fender starcaster guitar

The Fender Starcaster was a semi-hollowbody electric guitar made by the Fender company. The Starcaster was part of Fender's attempt to enter the semi-hollowbody market, which was dominated by Gibson's ES-335 and similar designs. • 1 Design and production • 2 Re-use of Starcaster name • 3 Popularity • 4 Construction • 4.1 Wide Range pickups • 5 Notable Starcaster users Design and production Unlike most semi-hollow guitars which had their necks set in the bodies in the traditional style, the Starcaster retained Fender's bolt-on neck design, which at the time, used a three-bolt joint. Re-use of Starcaster name 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. Jonny Greenwood, guitarist of Radiohead, can frequently be seen playing a Starcaster on stage. Trey Anastasio of Phish plays a custom Languedoc guitar that was originally designed after the vintage Fender Starcaster. [edit] Construction The Starcaster 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. (Some prototypes of the Fender Marauder guitar, a model cancelled before production and also designed by Fields, had a similar headstock design. Wide Range pickups Notable Starcaster users * Jesse Tobias of Morrissey[citation needed] * Dave Keuning of The Killers