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Fender Modern Player Starcaster Bass Natural

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Fender Modern Player Starcaster Bass Natural
Product no: 9000-0007-0016 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The Fender Starcaster probably has one of the rarest guitar designs in the world. This semi-hollow body was introduced in the seventies as a limited edition and is renowned for its distinctive body shape, or 'offset waist', and its wicked humbucker pickups. Decades later, the short-scale Starcaster bass guitar is back as a part of Fender's Modern Player series with a superior sound, improved construction and unrivalled beauty. It is an ideal instrument for the Fender-loving bass player that likes to play a quirky guitar.

Fender Modern Player Starcaster Bass Natural: short-scale bass guitar with Center Block

The thin semi-hollow body of the Fender Starcaster is made of laminated maple and features an alder Center Block, which is a solid wooden beam fitted in the centre and along the entire length of the body, separating it into two large sound chambers as it were. The front and back of the body of the Starcaster feature beautiful bindings that are also found around the characteristic F holes on the top. The C-shaped neck and 22-fret fretboard with black position markers are also made of maple. This semi-acoustic guitar's headstock features a quintessential Starcaster Black Accent Stripe, as well as a Fender logo.

Wide-Range Humbuckers

The Fender Modern Player Starcaster Bass Natural has two Fender Wide Range Humbucking Bass pickups, a three-position pickup switch, four controls with vintage-style knobs (a volume and tone control for each pickup) and a 4-saddle Fender Hi-Mass bridge. It is the perfect instrument for jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll oriented bass players.

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Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	4
Active tone control	yes
Pickup configuration	HH
Pickup type	humbucker (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	maple
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Colour	wood/natural
Country of origin	China
Left-handed	no
Body material	maple
Model	Hollow-body bass guitar
Bass guitar scale length	short scale (< 30 inches)
String-thru-body	no
Body type	hollow body

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	3,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	130,0 x 51,0 x 14,0 cm

Product specifications

semi-acoustic hollow-body bass guitar
short-scale (30 inch)
series: Modern Player
colour: natural
body: laminated maple with alder Center Block
sound holes: f-shaped with bindings
finish: gloss polyester (body and neck)
neck: maple
fretboard: maple, with black position markers
fretboard radius: 9.5-inch (241mm)
frets: 22, medium jumbo
string nut: 41.3 mm, synthetic bone
scale length: 762 mm (30 inches)
tuners: Standard Open Gear
bridge: 4-Saddle Hi-Mass
hardware: chrome
pickups: 2x Fender Wide Range humbucker (neck and bridge)
3-way pickup switch
strings: Fender USA (NPS, .045 - .105)
special features: top and back bindings

Controls:

Volume 1: neck
Volume 2: bridge
Tone 1: neck
Tone 2: bridge

Pickup switch:

Position 1: bridge
Position 2: bridge and neck
Position 3: neck

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we also stock this instrument as a Black and an Aged Cherry Burst version.

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