NGD No. 5 - Fender Player Plus Stratocaster in Tequila Sunrise

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Happy NGD.
:slight_smile:

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Happy NGD JĆ³zsef. It looks fantastic mate. Youā€™re going to have lots of fun playing it.

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Happy NGD. Have fun!

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Good looking guitar, enjoy. :smile:

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ooh, ncie colour scheme , Happy NGD :slight_smile:

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Hi JĆ³zsef,
Happy NGD :partying_face: :sunglasses:
I wish you a lot of time together,ā€¦ :sunglasses:
Greetings

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Very nice Jozef, enjoy !
Happy NGD
:sunglasses:

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Happy NGD! It looks great, have fun playing :slightly_smiling_face:

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Looks great-lovely colourā€“good luck

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Its really pretty! Bet itā€™s fun to play. Happy NGD!

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Happy NGD! Have fun and enjoy!

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Happy NGD! I love the color. I have a Player Plus Meteora and I love mine. Enjoy!

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Wow what a great finish, looks stunning! Happy NGD

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Looks Awesome!!! Happy NGD!!! :smiley:

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I do like a Strat.

The controls are fairly easy to remember.
5 way switch. Think of it in relation to pickup position.
Position nearest bridge is bridge pickup.
Inbetween position is bridge and middle pickups.
Middle position is middle pickup.
Inbetween position is middle and neck pickups.
Position nearest neck is neck pickup.

(Some 5 way switches are wired differently, but the above is the standard Strat way)

Only the neck and middle pickups have tone control.
And its only a single master volume control, but the volume does affect tone. Turning it down generally reduces treble.

I usually aim for volume around the middle, then select pickups/tone depending on what kind of tone Iā€™m aiming for.

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Forgot to mention that Iā€™ve always stuck with 9s on my Strat.
I did put 10s on my Tele which i find does give it that bit more ā€˜livelyā€™ feel, but i just like the lighter feel of 9s on the Strat. They just seem to fit the feel of the Strat better.

If you try 10s, just be aware you might need to give the tremelo springs a little adjust to bring the bridge back to itā€™s correct neutral position, otherwise intonation is likely to be out.

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Oh, what a beauty :star_struck:. I wish you loads of fun with it :smiley::partying_face::guitar:.

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Happy NGD JĆ³zsef. That is a lovely looking instrument. Love the colouring.

I hope you get many years of pleasure from it.

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Great looking guitar. Enjoy! :guitar:

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Thanks everyone for the kind words :slight_smile:

After about 2 weeks Iā€™m still trying to get used to this guitar, though I havenā€™t played it significantly more than the other ones. Itā€™s comfortable to play, but the floating bridge feels somewhat stiff even after having loosened the springs a bit, and I wouldnā€™t call the tuning stability rock solid either, even with the locking tuners. I donā€™t want to loosen the springs too much because then they wouldnā€™t counteract the string tension, and what would be the point then?

Iā€™ll also try to raise the pickup height as they sound a bit lifeless compared to the dual humbuckers and the dual P90s.

Or maybe Iā€™m just being too nitpicky. In a worst-case scenario it can replace another guitar on the wall.