Description
The Starcaster was always the oddball of the Fender lineup—an offset-waist semi-hollow that quietly came and went in the ’70s before turning into something of a cult favorite. The Modern Player Starcaster brings that unusual design back into production with updated build quality and tone that holds up to the hype surrounding the original.
- Thin semi-hollow offset body with bound maple top and back, plus bound f-holes for that classic dressed-up look
- Maple “C”-shape neck with a 9.5″ radius maple fingerboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, and black dot inlays
- That unmistakable curved Starcaster headstock silhouette
- Dual Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups—full, articulate, and nothing like a standard humbucker voice—wired to a 3-way toggle
- Four skirted amp-style knobs giving independent volume and tone control for each pickup
- Pinned AdjustoMatic bridge with anchored tailpiece for stable tuning and sustain
- Three-ply black pickguard
What sets this guitar apart is the combination of semi-hollow air and those Wide Range humbuckers—you get chime and openness that solid-body Fenders don’t offer, without drifting into full hollow-body feedback territory. It’s equally at home for jangly indie tones, warm jazz-adjacent cleans, or pushed into overdrive for something with more bite than a typical hollow-body.
Finished in Natural gloss over the maple top, this Starcaster shows off the wood grain while keeping the vintage-tinted neck and black hardware accents true to the original’s spirit. Comes with the operating manual and warranty registration cards from Fender.
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