Guitar Wars - Fender Players Series II - The Battle in the Sub 1K Guitars 

I'm glad the race to $1k "cheap" guitars has shifted back to proper competition. Like Baxter says, it feels like this guitar is things getting back where they should be.

I have a Player Series Strat and it’s great. It’s my 1st electric guitar and I love playing it.

The Strat knocked the SS out of the water in my opinion which is not at all what I expected! Really excited for Fender with this one!

it caught my eye, both the color and rosewood combo is sick!

As a shreddy boy, the Nick Johnston Traditional with an ebony fretboard gets my vote for a Strat under $1k, but it's because I want a thinner flatter neck but the traditional look. Also love me an Aldi's. They actually bought out Winn Dixie's parent company SE Grocers and I'm super curious to see what they do.

Truthfully I was just looking at buying player series, maybe a series 2 is the way to go... Thanks for giving me something to think on .. I can live without the headache that thought causes however lol...

I have a player 1 Jaguar and it’s alright. I am interested to check out the player 2’s.

I am tempted to buy Player 2 series Telecaster Yellow colour with traditional pickups.

I bought the Jazzmaster in the same color. Really love the guitar it plays wonderfully. The best part is that now I am officially a Jazzmaster guy. This entitles me to say things like " they aren't P-90's, they're Jazzmaster pickups, they're different". Ahhhhhh breathe in the freedom.

This is the change that needed to happen.

I have come to really like the Player series. Let Fender know I especially love when they do the "Plus Top" variations! A cool flame maple top gives me even more incentives!

I'm excited to try the new strats! Thanks guys

I have a players plus strat in that same color , Fiesta red, and I absolutely love her.

Both are great guitars with great guitar players!

Another great show guys. Awesome guitar demo, Baxter! 👍🎸

What kind of frets do they have? Hopefully not the "narrow-tall" ones.

2 weeks ago I bought a g and L s500 tribute 480 English pounds !!! You can keep fender i am blown away by how good it is.

Both guitars sound great!

Nice to see you guys doing a guitar for the working man. So what happens to the massive wave of MIM players out there? Do they all turn into $300 guitars on Reverb?

I may be partial because I have a silver sky but it sounds every bit as good as the strat! I’m wanting to try the player 2 but I find it hard to believe it’s as good as my silver sky 🤘🎸 Baxter looked like he enjoyed the silver sky more 🤷‍♂️😂

The best sub1k (before tax) guitar at the moment.. in my humble opinion is the charvel socal style 2 hh ht 24 cm. Its a beast for the price. Its the most feature packed guitar with great electronics and hardware and tonewood.

YAYUH!!! You guys are the best!! Cheers!

I was happy to see the offsets are true to the American line again with pickups and bridges.

Welcome back Fender. Just....keep working on that quality control....still some way to go.

This guitar looks great! It hurts to have recently snagged a player strat, and watch these new ones crush

0:00 loved the vid

Love the look of the new line, and Baxter, truly enjoyed your play out to end this video. The guitars sound great and look great, to be honest, I don't know if the gap between Player II and Pro II is big enough to warrant the price difference at this point. Keep up the good work.

Great playing and both guitars sound superb - but (although I really like my PRS SEs) I'd choose the Strat any day.

you guys make the end of my day better every day!

I’d probably go with a different brand for a strat style guitar. PRS.. Ibanez.. Yamaha makes good shit.

The red looks close to Hot Rod Red. I'm eyeing the Birch Green myself. I think it would look really sharp with the 3-ply black pickguard and black plastics. I can't afford a Sherwood Green that I like yet haha.

I’m just happy they put jazzmaster pick ups in the jazzmasters again.

Really dig the color on that player series 2. Be cool if the did the headstock as well.

And then there's Charvel. I really like more modern guitars though so I put Hot Noiseless pickups on my Player Strat and now there's none of that vintage noise :)

Are the frets made out of pot metal?

Another awesome review guys 👍 ill take the PRS and convert it to lefty! My options are better than they used to be but still limited lol

Last week I decided I was done buying guitars for a while… Looks like a week will be that while! I needs a new strat!

I have a Player Series Tele (2014). It was ok, but nothing about it made me want to buy another Player Series guitar. I'm glad Fender have improved on it.

Currently PRS has dropped the SE Right handed Silver Sky prices. Around £549-£700 in the UK. The Left Handed model which is coming out in September is on pre order for £949-£999. Only love for the Righties again.

I have a fantastic 08/09 Road Worn Strat and an AVII 61 Strat so I didn’t think I needed another Stratocaster. But that Player II sounds REALLY STRATTY! And with a rosewood board for $799!? All I can say is… I don’t have a red Strat yet!

I wonder how much Sire might have impacted Fender regarding these recent changes?

Hoping that are setup well when they are sent out of the factory

A1 for the win

Thank you, great video!

While I would usually agree about Pop-Tarts....Aldi brand Pop-Tarts are actually solid, try them! 😆 I am very torn because I really want a nice Jazzmaster, but not sure if I want to let go of the rhythm circuit. Might get the Squier CV JM and maybe one of these Player II Tele's, loving that Birch Green.

Also i got to check out that waylon jennings guitar sunday. Sean was awesome and the shop is amazing. I have never had better assistance in any music store.

Nice to see Fender giving more bang for the buck! Grab that thing and head to the woodshed. Gotta give a shout out to Heinz 57 too.

Outstanding James Franco/The Interview reference 😂

After I watched this video, only 1 thing I remember is A1 sauce on eggs

The Fender vid says they stuck with the standard player pups on these. Upgrades were on the jag & jazz. I hope they do offer different options down the road. FSR.

They both sound great through that Vox (?)

Love it ❤🎸fantastic sound

you guys rock. love the broadcasts

The only thing that keeps me from buying a prs is they come in a gig purse.

The knobs crack with a slight bump. Very brittle compared to Fender knobs.

Can’t wait to try this new fender strat.

The offsets seem legit

Looks like it would be fun to play.

I'm thinking now is the time to add electric to my acoustic in my learning journey.

Do you get the Aldi middle isle in the US We have 3 stores in a 5km. Radius 😅😅😅

It's great to see a more affordable fender

I keep hoping for a black tele with rosewood fretboard.

So happy for the return of rosewood. When I can get it on a Vintera road worn thinline tele I'll be buying another guitar, i guess.

Epiphone is the only brand that just refuses to put rosewood on a Les Paul, 335, and SG. This is what holds the brand back

Bravo 👏🏾 lovely noodling Baxter

You we're thinking about famous "red strat guys", but forgot to mention Chris Rea. His old "pinky" looks a lot like that new PlayerII coral red Strat.

About flippin' time.

I just wish the player 2 series was just the player series, and they could have a ton of colors like the mod shop. The color would be the only thing you can change and then the player series would be on par with other manufacturers.

Correcto, amigos. Dos. …Cool guitars, probably would grab an offset for me. Cheers from Los Cabos Mexico! 🇲🇽

PRS never made a lefty Silver Sky, did they? At least Fender gives a couple options for us wrong handed ones!

i want that red player II, and i'd love to fly over and buy it from you guys.

Definitely moving in the right direction, on build. But, I still think people would be better off seeking out a Vintera, or used Vintera II. I just want my Strat or Tele to have pretty much the classic character. Whereas, the player series has seemed to move away from that character. Fender are odd, they want to make you to pay _more_ for the classic thing (Vintera, American Vintage), and pay less for them to mess around with the formula (Player, Performer). For example, the Player II 'Telecaster' bridge, or similar odd choices they've made with Player 'Jazzmasters'. It doesnt' make sense. Just make lots of the classic thing cheaper, then do cool, great groundbreaking things with the higher models.

On this demo I preferred the PRS. To the Fender

Fender had some quality control issues in the last few years , misaligned bridges , poor fret work etc . Hopefully they have their fit n finish issues sorted out for 2024 . PRS SE series are solid choice with no worry about getting a ' lemon ' I would not buy a Fender without a test drive first .

I need a PRS...SERIOUSLY

Great show boys

Too bad Fender stayed with a black plastic insert at the truss rod access. A walnut insert would have rounded things out nicely.

Great video gents! Pretty rad stuff!

Which one do you guys prefer ???

I don't see a Fender logo on PRS headstock.

Sweet guitar!

Hey IST OFF THANKS SO MUCH for what you DO Nuff Said 😊

The quality of the MX guitars had gotten so bad they were virtually unplayable out of the box , the saddest part was Fender had produced an affordable guitar for years at a minimal cost that most anyone could afford and upgrade into custom shop sound, a couple examples you can find on You tube are Chris Buck would buy a pawnshop guitar replace electronics, pickups and tuners and with a minor set up have a pro grade guitar, another more recent example is a Joe Bonamassa video on the same note. Its hard enough for a beginner player to adjust to learning a guitar without having to deal with fret sprout that will cut your fingers

Love both of those!

The Fender Player Plus series sells for $999.00 and it has Locking Tuners, Noiseless pickups and a push pull pot for the pickups. So why is this ax so special ???

rolled fingerboards on entry level fender is a big win

ALdi and LiDL are AWESOME!!

If you want one,get one now.cuz in three months they'll be rushed garbage. That's why they continue to do. I just got a vintera 2 mustang 2 months ago, and it came all fuked up. Fender wouldn't help. the trem came scratched. It has the tightest neck pock you've ever seen on any fender guitar ever. There was so much sawdust and polyester shavings under the pickguard I've never seen anything like it. My bullet starts came better

Glad to see the price not increasing

New HH tele form the P2 series vs Epiphone les paul vs prs dgt se. That would be a cool sub 1k battle.

Grocery Authentic!

Thanks men!

A1 Stake Sauce, another great British invention!!

Are the pickups different to Player 1?

Looks like I’m getting a strat

This is a good thing

Yes another fun Video

Thanks casino!

Ultra 2 and Player plus 2 Gotta be next

Sweet notes mou Droogies