Fender Player vs Player Plus: Stratocasters
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2021
- With the release of the new Player Plus series from Fender, we wondered how much more are you getting for your money?
In this video we focus on the tonal differences and compare each pickup position side by side.
Fender Player Stratocaster - bit.ly/3rFChbf
Fender Player plus Stratocaster - bit.ly/3qOiI1h
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I think that was one of the best and most articulate demonstrations on gtr comparisons I've seen. I salute you in South Wales sir! And Player Plus all the way.
I think Capri Orange looks great, much better then the usual same old colors!! ✌️
Fantastic demos - and great playing
I have a player telecaster and it is awesome, still really traditional sounding but the pickups are hot, sounds very good
Great playing!! how do you do to make the noiseless pups sounding so great...is it the heigh of the pick ups?...HI mate, I bought a Nashville Player plus 6 months ago.....I still having issues with the sound of the noiseles pups, they dont have the Dynamics of the Alnico 5,.... they are clearer....but the sound is more like a humbucker tone/dynamics/range....there is a lack of bass and highs compared to the player single coils.... Im planning to get a tex-mex tele pickups and install on my nashville and keep it the noiseless pup in the middle position.... the best of the two worlds?.....
Call me crazy but the noiseless sounded better. I was wearing noise canceling headphones.
same here! Significantly better!
Why would anyone call you crazy? The difference was big, the plus sounds better obviously.
Own both, Both sound fantastic.
The trade-off is in the loss of dynamics and added "compression" to the frequency range of the noiseless pups.
If you want a real Stratocaster experience, look no further than the Player series. It checks all of the boxes and sounds great.
I still suggest upgrading to locking tuners on that model though, it cures so many tuning issues especially using the trem bar.
If playing live with a lot of effects and overdrive adds tons of noise - the noiseless PP is a fair compromise, on top of the hardware upgrades.
I've just bought the player strat, which i love, now saving for the plus. I've had Mexican Fenders before and they were always several steps lower than the USA Fender's i've owned. The new player series appears to be effing awesome.
@@pipkins1972 Yep. The current Player Series is much better than all of the older Mexican Strats from 10-20 yrs ago.
I like the orange, it's better than boring black.
I have the Player Plus in HSS, love it!
Fender Player is enough! Have it in blonde colour, wow, what a instrument! Its so solid!
@0:31 😂😂
On a side note. This channel has some of the best reviews out there
I work at Music and Arts. We recieved a Player Plus Strat with no tremolo bar, no bridge spring, sprouted frets and gouges in the back. We have no choice but to discount it. Huge, huge fail.
I didn’t think I’d like the noiseless pups and was going to upgrade my Olympic Pearl SSS to an HSS but I actually like the noiseless pups. I expected them to bother me but I actually like them
I own the same guitar and thought I’d do the same, but that mod is on hold for the moment.
Cool vid and subbed. Loved how the cheaper Player sounds better but you just couldn't bring yourself to admit it 😉
to my untutored ears the player plus sounds a little more even across the strings, with a bit more middle to work with. makes me wonder if the player just felt more comfortable with the player plus neck than the player neck (I hope that sentence makes sense in context).
Player Minus, I go with
Is the orangs a Strat mini?
What happened to the Marshall?
Both sound good- Fender needs Jumbo frets
Player plus I find in some areas a bit to treble orange 🍊 always orange bass where it needs to and treble where it need to be always orange fender strat.
Unbiased?..."but, if you want to play a traffic cone" ;)) the difference I can hear is a more full bodied / colourful and dynamic rendition, makes the standard Player sound a little dull. I wouldn't change my Traffic cone for the "flaming" traffic cone anyhow , because I need to learn how to play first :)
Do you know how to play now?
Noisless PP could be a better choice for live with multiple effects and distorts but not for clean and bluesy style playing! Noisless PP is not always a good choice most specifically for recordings. After all the player sounds warmer and more bluesy to me which is better for what I do!
When you play arpeggio or just chords the plus has better sound quality for sure
I would buy a player series and spend the extra money it would cost on a player plus to buy locking tuners and have my choice of a loaded american pickguard, that way i could choose the pups i liked the most which would be vintage noisless for me!
I think the old Mexican deluxe has the vintage noiseless
@@padawan9127 yeh they are epic!
@@padawan9127 the nashville tele has vintage noiseless, I have one..very unique tones
The plus seems to have a little more punch
Looks a little more sturdy too, could maybe take a few more falls off the guitar stand then the player series lol
I think the Player Plus has more opened sound.
You can definitely hear the difference on position 4, but I will say, you should try it out at a store before making the purchase.
I've had my player series guitars (strat and tele) for over a year now and if I won the euro millions tomorrow I wouldn't upgrade them. The big money would be going to uncle Paul. 😀 IMHO the player plus hardware upgrades aren't worth the money and I'm pretty certain I wouldn't like the 12 in radius.
Player plus for me
I’ve played both, hoping to love the Plus, but it was really sterile compared to the Player.
Nope. Player sounds thin and harsh vs player plus sounds round and warm
@@eurly93 I'm going to assume we're both right, and that it was the specific guitars we played or our tastes (or amps or a number of other factors) that account for the difference of opinion. Peace.
HI mate, I bought a Nashville Player plus 6 months ago.....I still having issues with the sound of the noiseles pups, they dont have the Dynamics of the Alnico 5,.... they are clearer....but the sound is more like a humbucker tone/dynamics/range....there is a lack of bass and highs compared to the player single coils.... Im planning to get a tex-mex tele pickups and install on my nashville and keep it the noiseless pup in the middle position.... the best of the two worlds?.....
While the flatter radius interests me, I'd rather take a good player series and put a rail in the bridge.
lol @ the guitar stuck in the cab. Anyway, to the point - the player sounds absolutely cheap and dull compared to the plus which seems to have more of a twang in the highs and not so depressing lows. The plus is smoother and warmer and the general quality of the sound is - i'd say - twice that of the player. Sounds aside, the ultra does have extra upgrades(?) such as noiseless pickups, locking tuning system and push/pull pods for more pickup variety. In my opinion, the extra £200 is certainly worth it for the plus. However, if noiseless pickups aren't your thing, cannot afford the extra 200 and couldn't give a damn about the tuner locking system then the player is for you. Just note that the change of the noiseless pickups and the rewiring for the pods, alone, would be around 200. For the tuning lock system would be a further 200.
Actually it is strange that his Player sounds so poor here. I own one and love, it has significantly more percussive and open tone than he has here. I even have an impression that he (probably unintentionally) plays Plus with faster and more powerful attack. I have several sound examples of my Player on my channel, if you write "Fender Player" into search in my channel it should show. To my mind my Player sounds great. But here yes, Plus wins hands down! Sad I bought Player before Plus appeared!
Player plus dont sound Strat like. Obviously the radius flatter, not classic, affects
Again, if you guys would at least play a little shitty I could hear what it would sound like for me.
Player Plus feature set is amazing but those pickups are terribly balanced: all treble. And it's not beautiful bell-like treble either, it's an ice pick to the face.
I'd love to get one, the 12" board, colours, and modern features really appeal. But no way am I spending that much on a Mexican strat just to immediately swap out the pups.
The orange player series sounds better the noiseless pic ups suck In the player series plus the huge mistake Fender made.
I find they sound good one these videos but I have to wonder what they are doing to cut back the noise, sounds like they would have less output or something and the player series ones are already awesome. Have you played a plus in real life at all? I was thinking of buying one but I fear the pickups are an issue
@@CursedInEternity92 they’re not an issue..
I absolutely prefered the tone of plus here. And I own player. Would pay extra for plus for sure! They weren't out yet when I got my player.
I have a player plus tequila sunrise.
Absolutely love it has so many great tones and the pickups are hot!!
I have the plus in Olympic Pearl and it sounds like it looks. Yes… just beautiful! I’m using a 3w Roland Micro Cube GX and I’m waiting on my new Yamaha THR10ii
The player is not « that bad » ! Finally, I would chose this one to upgrade it on my way.
Player gets way too much hate. They’re very very good bang for buck guitars, but somehow people have decided they’re just squire CV’s with higher price tags and it’s just not true at all. They cost a little more, and for that money they feel better in the hand really - much better necks, smidge higher build quality (CV’s are already so good) and usually less heavy.
Going up to player plus, again the necks are the main thing. Locking tuners are nice… but also a cheap upgrade you can do yourself. Personally I like the player plus with a set of custom shop pickups thrown in and the noiseless thrown out, but that’s just me.