Where is fender modern player made

BoomBoomBigelow , Oct 2, Lerxst , Oct 2, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? That looks sweet. Yeh, it looks nice to my taste and the quality looks pretty good, with vintage split tuners etc. Sin Nombre , Mar 16, Age: 53 Messages: 5, That actually looks really nice.

Ditto, and that would be about second-hand price in the UK. They're excellent guitars and a tremendous value. I've had my Marauder for a couple of months now and I haven't found anything wrong with it. If the Strats are as good as my Marauder, then they are great guitars. Age: 79 Messages: 4, Fender has shifted some of it's production to China, in hopes of being able to offer more product for your money, and I am in favor, the China made Fenders are of excellent quality, as are the classic vibe Squiers Until the economy improves, Company's like Fender and Gibson, must go for more sales volume, since higher pricing is not going to work!

I can only think that a few Mexican Plant workers are a little twitchee by now! MrPoppa2 , Mar 18, What's the price? Messages: 5, It's strange. I swear there's a sunburst one at my local shop, but the Fender site only list Oly White and Silverburst. They must have made a change. Modern Player Series. Michael , Mar 18, Walked over to the Fender Pawn Shop models, and noticed that they were made in Japan. Maybe that's how they are hitting these price points They did not feel as nice as some of the higher end MIM models, but every bit as nice Saw some of these last week in person.

Nice enough, but, I think I'll just wait for the inevitable stream of used Modern Players to show up for cheap. Fender branded Japanese made guitars are nothing new, and it was well known from the start that the Pawn Shops were Japanese. Fender branded guitars from China is a whole other kettle of fish. As I've said before I can't help but suspect this is a trial run for Fender, and if they sell well and there's no backlash we may see the end of Squier.

I've played a couple pawn shops and they were very nice, and played very well. I consider them on par with higher end MIMs. I have not played a modern players yet but if the Squier VMs and CVs are any indication, well most of us know by now that they are very good. I just ask because I remember hearing They have done this before. The very first run of JV Squiers back in the early 80s, if memory serves, had a big Fender logo and "Squier Series" in small letters somewhere else on the headstock.

There were also a run of Squiers done like that in I think back in the early 90s. It would be interesting if they did decide to go with the Fender logo across the board. There are other companies who do it and it works for them - for example, Yamaha. I'd be sorts of sad to see the old Squier name go, though, as I've always liked Squiers. But I knew someone would want it because of the mahogany body.

Odd stuff like the mahogany body, Jazz basses with the pickups doubled side by side , A pine Telecaster with different pickup switching, a Starcaster, a mahogany Thinline Tele with two P's, and even a Marauder. Many of the Strats and basses seem to have been discontinued And maybe it's a good thing, as this Strat had incredible fret wear for it's age and the tone wasn't anything to write home about.

I like the fact that they were thinking outside of the box a bit when they designed these guitars, but I don't know that they would stand up to a comparison with a Fender MIM. I flipped this Strat to someone who was happy to get it, but I don't think I'll deal with the MP's anymore. Matt L Member. Messages 11, It plays like a dream and sounds wonderful. The toggle switch is a little stiff and the string trees were binding, and maybe the jack will need to be replaced if its the crappy kind they use on Squiers, but the guitar itself is really great.

Messages 6, Tony Done Member. Messages 7, Matt L said:. Messages 8, I've stripped the finish off one of them for a friend, definitely wasn't mahogany. My money would go to a Squier over a Modern Player Fender, based on my experience. EastHastings Member.

Messages I might be one of the few to not praise these models. My friend owned the Tele Plus a few years back and it was bad. Pickups were awful icepick single coils, dull humbucker , the neck felt cheap and sticky like a Squier Maybe his was a bad example, but it was noticeably worse than my old Classic Vibe, despite both being made in China.