Lovely Starcaster Photos

[Sauerkraut]

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.

[Mr M]

yeah i think i read that Kid A has the starcaster all over it

[mjet]

here's Jonny Greenwood and his Starcaster:

http://www.sigur-ros.it/franz/RHG/Jonny/starcaster.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3991 ... 47l0zy.jpg

looks like a 2-tone burst, and the mastervolume button has something written on it (probably 'master').

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.

[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.

[Naturality]

I hate that new Starcaster brand by Fender coming up whenever I search for the good ones,.

[mjet]

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. 

[mjet]

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.

[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.

[Naturality]

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.

[mezcalhead]

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.

[Naturality]

Yeah, stuff that's not just strats and teles

[Mr M]

i just realized yesterday how much the new Gibson Vegas looks like a starcaster! but it's not sadly!

[Naturality]

Yeah, I thought that too when I first saw it! I  can only wish it was a Starcaster.

[Mr M]

Yeah, I thought that too when I first saw it! I  can only wish it was a Starcaster.

me too me too

[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 .. ?