Starcasters from the Custom Shop
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Starcasters from the Custom Shop
Did anyone else see these on the Fender Twitter account? They're bloody beautiful!
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
I can't decide which I prefer. Definitely the colour on the right (Fiesta Red?) but the non-bound neck and checkerboard binding on the body, reminiscent of a Coronado, really appeals to me.
- sal paradise
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
These are both cool. But I’m all over that standard headstock.
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
I love that they managed to get a trem on them like the BiLT Volares. Agree the one on the right is better looking.
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
Who in their right mind would build these and NOT put WRHBs in them?!? Massive fail
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
Not everyone’s pickup taste, but I’d love to give the left one a go.
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
Someone that dislikes those incredibly overhyped pickups.johnnysomersett wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:28 pmWho in their right mind would build these and NOT put WRHBs in them?!? Massive fail
Not sure about PAFs as a replacement though, and I can't even really figure out what the pickups are for the one on the left aside from the Staple P-90 in the bridge, one of Fender's most famous designs?
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
If I had to guess, I'd speculate that as staple P90s utilize individual 'polepiece' magnets, maybe they wanted a P90 that was most similar in construction to a regular fender pickup.andy_tchp wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:32 pmSomeone that dislikes those incredibly overhyped pickups.johnnysomersett wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:28 pmWho in their right mind would build these and NOT put WRHBs in them?!? Massive fail
Not sure about PAFs as a replacement though, and I can't even really figure out what the pickups are for the one on the left aside from the Staple P-90 in the bridge, one of Fender's most famous designs?
None of the pickups on these two guitars would be my first choice. I am interested in the prospect of a floating vibrato on a semi/hollow body guitar though.
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
I love those.
Actually, there's a fun story about the red one:
I have and Instagram page called 'offset digest', where I upload 3D mockups of offsets, kind of a personal dressing room.
Carlos Lopez started liking some of my designs and he was inspired building the first custom shop starcaster.
Pay a visit if you're interested;)
Actually, there's a fun story about the red one:
I have and Instagram page called 'offset digest', where I upload 3D mockups of offsets, kind of a personal dressing room.
Carlos Lopez started liking some of my designs and he was inspired building the first custom shop starcaster.
Pay a visit if you're interested;)
if you're into offsets, take a look here!
https://www.instagram.com/offset_digest/
https://www.instagram.com/offset_digest/
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
They're definitely overhyped, sure, but doesn't mean they aren't amazing - which they are. And belong in a Starcaster IMH(umble)O.andy_tchp wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:32 pmSomeone that dislikes those incredibly overhyped pickups.johnnysomersett wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:28 pmWho in their right mind would build these and NOT put WRHBs in them?!? Massive fail
Not sure about PAFs as a replacement though, and I can't even really figure out what the pickups are for the one on the left aside from the Staple P-90 in the bridge, one of Fender's most famous designs?
I guess I'm just shocked they didn't put any in at least one of them - considering Fender's own hype they're cashing in on with the new-ish CuNeFi releases
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
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I have and Instagram page called 'offset digest', where I upload 3D mockups of offsets, kind of a personal dressing room.
Pay a visit if you're interested;)
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Have been looking at your page for a while now.
Thanks for doing it.
Some nice ideas on there.
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I have and Instagram page called 'offset digest', where I upload 3D mockups of offsets, kind of a personal dressing room.
Pay a visit if you're interested;)
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Have been looking at your page for a while now.
Thanks for doing it.
Some nice ideas on there.
☺
- smalahove
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
And here I was, thinking I was past my GAS ... Those are gorgeous, too bad they've prob got a hefty price tag.
As much as I like(d) the Volares, these FCS versions I really love. I think esp. the bridge and trem looks much, much better.
Is there any difference in placement of those, or is it just the design and size that's different?
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
Have been looking at your page for a while now.
Thanks for doing it.
Some nice ideas on there.
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Thank you for the support buddy, glad it's inspiring to someone
if you're into offsets, take a look here!
https://www.instagram.com/offset_digest/
https://www.instagram.com/offset_digest/
- gishuk
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
Theyre cool but Starcasters never look entirely 'right' to me without the weird strat saddles on a big metal plinth bridge
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Re: Starcasters from the Custom Shop
The visual mismatch of a PAF (shape, at least) with a ring and a P90 is something I'd expect on a Pawn Shop model, not a $10k CS (or whatever price these were).
Especially since neither is actually a PAF or a P90.
Then again, I'm not their target audience. There's clearly someone out there who's saying, "Take my $10k, build me a Starcaster with an aged finish, and put mismatched looking pickups in it."
Especially since neither is actually a PAF or a P90.
Then again, I'm not their target audience. There's clearly someone out there who's saying, "Take my $10k, build me a Starcaster with an aged finish, and put mismatched looking pickups in it."
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