Starcaster?! (guitarist, Guitars, Fender, stratocaster, cheap)

bigtim · 02-12-2006, 08:34 PM

Sams Club is selling the Fender Starcaster now. Is this a legitamate fender product? its not on the fender website, but it carries the Fender design and Logo

it is like 168 bucks

Vai Is God · 02-14-2006, 08:58 PM

I can't stand department stores selling guitars. They don't have a good enough selection or enough advice/input for even a beginner guitarist. For example, they won't be able to tell you how to care for it, and it could become damaged as a result of poor knowledge.

bigtim · 02-15-2006, 04:53 PM

very true....i wasnt considering it anyway!

haha...i bet it is crap
lol

but is it a real fender?

tdoc210 · 02-28-2006, 07:17 PM

no

tdoc210 · 02-28-2006, 07:17 PM

its not even made in mexico

FenderVGStrat · 09-19-2007, 12:52 AM

Hey man
Yeah I wouldn't think it would be a real Fender because they only would use like a Telecaster or Stratocaster name a Starcaster is just a bit too close to Stratocaster and people could get confused so no I wouldn't think it was a real Fender. And plus if it was Fender I think it would be more than 168 bucks if it was a Squire then maybe but not a Fender.

Cheers
FenderVGStrat

spook · 01-16-2008, 11:13 AM

The original USA Starcasters were pretty good guitars, a semi- solid rival to the Gibson 335, etc., but I can't see these being up to the mark.
That said, a session player friend of mine uses a Fender acoustic electric for sessions, made somewhere in the far east.
It cost him £160 sterling, (about $330), and he swears by it - even stopped using his Ovation.

TheCaster · 01-16-2008, 12:41 PM

my friend has a starcaster and she likes it... the only thing wrong with it was the whammy bar came broke in two

GuitarBizarre · 01-26-2008, 02:22 PM

Wikipedia have an article on that guitar thats a little sparse, but yes, they are real.

coltonbraun · 04-04-2008, 10:50 AM

yeahh...its like a beginner/cheap Fender...its like Fender-->Squier-->Starcaster

they are fender products but beginner ones, deservingly sold at dept. stores

02-12-2006, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigtim Groupie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 23	Starcaster?! Sams Club is selling the Fender Starcaster now. Is this a legitamate fender product? its not on the fender website, but it carries the Fender design and Logo it is like 168 bucks

02-14-2006, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Vai Is God Groupie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 27	I can't stand department stores selling guitars. They don't have a good enough selection or enough advice/input for even a beginner guitarist. For example, they won't be able to tell you how to care for it, and it could become damaged as a result of poor knowledge. __________________ Shhh... the audience is listening.

02-28-2006, 07:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	no __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

02-28-2006, 07:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	its not even made in mexico __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

01-16-2008, 11:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
spook Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78	The original USA Starcasters were pretty good guitars, a semi- solid rival to the Gibson 335, etc., but I can't see these being up to the mark. That said, a session player friend of mine uses a Fender acoustic electric for sessions, made somewhere in the far east. It cost him £160 sterling, (about $330), and he swears by it - even stopped using his Ovation. __________________ It seems that lately, everybody's crying in their beer - I know that only the good die young - That's why I'm still here!

02-15-2006, 04:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
bigtim Groupie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 23	very true....i wasnt considering it anyway! haha...i bet it is crap lol but is it a real fender?

09-19-2007, 12:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
FenderVGStrat Groupie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 15	Hey man Yeah I wouldn't think it would be a real Fender because they only would use like a Telecaster or Stratocaster name a Starcaster is just a bit too close to Stratocaster and people could get confused so no I wouldn't think it was a real Fender. And plus if it was Fender I think it would be more than 168 bucks if it was a Squire then maybe but not a Fender. Cheers FenderVGStrat

01-16-2008, 12:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
TheCaster Music Rapist Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere in the U.S Posts: 400	my friend has a starcaster and she likes it... the only thing wrong with it was the whammy bar came broke in two __________________ A soul in tension thats learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit

01-26-2008, 02:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
GuitarBizarre D-D-D-D-D-DROP THE BASS! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,730	Wikipedia have an article on that guitar thats a little sparse, but yes, they are real.

04-04-2008, 10:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
coltonbraun Groupie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central New Jersey Posts: 22	yeahh...its like a beginner/cheap Fender...its like Fender-->Squier-->Starcaster they are fender products but beginner ones, deservingly sold at dept. stores __________________ "Who knows how long I've loved you? You know I love you still. Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you want me to, I will." -The Beatles