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Fender Introduces Modern Player Series Guitars

A combination of never-before-seen appointments and familiar Fender elements.


Scottsdale, AZ (October 11, 2011) — Fender is proud to introduce its latest line of instruments, the all-new Modern Player Series. A combination of never-before-seen appointments and familiar Fender elements, the Modern Player Series provides great accessibility to trusted Fender quality at an attainable value.

“The Modern Player Series represents more than a new line of instruments,” said Fender Electric Guitars Product Director Justin Norvell. “It’s the answer for musicians seeking classic Fender tone and style at a tremendously affordable value.”

The series welcomes seven models, four guitars and three basses. They include the Modern Player Telecaster Plus HSS, Modern Player Telecaster Thinline Deluxe, Modern Player Jaguar, Modern Player Marauder, Modern Player Telecaster Bass, Modern Player Jazz Bass and Modern Player Jaguar Bass. The new models feature new Modern Player pickups in a variety of unusual configurations.

The Modern Player Series models start at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $559.99.

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Strung Out
on 02/04/2013 		I bought two, yeah two MP Telecasters. They're amazing when you consider the price! Been playin' for 40 years and have and had my share of Fenders. I got news for ya China has arrived just like Japan finally arrived in the 80's after years of junk. These guitars are clearly well QC'd and not made in some dark, dingy, sweaty China chop shop. I love my country but this was inevitable
Scott
on 01/07/2013 		It's $350-$400. Where did you think it was made??? Check out where all of your home electronics were made - do they offend you too? The Tele Plus is an incredible value and will probably become my main guitar when it's back from my set up guy
McEd
on 11/27/2012 		What if a yum Cha Telecaster plays better than a MIA Fender? i.e. If Fender market it under a different name (Yum Cha). Real players will recognise it as a good instrument and play it if that be the case. The Tokai Strat copy was way better than any Fender that was being produced when it first appeared in the early 80's. By the way what is the difference between an MIA or an MIM anyway there are only Mexicans building in California anyhow! It is the quality of the instrument andf the skill of the player that determines how it plays. The rest is naziism and economics not art.
Lil
on 11/21/2012 		Dear god, knuckle-dragging xenophobes with sub-part knowledge of how capitalism works should be automatically barred from enjoying Chinese, Mexican AND American-made guitars. Cancel the wannabe-rock star jam sessions and enrol in a remedial night school course in history/economics 101.
chuck
on 11/21/2012 		If it says made in china,then it should have the company name on the guitar like "Hoy Chin Yong". I'm sick of Fender making instruments in China and calling them fender, they are not fenders. Only California made fender are real fenders.
Ed Jones
on 08/02/2012 		And what they don't tell you is this crap is made in China! I ordered a telecaster bass from "Musicians Friend" and when it arrived and I unpacked it and saw it was "Made In China" they got a call from me and back it went! I refuse to buy Chinese Crap just so Fender can save labor costs.
mftmaine
on 03/09/2012 		I've own a Gretsch Roc Jet from the mid 70s, a Gibson Les Paul, and to one of my favorite electrics is an S101 Strat that is made in China and cost around $180 new! Now, the S101 is/was made by Sejung, who makes the Squire line as well as used to build the Epiphones before Gibson set up their own shop (BTW: I've heard the Sejung Epis were much better than what Gibson is building in their shop!). I have no issues with Chinese guitars, as their fit and finish is on par with what is made in the US for about 20% of the US cost!
Adam
on 02/05/2012 		I played a Thinline Deluxe Tele with the MP-90's yesterday. It sounded amazing. I only play high quality guitars. I don't buy cheap stuff. My electric guitar line up includes a Vintage '72 Gretch Super Chet, a Gibson SG, and an American Strat. So my ears are tuned to quality. That being said, I loved the way the Tele sounded yesterday. Of course, the Made in China label threw me off. But lets think about what is Made in China. My $3,000+ MacBook Pro is made in China as well as most (if not all) Apple products. Your iphone is probably made in China. So I don't think we can automatically think that things made in China are sub par. I've been thinking about the tone from the Made in China Tele I played last night, ever since I played it. I can't get it out of my head. I'll probably buy the Tele today and try it out for a while. 30-Day Return policy at Guitar Center.
Bryon Martin
on 02/04/2012 		Jil (on 1/22/12) has it right, of course. I went to Skip's in Sacramento today, saw the honeyburst tele plus ssh with a belly cut... and thought it was beautiful. Turned it over to see where it was made: China. First time I'd seen a real Fender Telecaster from somewhere other than here, Japan, or Mexico. But having seen the opening ceremonies to the Olympics four years ago - perhaps the greatest engineering marvel since the moon landing - I was not too concerned. I also realized Fender is not going to risk their brand with an inferior product. I plugged it in and COULD NOT BELIEVE the real variety of tones and sounds I got from the seven options. Even though I own five teles, this one came closest to doing it all that I've ever heard. It's also the only tele I've ever heard that, with a humbucker at the bridge, has a real ice-pick tele bridge sound when you flip the coil splitter. It sounds like THE REAL THING. Maybe because it is a new example of the real thing. I bought it on the spot!
zack
on 02/01/2012 		@hoddyman "These look like neat guitars. As a vintage Jaguar player, I don't really see how the "modern player" Jaguar is really a Jaguar, but what the hey- they own the name and can use it any way they want. I'm less interested in whether they're made in China, than I'm interested in their value for the price. How do they play/sound? Does that "Jaguar" have a good, solid, "big" block, under the bridge, or is it one of those skinny, cast zinc "Squier"-type [vibrato] blocks? All that said- I really don't quite "trust" China on guitars, in that it's not a guitar country. The guitar is, culturally, in China, a "foreign" instrument. It's just a "widget" to be manufactured [however well] and sold, not something that has much meaning in itself. Mexico, however IS a guitar country. Guitars have been a part of Mexican folk and pop music for longer than they've been a part of American and English music. It's still just a widget, anyway, but it's being made by people who more likely grew up hearing guitars around, than the people making guitars in China did." spot on about china not being a guitar country and mexico is. this is what iv always thought.



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