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Fender Introduces Road Worn Player Series Guitars

Fender’s new Road Worn Player Series takes the Road Worn experience a step further with hotter pickups, flatter fingerboards, and lightly aged finished treatments.
Scottsdale, AZ (January 10, 2011) — Fender’s new Road Worn Player Series takes the Road Worn experience a step further with hotter pickups for smoldering, gritty tone; flatter fingerboards for smooth, effortless bends; and lightly aged finished treatments that make the three new guitars feel immediately comfortable and familiar. And all are designed to be broken in without breaking the bank.

All three new Road Worn Player Series guitars—Road Worn Player Series Stratocaster, Road Worn Player Series Stratocaster HSS and Road Worn Player Series Telecaster—feature an alder body with a lightly worn lacquer finish, modern “C”-shaped maple neck with a lightly worn urethane finish, three-ply pickguard, aged knobs and switch tip, and deluxe gig bag.



The Road Worn Player Series Stratocaster has a maple fretboard with 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets, Texas Special single-coil pickups, five-way switching, and vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge. The Road Worn Player Series Stratocaster HSS has a rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets, Texas Special neck and middle pickups, Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates humbucking bridge pickup, five-way switching, and vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge.



The Road Worn Player Series Telecaster has a maple fretboard with 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets, Tex Mex single-coil bridge pickup and Seymour Duncan ’59 humbucking neck pickup, three-way switching, and Road Worn six-saddle strings-through-body bridge.

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RockinRocky
on 09/13/2011 		I have a 1994 Custom Shop 40th Anniversary, 'Diamond Dealer Edition' Strat, #51 of 150 made. And a lot of people tell me I'm CRAZY to play it out, and some even can't believe that I play it at all. Well, I didn't buy it to put it under a glass-case, and never touch it! Yes, sure, I've accidentally knocked it up against thing's since I bought it, and I've 'winced'... but luckily it didn't even scratch the nitro... WHEW!! But, I love the feel, and the play of it, and I also love the feel and play of my non-Custom Shop, 2005 Gibson Firebird V, that I also play out just like any other guitar I have, i.e. acoustic's, etc.... I bought them all to play, not look at! If that was the case, why buy them, I should just look at a picture, it's ALOT cheaper!!! And believe me, my Strat sound's as great as it looks!!!
JB
on 04/07/2011 		I don't mind guitars that come by their dings, scrapes and scars honestly. But I agree that those marks have to be earned. It's not like buying a faded pair of jeans...
BrrGrrDelux
on 03/15/2011 		After 35 years of hard playing, my old strat still doesn't look "road-worn". What am I doing wrong, guys? Should I start carrying it to gigs in a pickup bed full of scrap iron so I'll look like a "real" player too?
bodd66
on 01/16/2011 		I really like relics. I regularly gig with guitars that are looked after but are slowly getting bar band "acne" & it hurts every time I ding them - my Wolfgang & Les Paul in particular. My next axe will be a beat up fender. I also think the relic look suits Fender guitars as they have that history. Also, I think the thin coated laquer body resonates better. I have a Faded Les Paul that is dinged up & is getting scratch marks thru the finish & it looks & sounds better than my 96 LP Standard.
songmaven
on 01/16/2011 		Paying someone else to beat up my guitar is like paying some else to make love to your woman!
Hedda Vrangstein
on 01/15/2011 		It all started with Oprah and her promotion of fat-ass, middle aged, scabby interior decorators demonstrating how to "give new furniture a 'distressed look' for a quaint but cute rustic appearance", "for little money", "on a budget". Yes, I watched Oprah regularly and am a battle-fatigued pain in the ass to my husband. Secondly, I firmly believe guys by "road warn" guitars because they don't want to make their bandmates and "friends" jealous. "What, you bought a new guitar instead of used?!" As if it's some sort of insult or sin to purchase a brand new guitar rather than a nose-picked, beat-to-hell, P.O.S. (Pretty Old Stock) instrument rotting in flooded basement.
Lile
on 01/15/2011 		I'm with Todd, I just don't get the whole worn look. I would rather have a nice new guitar without any missing paint.
Todd
on 01/14/2011 		At the Fender-sponsored Tempe Music Festival a few years ago, I stood and watched a pro from the Custom Shop transform a beautiful, candy-apple red Tele into a disgusting, beat-up relic. It was seriously painful to witness. Would you take your favorite instrument and whack it with a screwdriver until paint starts flying? Sorry, but I prefer accidental battle scars.



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