Fender Player II Tele MN BLK

Je joue cette guitare tous les jours depuis plusieurs mois et ne suis pas prêt de m'en séparer.
A l'aise dans un registre allant du jazz (en réduisant les aigus avec le potard) et dans un registre hendrixien en micro manche.
Coté micro chevalet ça envoi comme il faut et suffisamment pour du gros rock, du punk et du hard core.
Aucun défaut sur la guitare tout est soigné, elle se situe en milieu de gamme et fait la différence avec une Squier!
Prévoir un passage chez le luthier pour un réglage de manche et de justesse, coté esthétique j'ai changé le Pick Guard blanc pour un noir et c'est une réussite!

Recently purchased this model and my happiness was sadly turned into frustration. All in all the guitar seemed fine and in good shape after shipping. After playing it for a bit I noticed that the bridge pickup was almost twice as quiet than the neck pickup. While trying to set it up I also ran into problems with intonation on the low E string - the saddle would not go far enough for the string to intonate properly. Thinking that it was my inability and lack of experience I took my guitar to a professional tech.

The guitar tech identified that the bridge pickup indeed wasn`t giving the correct output and had to resolder it for it to start working properly. On top of that he informed me that there was still lacquer on the frets that hadn`t been cleaned off after spraying the neck. He didn`t comment further on the intonation issue, but simply said that he solved that as well.

The guitar as a whole sounds and plays good, but this was an unwelcome experience. A pickup not working properly is a major QC problem that is something I would not expect from a brand such as Fender, not to mention the other issues.

I would caution anyone purchasing this or similar models to be wary of such problems and to be ready to take their new guitar for a proper setup