As affordable workhorse guitars go, you can't miss with a Fender Player II Strat or Tele – and these limited edition models just hit an all time low for Black Friday

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These Player II-series guitars sound every bit as good as they look – and Fender’s selling ‘em cheap for Black Friday

Fender Player II Series Stratocaster and Telecaster in Forest Green finish on a green background
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Fender’s been absolutely killing it in the last decade, with player-focused innovations and variations on its quintessential library of era-defining instruments. Its Player series launched as a retooled umbrella for Fender’s Made-in-Mexico guitars, continuing a well-established reputation of incredible quality and accessible pricing. It took the opportunity to level things up a little, too, with juicier aesthetic choices and some player-focused tweaks for a faster and fun-er guitar right out of the box.

As far as ‘exemplary’ goes in this regard, there’s no better set of instruments to look at than the Player II-series Stratocaster and Telecaster. Both benefit from the same essential approach and build choices, not to mention the same arrestingly-sick visual presentation. What a joy – nay, what a privilege, then, to find such alluring examples on sale at a 30% discount, direct from Fender’s own Black Friday sale.

And what's more, spend over $100 in the sale and you'll receive a free Custom Shop calendar to help you plan all of your 2026 guitar action!

Fender Limited Edition Player II Stratocaster
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Fender Limited Edition Player II Stratocaster: was $839.99 now $587.99 at Fender

Whether or not you’ve already got a Strat in your collection, this is one of those deals that’s impossibly hard to pass up. Fender’s offering a limited-edition Forest Green Player II Stratocaster for less than $600, at a huge 30% discount from retail – the lowest this guitar has ever gone. For that miniscule investment, you get an alder-bodied, maple-necked masterpiece in a unique color and with a classic approach to Strat tone. Impeccable.

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Fender Limited Edition Player II Telecaster
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Fender Limited Edition Player II Telecaster: was $839.99 now $587 at Fender

Fender’s limited-edition Player II Telecaster gets the discount treatment too, coming in at a 30%-discounted price of $587.99. Again with an alder body, maple neck and slab rosewood fretboard, this Tele makes for a modern-looking, vintage sounding work of art. The Fender Alnico V pickups do some heavy lifting as far as tone goes, while the modern C-profile neck makes fast playing an enjoyable breeze.

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The discounted axes on offer are a Stratocaster and Telecaster each in Forest Green, a richly verdant green with just the right amount of smokiness. They’re by no means traditional-looking, but they are indeed fetching! Eye-catching color aside, both are actually quite traditional in design – keeping more to older iterations than to newer innovations (save for a more modern string-through-body bridge on the Tele).

Both of these Player II-series guitars benefit from a maple neck and slab rosewood fretboard, itself inlaid with 22 medium jumbo frets. The neck is shaped to modern C profile, a pet project of Fender’s that has resulted in some serious playability; between this and the medium jumbo frets, there’s an excellent balance of articulation and speed.

Both also benefit from a set of Fender’s own Alnico V single-coils, which serve each well in their own signal sound. The Player II Strat has all the attack you could ask for in the bridge, and all the honk you know and love in the neck (and, of course, everything in-between thanks to the classic 5-way switch); meanwhile, the Player II Tele maintains the glorious twang of its siblings. It’s not every day you get a gen-u-wine MiM Fender for less than 600 bucks – and if it was, every day would be the best day ever. Act accordingly!

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