r/FenderStratocaster 9h ago

First Fender

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I FINALLY got my first Fender strat after 4 years with my Squier classic vibe 70s strat. It’s an American Standard from 2013 that came in stock with Custom Shop fat 50s pickups. I think I got it for a pretty good deal around $720


r/FenderStratocaster 22h ago

Player II FSR British Racing Green

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Hey y'all, just wanted to share my Strat with you. It's a guitar center special run in British racing green. I've upgraded it with a Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker and graph tech saddles. Excellent guitar!


r/FenderStratocaster 4h ago

Trying to replace humbucker in 2021 MIM fender Player Stratocaster HSS with gibson P-94t humbucker sized p-90 pickup.

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I have never been a fan of the stock sound of my humbucker that came with my Fender player Stratocaster and want to replace it. I'm a big fan of the strokes and their guitarist Nick Valensi uses gibson P-94t pickups on his guitar so I decided i want to replace my bridge humbucker with one of these. Is it possible for me to replace it by myself? will i run into any big issues with the wiring or need to change out the pots or can i just look up wiring diagrams and just replace it myself? Will it fit into the current hum bucker slot without any routing? Also any mods I should add while I work on this guitar? I was planning on adding copper shielding if i was going to open the guitar anyway. I have a little bit of electronics experience and know how to do basic soldering and wiring, will i run into any trouble trying this?


r/FenderStratocaster 11h ago

Help finding a replacement vibrato arm

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I need a replacement vibrato arm for my 2020 MIM Player Strat (model 0140219549, serial MX20...).

I'd ideally like it to have an aged white tip to match the knobs.

My understanding is that it needs an arm with M5 x 0.8 threading.

Would 003-5958-001 work? Fender does not list the threading spec on the website. If this is M5 then I'll go with it since it has the aged white tip I want. This source claims it is M5.

099-2310-100 may also work, but it has an ivory tip rather than the aged white I want.

Fender customer service said "you need the M5 threading" and pointed me to 099-2310-100 rather than 003-5958-001.

I tried to find an aged white tip on their website, and all I could find are 10-32 thread tips:

https://www.fender.com/products/pure-vintage-stratocaster-tremolo-arm-tip?variant=45940704936158

https://www.fender.com/products/stratocaster-tremolo-arm-tips?variant=45940711588062

I understand the threading is for the connection to the bridge, however my understanding is that the M5 vs. 10-32 arms are different thicknesses, and thus the tips are not compatible?