Talk:Starcaster by Fender
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
this page is all wrong factually and woefully inadequate. (e.g. there are acoustic guitars named starcaster by fender as well.) it doesn't really meet notability standards either. this should be erased.
Oppose This page details a line of Fender products. How on Earth is that not notable? Granted, the page is not up to snuff. But that's not a reason to just scrap it altogether. Joe routt (talk) 06:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Details hard to find
So, Fender has re-used the Starcaster name for a line of guitars sold through big box stores. I wonder if these are just Squier Strats rebranded.
In any case, why didn't they just use the Squier line? How/why are these different?
The ones I saw in a store (Hastings) yesterday didn't have the normal Strat head stock. (Neither was it like the old Starcaster.)
Fender doesn't seem to have any info about them on their site. The other brands page on the Fender site shows the new "Starcaster by Fender" logo. It links to http://www.fender.com/starcaster/, but that just redirects to the main Fender page.
FWIW, I think this is worth a Wikipedia article. After seeing them, this was one of the first places I went to find out more.
--Malirath (talk) 13:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pups
BTW, they had both HSS and SSS models at Hastings yesterday. (Though it did seem like there were more HSS.) --Malirath (talk) 13:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
"...a humbucker in the bridge position, preventing static noises at the first, third, and fifth pickups."
That should be "positions on the pickup selector switch".
The bridge humbucker is only active in the first and second positions, though, right? The single-coil pups may be wired to provide humbucking in the fourth position, but that has nothing to do with the bridge pick-up itself.
But I'm thinking everything after "position" should be deleted: "...a humbucker in the bridge position." Although noise reduction is the reason they were created and the source of the name, a humbucker pup tends to be more desired for it's "fatter" or "warmer" tone. All of which is more than adequately covered by the linked humbucker article, should the reader want to learn more. --Malirath (talk) 18:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
