T H E GA S STATION 84 TOTAL GUITAR JUNE 2022 TGR358.gear_lead.
REVIEW FENDER PLAYER PLUS METEORA HH £999 A retro future classic? C onsidering Fender’s most popular designs are now elderly in age but still iconic because they were so well crafted at birth, the company has been pretty bold with them in recent years. The Acoustasonic fused the acoustic world with the electric Strat, Tele and Jazzmaster, while the Parallel Universe and Paranormal series have allowed Fender and Squier designers to have fun and surprise players.
T H E GA S STATION The First Coming What was idea behind the original Meteora? F for us. Low but still resonant; it’s acoustically satisfying. It would be easy to assume from the telltale offset pole pieces the pickups here are Fender’s modern take on its Wide Range humbucker found in some Thinline Teles, but these are a new Fireball model.
