FENDER To Discontinue MIM (Made In Mexico) Standard Guitars, Announces PLAYER SERIES As Replacement

Fender announced today that they are going to be discontinuing their line of MIM Standard guitars in favor of an entry-level series known as the Player Series.

ADVERTISEMENT

According to Fender,

 As with American Professional and Elite, Fender Player Series takes what was great about the Mexican Standard Series and builds upon it, evolving the instruments to set the bar higher than ever before.” Each model features new Alnico pickups, updated body radii, upgraded bridges, 22-fret necks, and new finishes paired with Fender’s classic logo.

I always thought the MIM STandards were great guitars for the money, so I’m interested to see what the new ones are like. Here’s a couple videos looking at them more closely:

Written by

As Editor-in-Chief of Gear Gods, I've been feeding your sick instrument fetishism and trying unsuccessfully to hide my own since 2013. I studied music on both coasts (Berklee and SSU) and now I'm just trying to put my degree to some use. That's a music degree, not an English one. I'm sure you noticed.

Latest comment
  • Know what the difference between a Fender Strat and a lawnmower is?

    You can tune a lawnmower.

leave a comment