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Fender Player II Telecaster on the Bench Today

I already covered the Fender Player II Stratocaster in a prior video and really wanted to try one of the Player II telecasters. I am a huge fan of guitars in green in general When I purchased my Player II Stratocaster, I only had the coral red as an available color choice, but I wanted to do the video, so I went ahead and got what was available. This color is called birch green. The green in person is a little greener than the color that Fender uses called Surf Green. I put the guitar on the bench and gave it a thorough once over and concluded that the fit and finish is good, and the guitar appears to be well made. On the scale, she weighs in at 8 pounds and 1 ounces or 3.676 kilos. I plug in the multimeter and test the pickup impedance of each of the three positions. Position 1 Bridge Pickup 10.78 k ohms 2 Bridge and Neck 4.75 k ohms and position 3 neck Pickup 8.24 k ohms . The pickups are a specific Fender model of pickup designed for the player II series of guitars. Fender did not give them a catchy marketing name which is surprising. They are only referred to as Player II Series Alnico V single-coil pickups. Definitely something to have on a t-shirt – just kidding. A few observations so far. The body is made of alder. The finish of the body is a high gloss poly finish. The guitar comes in 11 different color choices according to the Fender website. Not all colors seem to be available at the moment for shipping and are in “Notify Me When Available” status. I have seen some resellers taking pre-orders. The neck pickup is routed for up to a p90 pickup which is a guitar modder’s dream to have so many choices. There is a visible bump in my pickguard. It appears warped. I am hoping it is just a pickup wire out of the channel. When I take the pickguard off, I can now tell that it is actually warped. Too bad. I purchased this guitar for me, and I am not sending it back unless I have to. I do not know where the guitar first became warped. If from the factory it would have been nice if it has been caught in QA checks. I happen to have a new fender telecaster pickguard, so I replace it. I hold up the original pickguard so you can see the warped/hump. I take the control panel off and examine the control cavity and electronics. The pots are full size CTS pots and the workmanship on the wiring harness looks very well done. The controls are standard telecaster far of a three position pickup selector and a dedicated volume and tone control. The only thing I am not a fan of so far on the guitar is the six saddle bridge. I prefer the tried and true three saddle telecaster bridge. Of course that is just a preference on my part. The six saddle bridge on this guitar is well made and very serviceable. With an individual saddle dedicated per string it makes it easy to have spot on intonation. I like the classic gear tuners. Slotted tuners are my favorite tuners and just work so damn well in both stringing and tuning. These newer classic gear models have more accurate and higher gear ratios than the true vintage model slotted tuners. The neck specifications are the neck is made of maple and comes with either a maple or rosewood slab fretboard. It is a modern C shape, 9.5-inch (241 mm) radius with 22 Medium Jumbo frets. The rolled edges of the fret board are smooth and when I check for fret rocking there is not a single spot on the neck that gives even a hint of uneven frets. The rolled edges of the fret board are a great touch. Not something you would normally see on a fender at this price point of $799. A rolled fretboard simulates the broken in feeling that a guitar that has been played many years gives you by having smooth, rounded edges on the fretboard without sharp fret edges. The guitar has a gloss finish on the front of the headstock and the satin finish on the back of the neck that feels smooth and soft to the hand. It is easy and comfortable to move my hand up and down the neck The guitar is quiet when plugged into an amp. I mean there is not a lot of static or 60 cycle hum. Fender did paint conductive paint throughout the cavities of the guitar, and this may be a contributor to the quiet. After installing a new set of strings, I found the intonation was off from the factory. The Player II Stratocaster was perfectly adjusted but this specific guitar needs 5 of the 6 strings are off and the saddles need to be adjusted to the rear moving away from the bridge pickup. The string height was almost too high to be playable in my opinion. I needed to adjust all six saddles to medium high and then the strings were fine.