[@steventhomas231]

Last new Fender or Squire left handed model 2020 i think. Completely been forgotten about by Fender the last 2 years.🙄🙄

[@pCeLobster]

They should do some really rad colors on these. This is not the model for sunburst. Should be like hot pink, neon yellow, stuff like that.

[@danmillward7358]

I think it gets a good Led zepplin tone....quite mid rangy and pokey...got a good bark to it

[@riverstone5994]

If I’m being honest I absolutely love the bass

[@mflee6590]

All of fenders shapes will eventually just be shapes from Bootsy Collins apparel

[@JZaga]

Fender, Please bring back Rosewood fretboard

[@RJ_HTx]

I like the bass but the Pao ferro is such a let down especially for these prices. Meteora Bass with Ebony fretboard would’ve been a killer bass.

[@nedsdonutshop]

I know I'm getting old because the idea of a $1200 MIM Fender that comes with a gig bag enrages me. Now get off my lawn.

[@damianfennelly5752]

Great video. Some of the recent 'odd shaped guitars' that Fender and Squier are bringing out recently are just stunning.

[@ritwikjs]

pretty strange that fender is still using pau ferro and indian laurel fretboards. Eevn PRS has rosewood on their SE Silver Skys, and G&l has the same on their tribute series guitars. I'm not buying a new fender till they bring back rosewood. That ferrari yellow SSH guitar has an ebony fretboard that has me well excited though

[@egg43002]

Love this. Best thing Fender has put out in a while.

[@Simto]

Always thought these would look 10 times cooler with a matching headstock. It's like the guitar is screaming for a matching headstock (and maybe the bigger 70's headstock too for a little more visual symmetry) Looks like something Dennis Fano would have designed for Novo. Very cool, would just be cool to see it with a matching headstock and a really dark fretboard.

[@Simto]

Yeah that too! That would look sick. With that stripe on the bottom matching in colour (or better, the whole headstock matching) A bigger headstock would be so cool.

[@christopher-miles]

yes!!!

[@keithbriscoe99]

It is a bigger headstock, isn't it? I like it the headstock a lot.

[@Simto]

Looks like a Jazzmaster headstock, so sliiiiightly bigger. I still think it looks a little too small. Throws the overall visual balance off a bit to me.

[@williamcatalano1762]

I immediately thought of Novo Guitars as soon as I saw this. haha

[@ajofadams]

I think I’d still rather buy a revstar…5 way switch, hard tail, stainless steel frets, and enough cash left in my pocket for a katana or a bang tidy new pedal.

[@TheEchelon]

The revstar is great! Looking for one myself. Other guitar brands seem like a ripoff if you see what Yamaha can produce for the amount of money they ask for their guitars.

[@ajofadams]

@@TheEchelon I can vouch for that, I’ve a 502t already, itching for one of the new ones.

[@RomainG6409]

I have the « old » 502t revstar … a killer and I will buy a new standard one . Go for it blindly you won’t regret it …

[@0ldfashi0ned]

I haven't watched Anderson's content for a while, only to come back and see Pete got replaced by a younger, sexier, better version of himself...

[@christopher-miles]

bruh! it's at least a 5000 dollar tan. LOL!

[@nicksburson1]

Great playing and video as usual. I’m a little confused about the pickup choice. It feels/looks alternative but then they put straight old boring humbucker on it.

[@mikeg.9238]

This is a guitar that you have to let it rip!

[@jacobseal]

I agree. I would like P90's or something more unique. I have 2 guitars already that sound exactly like these, although I do love the body shape.

[@Anjohl]

Those humbuckers are not like you imagine they are :)

[@teerexness]

I always skip videos with Strats and Teles, because I just think that nothing more could be said or done that was worthy of my time. Now suddenly, I am interested in a Fender again for the first time in decades! Obligatory things I'd change, paint the headstock the same color as the body and do something more interesting than dots with the fret markers. But Bravo Fender!

[@johnnybhood7559]

The Meteora is an interesting guitar. In a guitar stand alone it’s an awkward looking disproportion guitar. But the minute it’s being jammed on, it’s the absolute coolest looking guitar in the room. Every part of its shape falls right into place

[@MidnightStorm4990]

They a actually look like Firebird guitars lol

[@mal5640]

Love it! Looks like a non-reverse Firebird though... by Fender

[@garyhaynes9282]

Awesome looking and sounding Guitars! Well done Fender!

[@1okanaganguy]

Guys... worst bass review - ever

[@gavterrygt]

These sound great and look nice, but I also think a matching headstock would look even better. Also, why the pick up surrounds? Would look cleaner directly mounted in the scratch plate

[@Anjohl]

The rings look classy in person tho, gives it a touch of a Gibson vibe :)

[@egnbigdave]

Bet they will go the same way as the Dimension bass - straight into the "Where are they now" file.

[@davidburke2132]

I dunno… the Meteora shape has now been around in one guise of another in one range or another for the past 4+ years. I’d have thought they must be selling otherwise Fender would have dropped them by now.

[@1okanaganguy]

Dimension bass is awesome and rare

[@egnbigdave]

@@1okanaganguy They are - played one in a music shop when they were released but they tanked.

[@pCeLobster]

Probably. And it has basically nothing to do with whether they're good instruments or not. People want traditional from Fender. It's been proven time and time again. At this point Fender trying anything new is commendable since its success is going to be unrelated to quality and it'll almost definitely fail.

[@satchvairules]

@@egnbigdave hi when you mean tanked did you mean it fell off your lap because it’s not balanced?

[@stockholm1752]

Like a meteor, a flash and then it’s gone. Retro-futurism meets deja vu.

[@oldmanlearningguitar446]

Sweet. I’ve been hoping for a more affordable reissue of the Meteora

[@DanielWalters]

Hey Fender, can we get a Meteora Bass VI?

[@pernauldthevisch5907]

This in the roadworn series with a jazzmaster trem... TAKE MY MONEY 💵

[@peoplewithpixels]

These guitars are screaming for a new headstock design!

[@johnjohnson9182]

Like a more square/rectangular shaped one would be nice or like something ud get on a burns guitar or even like a simple rickenbacker style headstock

[@bkmeahan]

Love the concept, and the tone is unlike anything else in the Fender line. I've tried two of these now at different stores and the fretwork on both of them was terrible. For a guitar in this price range, it shouldn't need a bunch of work to make it playable.

[@_w6ve_]

Honestly don't like it🤮 Feels unnecessary, like a jazzmaster on drugs.The only meteora that felt right was the butterscotch blonde one that jim root played.

[@tamboblake4835]

Nice sounds be-aware. The workmanship is horrible. The pickup switch on mine cuts out as well as the push to split the pickups also cuts out. I waited to long and would have had to send it back to fender for repair. So instead I just plunked down another couple hundred to have all the pots replaced and a switch installed to split the pickups and finally a set up. It works fine now. However, that $1049 guitar was now a $1275.00 plus a case for it. The gig bag was disgraceful. It couldn't have cost more than $10.00 DOLLARS! If you think this is a singular case think again because it's not.

[@davidburke2132]

Trust that you guys do know that the Jazzmaster headstock and big 70s Strat headstock aren’t the same, right? Does this Meteora have the Jazzmaster headstock to go with the Jazzmaster style Fender logo?

[@ransombaggins9301]

Really a nice style. The bass is VERY good. That said, I wish Fender would lose the Pao Ferro which I've never liked the look of. I also wish they would add some roasted maple options like so many up-and-coming makers who are offering so much more at a lower price.

[@frankkranick3103]

Badass guitar!!!!😎😳👏

[@garydiamondguitarist]

I have one of the Cosmic Jade PP Meteora HH models, and it's one of the best Fenders I've ever played, with a few caveats (see below). It's this weird and brilliant Strat/Tele/Jazzmaster mashup in looks and tone, the S-1 coil taps are great. if you find it thin use a clean boost, if you're already using one turn it up slightly, problem solved as the original Guitarist print review does count that as a negative. It's very versatile and I've used it a lot for recording because it does clean and slightly driven tones so well, better than my hotrodded Jag actually. The Jag has high output pickups so the cleans do suffer a little, whereas the more modest output Meteora ones can sparkle. The caveats are :- * The shape. If you're using a standard foldable A-frame stand for gigs, you need to put a thick towel under the guitar to stop it moving. * The jack. Poor positioning of the output jack means certain seated positions push against the socket. Live, if you use a wireless kit that has a jack and dongle setup with the battery, even if you tape it in place it moves around and puts strain on both. It can be moved to the top, on the pickguard, which is a more logical place for it. * The fit. I would say the neck on mine wasn't great, even after a setup the action was too high especially for a 12" radius Gibson style board, the pickup selector got more and more intermittent with selecting neck only or neck/bridge, the strings can make a weird "thonk" sound as they hit against the pickups even when using 10-46 strings and the pickups not that high. * The controls. I think a master volume and two tone controls was a poor choice. Separate volume for each pickup and a master tone is fine, and gives you more options when using what I consider to be the best sound on the guitar whether humbucking or tapped, which is the middle position. You can choose your blend like a Les Paul then. * The board. This is the most minor so it's on the end, but from the company that paired Cosmic Jade with a maple fretboard on Strats and Teles which looks great, why they've reversed that for the Meteora is beyond me. They've given the Silverburst and sunburst models maple, and the Cosmic Jade one Pao Ferro, that's the reverse of what they should have done. It's an aesthetic thing more than a feel thing (yes maple and rosewood and pao ferro are all subtly different, I agree, but when you play so regularly you have callouses in your fingertips so much you don't have much feeling in them, honestly not as big a deal as some guitar forumites would make out.) All of this is correctable, either by yourself if you have modest luthiery skills, or for the rest of us paying a good luthier makes a world of difference. Mexican Fenders have improved but all 3 of the Meteoras (or is the plural of Meteora just Meteora again, or Meteorae?) I tried didn't quite feel right straight off the peg from a guitar store. My genuine opinion for all models of Meteora is that they've sold poorly now, will be ignored for a decade or two, someone famous or someone who later becomes famous will pick one up because it's cheap and get known for it, then the prices will skyrocket as collectors start buying them up hoping to emulate that tone. It's exactly the same as happened with the Jag/JM in the late 80s/90s because the mentality of guitarists seldom changes, so I'd recommend pick one up now while they can be had for so little money relative to their quality. As I write this there are two of this exact model on Reverb for £550, both in pristine condition. That's less than I paid for mine which was reduced due to finish chips on the edges, shipping damage so I was told. I'm not selling mine unless I literally can't afford rent one month.

[@urbanrunoff]

wish it came with p90's as an option

[@michaelaiello9525]

My first impression is that aesthetically it needs a uniquely shaped headstock and Sonically, humbuckers on a Fender always sound more spanky like a Fender

[@caiusmadison2996]

Perhaps the Marauder is what Captain meant...? Meteora is new, in 68-69 catalogue, they introduced 3 models of Marauder with "hidden Pickup" and more offset design. These guitars surprisingly never materialized. All true versions are a similar experimental looking Starcaster/Jazzmaster Hybrid.

[@adamfstewart81]

Almost looks like a Novo offset, but not as cool?

[@haikustudio467]

Thats what i tought too, especially the pickguard looks very novoesque

[@edwardjons8684]

These look great. Probably the only Fender shape other than the tele and strat that I would buy. They have a similar aesthetic to the Music Man St Vincent range, though obviously not quite so much of the Jetsons.

[@RomainG6409]

From what I ear from KZbinrs that have received and tested it as well, it is far too heavy for a « modern » guitar … I’ll pass and will pick the Yamaha New revstar standard instead …

[@danielhartman5086]

I agree. The Yamaha Revstar. Blows this thing of the water. You get so much more guitar for the same price. And a much better gig bag.

[@MrRafaztar]

I feel like the sunburst was unnecessary, I’d rather have the green with maple neck

[@leviaguonie1383]

Right u r

[@florian_thrash]

Ok, but DOES IT CHUG?

[@keithbriscoe99]

Next up the Vintera Meteora for that aged retro futuristic look. A guitar from space, in the future, that gets sent to Earth in the past and used by the Ancient Egyptians, aged by the sand, air and winds of time.

[@greygardens81]

Why does The Captain just seem completely unimpressed and disinterested in this guitar? lol

[@jimlutz1290]

ohhh Christmas Tree, 🎄ohhh Christmas Tree, 🎄 please be one under there for me ! 🎄 🎸🎄🎸🎄🎸 3-tone Sunburst -

[@loverjoeyable]

This reply to the commercial about practicing guitar, we says listening you are frustrated us, we hate KZbin commercials. Is so annoying like having bee 🐝 flying around into your ears, very annoying, just can’t stand it

[@Place_to_keep_videos]

Why doesn't Fender make the Sergio Vallin model anymore? It's as if they made it for two years and then just erased it from the line with no reasoning. They hardly promoted it and it's a very, very good design. I would hope to see future models with various pickups and controls.

[@billbrandine5857]

I bought the Meteora bass in silver and gray 6 months ago and absolutely love it. Playing it feels like a Jazz but nicer. I owned a Jazz in the 70s. Active electronics are great to use, but I actually use the passive electronics just as much. I was excited to see Fender do something new and this model, MIM, is a great buy for the quality you get. The Meteora always gets positive comments for its appearance when my band plays out.

[@davidturner7863]

If you get a message about being selected for a prize DONT CONTACT IT. I believe it's a scam. Call Andertons.

[@franknew2750]

Yesterday I was thinking about getting a Jazzmaster. Maybe this is a sign from the universe?

[@LucasR-xl4sl]

I think these are really cool, loving the green! =)

[@ioncewas]

I've never seen a guitar scream for a reverse headstock more than this.

[@michaelharrisson1683]

I don't see the point... I'm always hoping fender will do something new... And they don't... This is just a oddly shaped less ergonomic strat

[@dougsaroma]

It's like an old 60s Taisco type thing, and I dig those. But Pau Ferro looks crappy on everything. Please make it stop.

[@ahzootube]

That's something like a tele deluxe. I wonder if they are going to release a teke deluxe in Player Plus series. If they do I would definitely expect to have the tremolo on it too like in made in Japan versions.

[@weifeng2776]

looks like an experiment done by fender on their player series to see how public perceive this model without changes to their current MIA offering.

[@ryangunwitch-black]

The sunburst would be perfect if it hat a rosewood board. With that said, I will probably end up with one regardless.

[@Anjohl]

I just got one, it's wonderfully bizarre! Very *low* output pickups!

[@joetheman74]

They need to put the Starcaster headstock on that thing and it would be bang on perfection! Retro futuristic guitar needs a retro futuristic headstock. Just picture it with that color matched edge on that beautiful Starcaster headstock. Ahhhhh.

[@ibalrog]

I'm digging that dystopian intro jam. Not what I was expecting!

[@mesoanarchy]

Too bad Fender didn’t keep the butterscotch body with the maple neck and big inlays. Oh well…

[@gearViewmirror]

Great psychedelic intro jam!👍🎸🤘🎸

[@chimkinnugget5221]

Crazy the meteora is top 3 guitar of 2022 along side with tim hensons Ibanez signature and John mayors strat

[@jiricirtek8160]

Why does every other freakin guitar demo sound like fuzzbox review.

[@TheSilence1]

I think it would have been pretty much perfect if it had two volume knobs (with coil splits in each) and one tone knob.

[@NathanThurberMusic]

I dig the sunburst with maple fretboard and cream pickguard. Would look really nice next to my 96 American Strat with the same colors

[@averyavenue]

With an aftermarket ttshell pickguard it would be so0o pretty. That's what I did on my 3TS Powercaster.

[@leviaguonie1383]

96 ..would that b the lonestar

[@brymills]

Silver Burst Adam Jones model ? Trogly will explode!

[@idonotcomplyrevolution]

hilarious intro demo, korn style blues done very ummmm.......badly lol

[@posford]

Mr pit at 8:04 you said and i quote "nice 12" radius board, is super easy to play" im here for a good amount of years and you are always contradict your self on that topic So please decide flat radius is easier or dose not matter ?

[@milessafetyconsultants2182]

Love Fender is using the Gibby Black and Silver burst.

[@stevieboy444]

These sound great. I'd love to hear Keith R playing one.

[@jamcam9]

Man, you guys really needed to put some volume on the bass - very hard to heard compared to the guitar and commentary volumes.

[@mikeg.9238]

Finally Fender busts out with a new style badass looking guitar!

[@lazaromorettoni683]

i'm battling with your new website atm, it doesn't like Macs or what's up?

[@magic2506]

For me the Pau Fretboard does not feel as smooth as the maple. Tried it a few time. Do not like that feel. A bit of a gritty feel.