No they're not. They're both Awesome guitars made in Mexico.
Suck it.
Fender Classic Series
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I think I know what robroe means
the classic series has:
50s strat, 60s strat, 50s tele, 60s tele, 60s tele with bigsby, 69 tele thinline, 72 tele custom, 72 tele deluxe and the 72 thinline tele
while the classic players series has:
50's Classic players strat, 60's classic players strat and the Baja Tele
The Classic players are the Custom shop, master builder ones and are a bit more expensive, but ive found and online shop where
you can get a Classic players for about the same price as a classic
Guitar, Amp and Keyboard
the classic series has:
50s strat, 60s strat, 50s tele, 60s tele, 60s tele with bigsby, 69 tele thinline, 72 tele custom, 72 tele deluxe and the 72 thinline tele
while the classic players series has:
50's Classic players strat, 60's classic players strat and the Baja Tele
The Classic players are the Custom shop, master builder ones and are a bit more expensive, but ive found and online shop where
you can get a Classic players for about the same price as a classic
Guitar, Amp and Keyboard
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yea, this is true, like, I'm sure the baja tele is all great and everything but the classic player strats strike me as pretty fraudulent, as there is nothing really "classic" about them at all.robroe wrote:classic series and classic player series are two completely different things
Classic Player ‘60s Stratocaster
Unique Features Aged Knobs and Switch Tip,
Vintage Style Tuning Machines,
Custom ‘69 Single-Coil Strat Pickups,
21 Medium Jumbo Frets, <-- gay.
“Custom Shop Designed� Neck Plate,
Vintage Style 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo, <--gay.
12� Fingerboard Radius, <-- nothing 60s about that
Synthetic Bone Nut
the 50's one is even more lame as it has locking tuners and a reverse wound middle pickup. it's all just marketing, they just made 2 modern strats (one with rosewood, one maple) and sell them as "vintage" strats because that's whats popular now, when there is really barely anything about them that is like the vintage guitars.
Fender Classic Series '60s Stratocaster
much cooler, 1.) comes in cool colors, 2.) The specs are actually like the classic guitars
Fingerboard Rosewood, 7.25� Radius (184mm)
No. of Frets 21 Vintage Style Frets
Pickups 3 Vintage Style Single-Coil Strat® Pickups with Staggered Pole Pieces, Alnico Magnets, Aged Covers
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Fender®/Ping® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
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cogito ergo sum...thing or other...
the classic "players" guitars have upgrades over the classic series. they are factory modded classic guitars.
CLASSIC 60'S STRAT
CLASSIC PLAYERS 60 STRAT
CLASSIC 60'S STRAT
Model Name ‘60s Stratocaster®
Model Number 013-1000-(Color#)
Series Classic Series
Colors (300)* 3-Color Sunburst, *add $50.00,
(302) Lake Placid Blue,
(306) Black,
(309) Candy Apple Red,
(Polyester Finish)
Body Alder
Neck Maple, “C� Shape,
(Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard Rosewood, 7.25� Radius (184mm)
No. of Frets 21 Vintage Style Frets
Pickups 3 Vintage Style Single-Coil Strat® Pickups with Staggered Pole Pieces, Alnico Magnets, Aged Covers
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Fender®/Ping® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Pickguard 3-Ply Mint Green
Scale Length 25.5� (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650� (42 mm)
Unique Features Aged Knobs and Switch Tip,
Vintage Styling,
Synthetic Bone Nut
Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
p/n 073-0250-006
Accessories Deluxe Gig Bag
Case Deluxe Gig Bag
Introduced 1/1999
CLASSIC PLAYERS 60 STRAT
Model Name Classic Player ‘60s Stratocaster®
Model Number 014-1100-(Color#)
Series Classic Player Series
Colors (300)* 3-Color Sunburst, *add $50.00,
(372) Sonic Blue,
(Polyester Finish)
Body Alder
Neck Maple, “C� Shape,
(Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard Rosewood, 12� Radius (305mm)
No. of Frets 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups 3 Custom ‘69 Single-Coil Strat® Pickups with Grey Bobbins
Controls Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
Bridge Vintage Style 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Stamped Steel Saddles
Machine Heads Fender®/Ping® Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Pickguard 3-Ply Mint Green
Scale Length 25.5� (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.650� (42 mm)
Unique Features Aged Knobs and Switch Tip,
Vintage Style Tuning Machines,
Custom ‘69 Single-Coil Strat® Pickups,
21 Medium Jumbo Frets,
“Custom Shop Designed� Neck Plate,
Vintage Style 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo,
12� Fingerboard Radius,
Synthetic Bone Nut
Strings Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),
p/n 073-0250-006
Accessories Deluxe Gig Bag
Case Deluxe Gig Bag
Introduced 7/2006
dots wrote:incesticide
I think I'd rather have all of the first ones in this list of options.robroe wrote:lets go down the list in differences
different neck radius (7 vs 12)
different frets (vintage vs. med jumbo)
different pickups (regluar 69pickups vs greybobbin pickups)
different trem (6screw vs. 2screw)
im sure theres more but whatever.
The thing about the Baja Tele having gaps either side of the bridge plate.....mine's like that too....it's 'cos it shares exactly the same design as yer actual 'Tele of Yore' which was never really meant to have the ashtray cover removed.
Hence, Leo wasn't too fussed to cover up the "bumcrack" as it may be known.
If it bothers anyone, I guess a new ashtray cover would do the trick. Available for not many quids or bucks.
Hence, Leo wasn't too fussed to cover up the "bumcrack" as it may be known.
If it bothers anyone, I guess a new ashtray cover would do the trick. Available for not many quids or bucks.
Me neither. I quite like it, in fact. Having said that, I've toyed with the notion of getting an ashtray thing for it, altho I can't figure out why.
Probably 'cos it's shiny.
Gotta be hard to play with one on, especially if you mute with the palm or pick really close to the bridge.
I used to play in a band a loooong time ago and the other guitarist played a cream R/N Tele - he always took off the ashtray and laid it on top of his Marshall, like a statement:
"OK, open for the business of rock."
Probably 'cos it's shiny.
Gotta be hard to play with one on, especially if you mute with the palm or pick really close to the bridge.
I used to play in a band a loooong time ago and the other guitarist played a cream R/N Tele - he always took off the ashtray and laid it on top of his Marshall, like a statement:
"OK, open for the business of rock."