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Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:07 pm
by Sauerkraut
Mr M wrote:
i have a radiohead DVD and i've had it for a few months now and i remember thinking why isn't he playing the starcaster. and just last night i noticed he was playing it on the last song, street spirit (fade out)
it's such an awesome guitar
he uses it on some Kid A and Amnesiac songs too I think.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:28 pm
by Mr M
yeah i think i read that Kid A has the starcaster all over it
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:43 pm
by mjet
The earlier models had aluminum skirted knobs like these:
The later ones had regular Strat knobs - two are "volume", two are "tone" and one has "master" written on it. When my site comes back online I"ll post a photo of the "master" knob that I got last year in a parts deal.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:20 am
by mezcalhead
Mine's got those aluminium knobs .. so you mean when you see them with the black Strat knobs it's actually an original feature? I just assumed it was something that people liked to mod in the 80s.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:51 pm
by Naturality
I hate that new Starcaster brand by Fender coming up whenever I search for the good ones,.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:36 pm
by mjet
mezcalhead wrote:
Mine's got those aluminium knobs .. so you mean when you see them with the black Strat knobs it's actually an original feature? I just assumed it was something that people liked to mod in the 80s.
I think the later models (last year or maybe even less) had the Strat knobs - at least that's what I was led to believe.
Here is a shot of the Strat-type "Master" knob. I wish I could get a "Servant" knob made up.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:02 am
by mjet
Naturality wrote:
I hate that new Starcaster brand by Fender coming up whenever I search for the good ones,.
Agreed.
If someone was to get hugely famous with a vintage Starcaster that would make them want to reissue them, they'd be screwed. At least they could have called it the "Startercaster" or something.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:25 am
by idiotbear
Well, two chart-humping mega-bands now use them, as discussed (Radiohead and The Killers), so it's only a matter of time (and maybe two or three more famous Starcaster players) before they have to at least reissue a signature model. Or so you'd think.
A CIJ Starcaster would be a fine thing.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:03 pm
by Naturality
idiotbear wrote:
A CIJ Starcaster would be a fine thing.
Agreed, if only there was some way to get these suggestions to Fender....
We could get a petition going and then they'd most likely re-issue it. Gibson make Signature models at the drop of the hat which is possibly the best thing they do.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:20 pm
by mezcalhead
Naturality wrote:
We could get a petition going and then they'd most likely re-issue it.
If Fender ever listened to petitions there'd be all sorts of cool stuff out there.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:25 pm
by Naturality
Yeah, stuff that's not just strats and teles
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:59 am
by Mr M
i just realized yesterday how much the new Gibson Vegas looks like a starcaster! but it's not sadly!
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:01 am
by Naturality
Yeah, I thought that too when I first saw it! I can only wish it was a Starcaster.
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:02 am
by Mr M
Naturality wrote:
Yeah, I thought that too when I first saw it! I can only wish it was a Starcaster.
me too me too
Re: Lovely Starcaster Photos
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:14 am
by mezcalhead
Isn't that because the Starcaster itself was partly based on a Gibson model? .. I know it was meant to compete with the ES-335, but I think there was another model it took some cues from as well .. I want to say Trini Lopez .. ?