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    Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    https://www.fender.com/pages/player-series-guitars-basses

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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    Looks interesting for lefthanders because there are no AmPro basses with maple fretboards, and they have a couple for lefties in these new Players. Of course I love my Jazz and Precision so much that I’m not in the market for anything. Same is true for my Tele and Strat. Damn I love Fenders.
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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    Yes. I have been trying to figure out WHERE they are made. Are they still made in Mexico?

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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    Quote Originally Posted by renderit View Post
    Yes. I have been trying to figure out WHERE they are made. Are they still made in Mexico?
    This, from the Reverb article:

    Quote Originally Posted by Reverb.com
    Like the MIM series it's replacing, the Player Series features all of the classic Fender guitar and bass models—Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazzmaster, and Jaguar guitars, as well as Precision, Jazz, and Jaguar basses—at more affordable price points than their American-made alternatives.
    (Emphasis mine).

    The suggestion here is that they are still being made offshore. It doesn't specify Mexico, but certainly not domestically produced.

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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    The pics on Sweetwater's site show made in Mexico on the back of the headstock. These look good!

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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    [QUOTE=ch willie;633508]Looks interesting for lefthanders because there are no AmPro basses with maple fretboards, and they have a couple for lefties in these new Players. Of course I love my Jazz and Precision so much that I’m not in the market for anything. Same is true for my Tele and Strat. Damn I love Fenders.[/QUOTE]

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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    Yessir
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    Re: Fender Is Replacing the MIM Series With The Player Series

    I played one of these today. It was nice. It's similar to the American Std. I wish the fingerboard surface was satin rather than gloss.

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