Guitar Center | Fender Player Stratocaster Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst | Demo & Overview with Melanie Faye @guitarcenter | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Get a Player Strat in Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst from Guitar Center: guitarcenter.com/Fender/Player-Stratocaster-Pau-Ferro-Fingerboard-Limited-Edition-Electric-Guitar-Anniversary-2-Color-Sunburst-1500000417150.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
Browse the full 70th Anniversary Stratocaster collection:
guitarcenter.com/Fender-70th-Anniversary-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitars.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
The Anniversary two-color sunburst finish on the Fender Player Stratocaster harkens back to the look of the original 1954 Strat that started it all. However, the Player Stratocaster also represents the model’s ergonomic and tonal evolutions with a comfy C-shape neck (rather than the chunky D shape of the ’54), pau ferro fretboard (instead of maple), alder body (original body wood was ash), a flatter 9.5" radius (as opposed to 7.25" in 1954), 22 medium-jumbo frets (the original had 21 very small frets) and modern Player Series single coils (whereas the Strat debuted with Alnico III pickups).
“This guitar does a really nice job of encapsulating 70 years of Strats because it’s channeling the original sunburst finish, but it’s definitely a modern Strat of today,” says Nashville-raised guitarist and producer Melanie Faye (Russ, Masego, Willow Smith, Maggie Rogers). “I started playing guitar because of Guitar Hero III, and what drew me to Fender was that all of my idols—such as Eric Johnson—played Stratocasters. I actually purchased my first Strat—in Cerulean Blue—at Guitar Center. I saved my money from working at a sandwich shop in the 12th grade making $7.25 per hour.”
Fender's Player Stratocaster in Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst also includes an updated two-point tremolo, 5-way pickup selector switch and sealed, diecast tuning machines.
Get hip to the history of the Strat by reading A Guide to the Fender Stratocaster: guitarcenter.com/riffs/buying-guides/guitars/fender-stratocaster-guide?source=4GOA4LOBA
Follow Melanie Faye:
instagram.com/melaniefaye
Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Melanie Faye
00:50 - Melanie’s First Fender Stratocaster
01:51 - Overview and Features of the Fender Player Stratocaster Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst
03:02 - Pickup Position #4 (Neck and Middle Pickups) with Compression
04:25 - Pickup Position #5 (Neck Pickup) with Shimmer
05:45 - Pickup Position #3 (Middle Pickup) with Tone at 5
06:51 - Pickup Position #2 (Middle and Bridge Pickups)
09:09 - Pick Position 31 (Bridge Pickup)
10:31 - Melanie’s Final Thoughts on the Fender Player Stratocaster Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst
11:23 - Outro
Get a Player Strat in Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst from Guitar Center: guitarcenter.com/Fender/Player-Stratocaster-Pau-Ferro-Fingerboard-Limited-Edition-Electric-Guitar-Anniversary-2-Color-Sunburst-1500000417150.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
Browse the full 70th Anniversary Stratocaster collection:
guitarcenter.com/Fender-70th-Anniversary-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitars.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA
The Anniversary two-color sunburst finish on the Fender Player Stratocaster harkens back to the look of the original 1954 Strat that started it all. However, the Player Stratocaster also represents the model’s ergonomic and tonal evolutions with a comfy C-shape neck (rather than the chunky D shape of the ’54), pau ferro fretboard (instead of maple), alder body (original body wood was ash), a flatter 9.5" radius (as opposed to 7.25" in 1954), 22 medium-jumbo frets (the original had 21 very small frets) and modern Player Series single coils (whereas the Strat debuted with Alnico III pickups).
“This guitar does a really nice job of encapsulating 70 years of Strats because it’s channeling the original sunburst finish, but it’s definitely a modern Strat of today,” says Nashville-raised guitarist and producer Melanie Faye (Russ, Masego, Willow Smith, Maggie Rogers). “I started playing guitar because of Guitar Hero III, and what drew me to Fender was that all of my idols—such as Eric Johnson—played Stratocasters. I actually purchased my first Strat—in Cerulean Blue—at Guitar Center. I saved my money from working at a sandwich shop in the 12th grade making $7.25 per hour.”
Fender's Player Stratocaster in Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst also includes an updated two-point tremolo, 5-way pickup selector switch and sealed, diecast tuning machines.
Get hip to the history of the Strat by reading A Guide to the Fender Stratocaster: guitarcenter.com/riffs/buying-guides/guitars/fender-stratocaster-guide?source=4GOA4LOBA
Follow Melanie Faye:
instagram.com/melaniefaye
Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Melanie Faye
00:50 - Melanie’s First Fender Stratocaster
01:51 - Overview and Features of the Fender Player Stratocaster Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst
03:02 - Pickup Position #4 (Neck and Middle Pickups) with Compression
04:25 - Pickup Position #5 (Neck Pickup) with Shimmer
05:45 - Pickup Position #3 (Middle Pickup) with Tone at 5
06:51 - Pickup Position #2 (Middle and Bridge Pickups)
09:09 - Pick Position 31 (Bridge Pickup)
10:31 - Melanie’s Final Thoughts on the Fender Player Stratocaster Anniversary 2-Color Sunburst
11:23 - Outro
