Fender refreshes entire Player Series with new Silver and Capri Orange finishes

Fender Player Series Silver and Capri Orange finishes — (Image credit: Fender)

Back in June, Fender’s Player Series replaced the venerable Standard Series, adding a host of new pickups, finishes and hardware options; now, for 2019, Fender has added two fresh finishes to the mid-priced electric guitar and bass range.

Those new colors are a retina-scorching Capri Orange and contemporary - and unusually for Fender, singularly named - Silver.

Every guitar and bass in the made-in-Mexico range will be available in the new looks, although we have to admit, the Silver Stratocaster certainly has something of the PRS Silver Sky about it…

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Elsewhere, the models are spec’d as per usual, with Alnico pickups, satin-finished maple necks and upgraded hardware.

To see what your favourite models look like in the new finishes, head over to Fender.

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