Uniquely styled with bold ’70s curves, the Fender Starcaster is finally back! This classic semi-hollow design briefly graced Fender’s prestigious history, and now that Fender have bought it back into production – it is easy to see why.

Sporting rare boxy tones that are full of character, thanks to the semi-hollow maple offset body shape (and taming alder center block), the Starcaster’s attention to detail is immaculate with body binding, and unique headstock.

But the Starcaster remains positively progressive with a comfortable C-shaped maple neck and medium jumbo frets, it is extremely comfortable to play. Vintage touches like skirted knobs mix with modern features to form what we here at Andertons hope will become a new modern classic for Fender – the Fender Starcaster.

Here’s what Fender say about the Starcaster

The Starcaster guitar is back. Virtually fabled since its original mid-to-late ’70s tenure, the seldom-seen Starcaster occupies a special place in our history as Fender’s one and only offset-waist semi-hollow electric guitar. Prized decades later by a new generation of adventurous guitarists with a flair for appealingly unconventional Fender style, the Starcaster now returns in fabulous new Modern Player form with greater sound, build and beauty that’ll have you seeing stars.

The Fender Starcaster guitar’s thin semi-hollow offset body has a bound maple top and back, with stylish bound f holes. Its “C”-shaped maple neck has a 9.5″-radius maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets, black-dot inlays and the distinctively curvaceous Starcaster headstock. Other premium features include full-voiced dual Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups with three-way toggle switching, three-ply black pickguard, four skirted “amp”-style control knobs (volume and tone for each pickup) and an Adjusto-Matic bridge with anchored tailpiece. Available in gorgeous Natural, Black and Aged Cherry Burst gloss finishes.

Specifications

• Model Name: Fender Starcaster, Maple Fingerboard, Aged Cherry Burst
• Model Number: 0243102531
• Series: Modern Player
• Color: Aged Cherry Burst

Body

• Body Material: Laminated Maple with Alder Center-Block
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
• Body Shape: Other

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Gloss Polyester
• Neck Shape: “C” Shape
• Scale Length: 25.5″ (64.8 cm)
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• String Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Standard

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Fender “Wide Range” Humbucking
• Neck Pickup: Fender “Wide Range” Humbucking
• Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:  Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Pickup Configuration: HH

Hardware

• Bridge: Pinned Adjusto-Matic with Anchored Tailpiece
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Fender Standard Cast/Sealed
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Control Knobs: Skirted Amp Knobs

Miscellaneous

• Strings: Fender USA, NPS, (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Unique Features: Offset-Waist Semi-Hollow Body with Center-Block, Distinctive Starcaster Headstock Shape with Black Accent Stripe, Bound Top, Back and “F”-Holes, Vintage Tinted Neck, Black Pickup Bezels, Vintage Style Skirted Control Knobs, Single Wing String Tree, Fender Engraved Neck Plate

Source: Fender Starcaster Guitar in Black – Andertons Music Co.

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