| Fender Starcaster | |
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| Manufacturer | Fender |
| Period | appr. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the 1976 — 1982 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | Semi-hollow |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on neck |
| Scale | 25. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Bolt-on neck is a method of Guitar (or similar stringed instrument construction that involves joining a guitar neck and body using Screws as opposed to glue as 5" |
| Woods | |
| Body | Maple |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fretboard | Maple |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Fixed |
| Pickup(s) | H-H: Fender Wide Range |
| Colors available | |
| White, Natural (Blonde), Sunburst, Tobacco, Mocha Brown | |
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Origin
The Starcaster was a high quality instrument (designed by Gene Fields) manufactured at a time when Fender's standards had lowered considerably. It was commercially unsuccessful, perhaps because of a public notion that Fender was a "solidbody, single coil brand" and Gibson was the "semi-hollow, humbucker brand". A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic Transducer for the Electric guitar and the electric bass. A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of Electric guitar pickup that uses two coils both generating string signal Although the Starcaster was semi-hollow and had humbucker pickups, it retained Fender's bolt-on neck design (using a somewhat trouble-prone three-bolt joint that it shared with other Fenders of the time), which may have added to its unpopularity. As a result it was only in production from 1976 or 1977 to 1980 or 1982, depending on sources. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) An advertisement from 1977states that the Starcaster's first creation was in 1975. While Fender has found a significant market for period-correct (and sometimes artificially "aged") reissues of some of its classic instruments (from the mainstay Telecaster, Stratocaster, and basses through lesser-known models such as the Mustang and 12-string Stratocaster), the company has never created a Starcaster reissue, nor an updated version of the model. The Fender Telecaster, also known as the Tele (pronounced Telly is typically a dual-pickup solid-body Electric guitar made by Fender. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's There was evidence that at one point Fender were toying with the idea of Starcaster basses, though they possibly were not going to be marketed as Starcasters. The Starcaster name was, however, recently revived for a range of "value-priced" Starcaster by Fender guitars and drums unrelated to the Starcaster of the 70's. The Starcaster by Fender (not to be confused with the older Fender Starcaster) is a range of instruments and accessories aimed at beginners from the prominent guitar
Popularity
Starcasters are very rare, but are worth less in today's vintage market than many other semi-hollow guitars from the same period to collectors because of their unpopularity and lack of name endorsers at their time of manufacture (although prices have been rising since the 1990s). Despite (or possibly because of) their modest vintage investment value, several modern high profile guitarists use the Starcaster as a preferred instrument. Jonny Greenwood guitarist of Radiohead can frequently be seen playing a Starcaster on stage. Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is a BAFTA and Grammy -nominated musician and composer-in-residence for the BBC best Radiohead Sammy James Jr. guitarist and front man of the Mooney Suzuki uses a natural finished one and appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien with it June 21st 2007. The Mooney Suzuki is a NYC Rock and roll band formed in 1996 by Sammy James Jr The guitar can also be seen in the music video to Morrissey's single "You Have Killed Me". Steven Patrick Morrissey (ˈmɒɹɪsiː born May 22, 1959) known primarily as Morrissey, is a British Singer and Lyricist " You Have Killed Me " is the first single from the album Ringleader of the Tormentors by Morrissey. Dave Keuning of the Killers also started using one shortly before the release of the album Sam's Town. The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas Nevada. Formed in 2002 the group consists of Brandon Flowers ( vocals, keyboards Sam's Town is the second Studio album by Las Vegas Rock band The Killers, released on October 2 2006 in He could be seen playing his Starcaster during the Killers headline slot at Glastonbury Festival 2007, on 'Later with Jools Holland' for Read My Mind and in the video for For Reasons Unknown. The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas Nevada. Formed in 2002 the group consists of Brandon Flowers ( vocals, keyboards For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The " For Reasons Unknown " is a song by Las Vegas -based Rock band The Killers and was written by Lead vocalist Brandon Flowers
Construction
It had a unique headstock design, with a painted bottom curve matching the color of the guitar body, that no other Fender guitar has had before or since. It was also unusual for a semi-hollow guitar in having an asymmetrical ("offset") body, a maple fretboard, a bolt-on neck, and Fender's traditional six-on-a-side tuning pegs. The original Starcaster is completely unrelated in design to the guitars from the "Starcaster by Fender" range.
Wide Range pickups
The "Fender Wide Range" humbucking pickups were designed by Seth Lover and appeared first on various Telecaster Custom and Telecaster Thinline models in the early '70s. The Fender Wide Range Humbucker is a Humbucker Guitar pickup, designed by Seth Lover for Fender in the early 1970s Seth Lover ( January 1 1910 in Kalamazoo Michigan &ndash January 31 1997 in Garden Grove California) is most famous for They are still available as reissues, although the construction of the reissued Pickups has significantly changed. Regardless, they are still labeled "Wide Range".
Notable Starcaster users
- Rubén Albarrán of Café Tacvba[1]
- Wes Borland of Black Light Burns
- Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead (can be heard extensively on Kid A and Amnesiac)[2]
- Steve Mazur of Our Lady Peace
- Jesse Tobias of Morrissey
- Dave Keuning of The Killers
- Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
- Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead
- Tony Fredianelli of Third Eye Blind
- Slash of Guns N Roses
- Wayne Hussey of Sisters of Mercy and The Mission (UK)
Notes
Café Tacuba (often stylized as CAFÉ TACVBA) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award -winning musical group from Naucalpan, Mexico Wesley Louden Borland (born February 7, 1975 in Richmond, Virginia) is a musician best known as the former Guitarist in the band Black Light Burns is an industrial rock band featuring Wes Borland (formerly of Limp Bizkit, Big Dumb Face, Eat the Day Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is a BAFTA and Grammy -nominated musician and composer-in-residence for the BBC best Radiohead Kid A is the fourth album by the English Alternative rock band Radiohead, released on in the United Kingdom and on in the United States and Canada Amnesiac is the fifth studio Album by the English Alternative rock band Radiohead. Steven Theodore Mazur (born December 21, 1977 in Port Huron Michigan, U Jesse Tobias (born 1 April, 1972) is a Texan Guitarist of Mexican origin Steven Patrick Morrissey (ˈmɒɹɪsiː born May 22, 1959) known primarily as Morrissey, is a British Singer and Lyricist Christopher Walla is the Guitarist and producer for the band Death Cab for Cutie. Death Cab for Cutie is an American Indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Anthony Joseph Fredianelli (born April 2, 1969) was born in Santa Monica California. Third Eye Blind (sometimes abbreviated 3eb) is an American Alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic