Fender Starcaster
| Fender Starcaster | |
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| General | |
| Type | Semi-resonant guitar |
| Manufacturer | Fender ; United States |
| production | 1976–1982, since 2013 |
| Construction and materials | |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches (648 mm) |
| Body | Maple with f-holes |
| neck | Screwed maple neck |
| Fingerboard | Maple, 22 frets |
| Mechanics | 6 × left, encapsulated |
| Footbridge / bridge |
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| Pickups and Electronics | |
| Pickups |
2 × humbuckers |
| Tone control | passive
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| Unless otherwise stated, the data come from the manufacturer's website (as of June 1, 2014) | |
The Fender Starcaster is an electric guitar model , a so-called semi-hollowbody design by Gene Fields. The US-American musical instrument manufacturer Fender tried for the first time to penetrate the market for semi - resonant guitars with double- coil humbucking pickups . The Starcaster was produced from 1976 to 1982.
The guitar has an asymmetrical body with resonance chambers, two F-holes and two Fender wide-range humbucker pickups . The neck is not glued - as is usual with guitars of this type of construction - but screwed to the body according to the Fender tradition. The pickups come from the Telecaster Thinline series. The strings are fed from the floor through the sustain block over the bridge. The design of the headstock with a curved lower hem that was color-matched to the body finish was new at the time of its introduction and cannot be found on any other Fender guitar.
The Starcaster was - although of high processing quality - not very successful commercially. It didn't fit the image of Fender, which stood for solid body guitars with single- coil, single- coil pickups. It was also designed at the time of glam rock and so little fit the emerging punk rock . Fender was only able to compensate for the lack of presence in this market segment in 2003 when it took over guitar production from Gretsch.
Starcaster models are rare, but because of their unpopularity, they do not cost as much as comparable models from the Gibson or Gretsch brands . Fender introduced a modified new edition of the Starcaster guitar and bass in the Modern Player series in September 2013. With this model, made in China, some features are foregone due to cost reasons (string guide, master volume).
One of the most famous starcaster players until recently was funk pioneer Leo Nocentelli from The Meters . The Starcaster has also recently become known through the Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood , who uses it alongside his Telecaster models.
Individual evidence
- ↑ fender.com ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page of the manufacturer.
- ↑ Greenwood's guitars and equipment
