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Fender Modern Player Starcaster Black

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Fender Modern Player Starcaster Black
Product no: 9000-0006-9928 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The Starcaster is back!

It's rarer than bigfoot and has gained true legendary status as an undisputed force in the quality and sound department. Additionally, the Starcaster has gone down in history as Fender's only semi-hollow electric guitar, with a distinctive body style also known as offset waist. Rediscovered by a new generation of curious guitarists, the Starcaster re-emerges on the electric guitar scene, this time as part of the Fender Modern Player series Now with an improved construction and even better sound!

Fender Modern Player Starcaster Black: Center-Block for more sustain

The thin semi-hollow body of the Fender Starcaster is made of laminated maple and features an alder Center Block - a solid wooden beam fitted in the centre and along the entire length of the body, splitting the body into two large chambers as it were and providing the guitar with more tone and sustain while reducing the chance of feedback. The front and back of the body of the Starcaster feature the same 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.

Humbuckers

The Fender Starcaster Black is equipped with two Fender Wide Range humbucker pickups and a three-position pickup switch. Four controls with vintage-style knobs provide each pickup with its own volume and tone control. Additionally, the Fender Starcaster features a Pinned Adjusto-Matic bridge with an anchored tailpiece and a durable 3-layer black pickguard to protect its body.

This guitar is excellently suited for country, jazz, blues and rock & roll.

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Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	6
Bridge type	tune-o-matic + tailpiece
Pickup configuration	HH
Pickup type	humbucker (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Wood type (back)	maple
Fretboard wood	maple
Wood type (soundboard)	alder
Wood type (sides)	maple
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Colour	black
Country of origin	China
Left-handed	no
Scale length	25.5 inches (648mm)
Set	no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	3,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	123,0 x 51,0 x 13,0 cm

Product specifications

semi-acoustic/hollow-body guitar
series: Modern Player
colour: Black
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: 42 mm, synthetic bone
scale length: 25.5 inches (648 mm)
tuners: Standard Cast/Sealed
bridge: Pinned Adjusto-Matic with anchored tailpiece
hardware: chrome
pickups: 2x Fender Wide Range humbucker (neck and bridge)
3-way pickup switch
strings: Fender USA, NPS, .009 - .042)
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

Tips or remarks about this product:

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

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