it is never a bad day when you get to introduce a brand new fender guitar and today is one of
those days today we are talking about the brand new fender player plus meteora and meteora bass
hello i am vini from guitarguitar and as i've already said today we're talking about the
brand new fender player plus meteoras now the player plus is a range that has been around for
just under sort of like six months now and this is the first time we've seen a brand new model
launched under that line of products on top of what we have already seen from the player plus
range now if you want to know more about the player plus as a whole we did do a video about
that a few months ago when it launched so please feel free to click on that video once you're
done with this one so you can find out a little bit more about it we're just going to talk more
specifically about the meteora and the meteora base in this video so this is the first time we
are seeing the meteora actually being launched within a pre-existing fender range the last
couple of meteora releases have been very limited editions sort of like standalone releases that
have been around for about a year and then they've disappeared and you can't get hold of them anymore
this time round we are actually seeing the meteora being launched alongside things like strats
teles p basses jazz basses and it's a really welcome addition to be honest with you as i
say we'll talk more about all of that in a little bit more detail in a second but
it's probably also worth mentioning right now that they have also launched the meteora base which has
never existed before this this is exclusive to the player plus range as it stands the meteora
base is a completely new product from fender which is really exciting and yep again we're
going to talk a little bit more about that as well one of the really cool things about the addition
of the meteora to the player plus range is that up until now there wasn't really a guitar with
two humbuckers on it you had the strat in two different pickup configurations and you had the
telly and the nashville tele but now you've got a meteora which is a double humbucker or hh as we
like to call it configuration guitar and that's the same with the bass that we just mentioned
two humbuckers quite different to the p bass and the jazz bass which have their own very iconic
pickup configurations fenders player plus range has a load of advanced features similar to the
american ultras and american ultra luxe's but it also comes at a much more accessible price point
all of the player plus range comes with a 12 inch fingerboard radius you've got palfero
fingerboards you've got maple fingerboards all of them have kind of like modern voice
pickups with advanced switching options which we've already mentioned the bases come with
active and passive switching options and gives you a load of intricate tone shaping controls
lots of new vibrant exciting colors which we've never seen in fenders ranges before and last but
not least they all come with a gig bag which is amazing love being able to get a gig bag
with my guitar when i get a new one so that is a brief rundown on the player plus range
let's now talk about the meteora up until now so the meteora first appeared around 2018 as a
limited edition american-made model the original meteor that we first saw had kind of like a
telecaster pickup configuration like butterscotch finish with like big block inlays and it looked
amazing and straight away it made a massive impact on people obviously fender ara brand who have made
some of the most iconic guitar shapes to ever grace this planet so when they make something new
everyone always flocks to see what they're up to and people weren't disappointed the meteorite
is really comfortable it has very nice contours fits your body very nicely it is an offset guitar
similar to like a jazz master or a jaguar it really lends to that modern look which a lot of
fenders are so iconic and vintage that it's a nice thing to see them do something slightly different
the year after the american model we then saw fender make a mexican made model which again
was its own standalone thing this time it came in a double humbucker set up similar to what the
player plus is now but that particular meteora was again its own thing it didn't really fit into any
particular product line it was something similar to a player series in its specs but it wasn't a
player series meteora if that makes sense as i've already said it's a fairly new design but i feel
like one of the things that is really interesting about the meteor is that when you put it next to
your strats your teles your jazz masters your jags it just looks really at home in the fender range
and it doesn't seem out of place which is why it's so exciting to see it really
get its own place in a core fender line like the player plus series as i already mentioned
the player plus series is kind of fender's more modern take on their range and the meteora is kind
of a bit more of a modern looking shape so the two fit together quite nicely and a lot of the specs
that come with the player plus guitars really fit the meteora's kind of vibe and aesthetic i guess
so
so let's talk about the player plus meteora so what's new in comparison to the meteor as
we've seen before let's start with the guitar so the player plus meteora is the first time
the meteora has had a trem on it which i know is something a lot of us in this shop alone have been
asking for when you see the meteor it just looks like it should have a trem on it and fender have
delivered you've got a two-point tram similar to something that you would see on like a strat
most of the specs are quite aligned with the rest of the player plus series you've got your 12-inch
fingerboard radius 22 medium jumbo frets great for big bends and fast movement you've got a modern c
neck profile you've got locking tuners the meteora comes with fenders fireball humbuckers so these
humbuckers have got a bit of kit so if you're playing high gain stuff the player plus meteor
is going to sound very much at home that being said what's really nice about these pickups is
that there's a lot of string to string clarity so even when you are turning the gain all the way up
you can still really hear definition between each string which i think is quite important if you are
someone who plays heavy music and your game is all the way up you know that sometimes you lose a lot
of clarity and definition in those notes with the fireball humbuckers you're not going to have that
problem of course this is part of the player plus range which means you have some advanced switching
options the meteora comes with an s1 switch which basically means when you press a little button
on the volume switch which is called the s1 switch you can coil split the humbuckers what that
basically does is it makes your humbucker sound like a single coil pickup so you've basically
got a vast array of sounds depending on whether you're playing like super clean twangy music
or if you are again playing very heavy metal either one of those genres is going to sound
very good with these pickups and anything else you can think of in between you're probably going
to be hard-pressed to find something that doesn't work with this guitar at the time of recording the
colors are determined by the fingerboard material so if you are going for a pal ferro fingerboard
then you can either get cosmic jade which is that really cool metallic green player plus color or
you could also get the belair blue which is that really nice futuristic kind of like gradient fade
finish which looks really cool if you want a maple fingerboard then your finish options are either a
free color sunburst meteorite which looks amazing it brings that classic fender feel
to a pretty modern design or you could go for my personal favorite the silver burst
which just looks so cool for me this is the best one i like them all but this one looks
really really good proper smart love that from fender just like all of the other player pluses
these do come with a gig bag which is handy because it's got a bit of a weird offset shape
if you've ever tried to buy a case for a weird offset guitar you know it can be a little bit
of a hassle so thankfully fender have given you that gig bag with the guitar these guitars feel
really really good and it's just it's something modern and a little bit different from fender but
as i said it takes all of the things that make fenders so special and it just gives all of that
iconic fender feel in a brand new package very very exciting loving the player plus meteorology
so now let's talk about the player plus meteora bass as i've already said this is the first time
they have ever made a meteor a base this is a new model completely exclusive to the player
plus range and it looks and feels amazing it looks so good sounds great the meteora bass
is such a good call from fender the shape really just lends itself to the style and feel of a bass
like this and fender have nailed it it's amazing it's been a pretty long time since fender made
a base with humbuckers on it i think the last time they did something with humbuckers on it
was the dimension base like i want to say like eight years ago so you know this is this is
something that we haven't seen for a while from fender the meteora base also has fireball bass
humbuckers same name as the guitar these pickups are packed with loads of punch and growl if you
know what a base of humbuckers sound like you already are familiar with the sound of this bass
but as you already know the player plus series is all about versatility and range so just like
the p bass and the jazz basses the meteoro bass has active and passive switching along with a
free band eq so you can really shape your tone to be exactly what you want it to sound like
basically you're going to have a very hard time finding a bass tone that you can't achieve with
this bass i mean you really will have a very hard time finding any sound you couldn't make with this
so
the meteora base comes with the high mass bridge which is great i've seen a lot of bassists
put bridges of these styles onto their base so it's nice to see fender doing them as standard on
these high mass bridges have got loads of sustain loads of resonance and also they are very good
for intonation so you're not going to have any tuning problems as you go up the neck just like
the other player plus bases you have got a 12 inch fingerboard radius and you've also got a modern c
neck profile with 20 frets and just like the meteora guitars there are four finishes to choose
from two of which have got a pal ferro fingerboard two of which have got a maple fingerboard
at time of recording because sometimes these things change so if you want the pau ferro
fingerboard you can either go for tequila sunrise which is a lovely cocktail or a fender player plus
finish which is like the gradient thing or you can go for opal spark which is a very nice metallic
blue it's a little bit lighter than something like lake placid blue for a maple fingerboard
it is the same as the guitars you can either go for the free color sunburst or you can go for my
favorite the silver burst you should go for the silver burst it is super cool the meteora base
just like the meteora guitar adds a whole new tonal option to the player plus range and it
is very exciting that fender have introduced this shape to their bass range because it just fits in
so well it looks like it's been around for years even though it's just come out absolutely love
this and a lot of people are talking about these already so can't wait to see what people think
of the meteora base the player plus has already made its mark in the short time that it's existed
it is a great value answer for fender fans who are looking for something a little bit more modern
in their playing style but love all of that iconic feel and tone that you get from a fender the
player plus meteora and meteora base respectively are both great additions to the player plus range
they fit in so so well it makes so much sense that these guitars are part of the player
plus range by introducing the meteoras into the player plus range fender have basically brought
way more options to an already fantastic range you have got lots of different pickup options
depending on what sort of flavor you are looking for you've got all of those switching options
that you get with the other player pluses you've basically just got another extremely
versatile option in the wide range of fenders line of guitars and with that it's time to say
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