Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2022 2:41 am
damn, I think I actually prefer that?
Reminds me of an Ibanez Blazer headstock.
Reminds me of an Ibanez Blazer headstock.
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Reminds me of an Ibanez Blazer headstock.
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:09 am
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:47 pm
I have to say, there is way more than enough skill on OSG to remake that headstock like you never knew it was gone!
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:46 pm
This is fact.
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:54 am
And of course, someone's modded one which I'm about to post in that "other" thread...
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... 3705093314
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... 3705093314
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:57 am
I legit shed a tear for that one. My mutilated Starcaster looks positively radiant by comparison.simonhpieman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:54 amAnd of course, someone's modded one which I'm about to post in that "other" thread...
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... 3705093314
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:51 pm
gishuk wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:10 am
The neck really is incredible, a bit bigger than my Jazzmasters but very comfortable. I'm not sure if it was refretted, but the frets are getting on towards jumbo sized, which suits me perfectly. In fact after playing this guitar for a bit I had my 61 JM refretted with similar size jumbos.
would you say they are 'vintage jumbo' frets? a bit wider, but not especially tall?
most of the close up fotos of original Starcaster frets that i've seen seem to indicate that to my eye.
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:57 pm
OK - Sure! but what would *that* headstock look like??
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:33 pm
i guess by 1977 Fender wondered, "so, what's it gonna take to get folks excited about the Starcaster"
maybe something like this?
Starcaster magazine ad by echoparkguitar, on Flickr
maybe something like this?
Starcaster magazine ad by echoparkguitar, on FlickrRe: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:14 pm
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:15 am
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:03 am
Sidenote, their use in this headstock is a proof of the greatness of split post tuners, even if they needed through -holes ones for the paired strings, they still kept the traditional ones for the rest, because Deimel know what's good.
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:32 am
All the Starcasters I've played with original frets had decent size ones. I'd say Gibson-esque, in fact, funnily enough!46346 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:51 pmgishuk wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:10 am
The neck really is incredible, a bit bigger than my Jazzmasters but very comfortable. I'm not sure if it was refretted, but the frets are getting on towards jumbo sized, which suits me perfectly. In fact after playing this guitar for a bit I had my 61 JM refretted with similar size jumbos.
would you say they are 'vintage jumbo' frets? a bit wider, but not especially tall?
most of the close up fotos of original Starcaster frets that i've seen seem to indicate that to my eye.
Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:20 pm
SignoftheDragon wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:15 amEasy: just a Starcaster-y version of the Deimel layout:
(Yes, I've thought about this... a LOT!)
you demonstrate good sense here.
perhaps you should be in charge of the Starcaster XII development.
i was trying to picture a Starcaster swoop/Electric XII hockey stick hybrid
??Re: The Big (?) Vintage Starcaster Thread
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:27 am
as much as i want to run away, it makes a lot more sense than such treatment to a Star.
yes, i'm trying to coin the abbreviation 'Star' as guitar shorthand, like 'Strat', 'Tele', etc...
