Electric Guitars - Customer reviews - Fender Starcaster Strat Pack - 3-Tone Sunburst

Manufacturer: Fender Musical Instruments Corp.

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Refurbished Price: $164.99
Used Price: $124.99

Average Customer Rating: -

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Name: Darshan Shirodkar
Location:
Date: 2009-11-03
Customer Rating: -

Summary: More than value for money
Comment: A lot of people have already said a lot of good things about this guitar. I would just like to add that I got all the things mentioned in the list. Plus, I don't think the frets are unpolished. I had dabbled with an acoustic guitar for about 3 months before buying this one and so may be my hands had become calloused already. But I can slide my fingers easily on the fret board painlessly.
Overall its definitely a great buy for your first guitar.

Name: trooper
Location: n.m.
Date: 2009-02-03
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Very Cool...if it had the PICKS!
Comment: This is a very nice guitar, came with everything except the picks. but like most people i will be changing the strings and buying a tuner. the one suppled with in the pack is crap. i would recommend this to anybody on a budget and wanting to play the guitar.

UPDATE 3/27/09
Still works Great,i had a chance to watch the DVD, and i think you would have more fun if you got attacked by a bear. the dvd is basically a guy telling you to buy the full version of the DVD.
the tremolo arm also broke off after a few uses.
But its still a Great Guitar for $200! just buy if you need a guitar

Name: V. Escarraman
Location: Dominican Republic
Date: 2009-08-28
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Perfecto!
Comment: Este combo viene completo, es muy dificil encontrar todo esto por ese precio. Asi que se la recomiendo a todos los que quieran comprarla. La guitarra no vino con defectos ni otra cosa. Viene con todo lo que necesitas. Lo unico malo es que es demasiado buena.

Name: gomdori
Location:
Date: 2009-07-08
Customer Rating: -

Summary: perfect for the beginner, love it!
Comment: just one word! i love it.
This package has everything with not so expensive price.

Great!

Name: Pietro
Location: Fairfield, CT
Date: 2009-04-05
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great Starter Kit...worth the minor limitations
Comment: First, I am writing this from the perspective of having played and owned numerous guitars over the last 43 years...yes, I am a dinosaur from the '60's. I've experienced everything from Silvertones, Dan Electros, Lafayettes [anyone remember those?] to Gibsons & Fenders.

This guitar is a very decent instrument as a starter...and the rest of the kit rounds it out. I am using it as a backup for slide, mainly...purely for home use.

Pros:
-Generally well-constructed and and nicely finished & appointed, and it arrived in very good shape [there were some issues that had nothing to do with shipping...they were quality-related, mentioned below].
-very responsive pick-ups, considering: bass & tonality very good
-good slide guitar action & sound
-Everything you need to start up...as listed...BTW, mine DID include headphones with a 1/4" adapter
-nicely packaged and comes in a nice box...presents well as a gift to your budding rock star

Cons [note: all are reasonable considering the level of intended use]:
-the tuners adjust very sloppily...not a big deal for beginners, but if important to some, they can be replaced. Two of mine are leaking at their seals, and I am going to see if Fender will provide replacements
-as mentioned by others, the frets are not finished well and might cut fingers that are not callused [not a problem for me]...but they can be filed off
-the strings are expectedly not the best...even the expensive guitars come with them...I'm putting on either Elixir or Ernie Ball strings
-the amp is not bad for what it is...however, it produces a rapid ticking noise at high volume [it sounds like a clipping transistor], almost 200 ticks per minute. This is a design flaw in the amp...not a defect. Can't expect much better for what it is, though.

Other Notes:
-the neck and fretboard on mine were both maple; the fretboard was not rosewood [as stated in the product description], which I would have preferred, but no biggie
-mine is made in China, but it's understandable
-the stand is a bit flimsy...but expectedly so
-I haven't tested the tuner...but I don't use them...however it does tune quite well using the "harmonics" method [see: [...] ]
7/25/09 EDIT: Amazon censored my reference to an external web site that shows how to tune a guitar using the harmonics of the guitar...kind of silly, since it wasn't a web site of a competitor, just an instructional site. So, if you are interested in this technique, just google it. It works well on amplified instruments!

Overall, I'd say it is a definite "buy"...maybe not at the MSRP, but in the $100 to $125 range.

Good luck!

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