Fender Starcaster Strat Pack - 3-Tone Sunburst | 
| Brand: Fender Starcaster
Category: Musical Instruments
Buy New: $149.99
as of 3/16/2010 15:12 PDT details
New (5) from $149.99
Seller: johnsoncorp
Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 383
Color: Sunburst
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 26.5
Dimensions (in): 41 x 19.8 x 8.5
Warranty: 1-Year Limited Warranty
MPN: PACK3TSBMN
Model: 0284001107
UPC: 717669726164
EAN: 0717669726164
ASIN: B0019421EY
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Everything you need to start rocking, including a 3-tone sunburst Stratocaster guitar and 10-watt Squier amp with 10-foot cord | | • | Classic Fender Stratocaster guitar for all styles of music | | • | Synchronous tremolo bridge for subtle shimmers or hard-core whammy | | • | Three single-coil pickups paired with a 5-way pickup selector switch; volume and 2 tone controls for wide range of tones | | • | Package also includes strings, picks, strap, gigbag, guitar stand, and instructional DVD |
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Product Description
Fender Starcaster Strat Packs deliver a great-sounding, sleek-looking Stratocaster electric guitar paired with a compact but still-mighty guitar amplifier and a host of essential accessories. This Strat Pack includes a 3-tone sunburst Stratocaster guitar, strings, picks, a strap, Squier SP-10 amp, a 10-foot cable, a tuner, a gig bag, guitar stand, and an instructional DVD.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 43
 Excellent, with a few reservations February 15, 2010
Ronald R. Allen Jr. (Columbia, MO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this because, at 44 (almost 45) years of age, I want to learn guitar. And I am possibly in a mid-life crisis -- my wife thinks so, but agrees that, if so, a StarCaster is a far better choice than, say, a vintage Mustang... or a real Strat, LOL :)
OK... I am very, very impressed with this package. For the money, it is a steal. That isn't just my opinion, either. I have a friend who is a musician and tours the entire midwest, playing guitar, on weekends. After I received the guitar and everything it came with, I took it to be evaluated by my friend and his exact words, after playing it, were, "you got a steal, this is a fine instrument... needs a little work, but this is a serious guitar".
The guitar looks perfect... the amp sounds good... and the pack came with everything I could have hoped for to get a start on playing guitar.
Now, that said, there are... as always... a few caveats...
As others have stated, and my friend pointed out, too, the frets need some correction... they are rough-edged. My friend, the guitar pro-player, told me that this is the difference between a $150 Chinese made Strat and a 100% made-in-America hand-crafted Strat. And I believe him. But it can be fixed. I will be buying a file and doing some work to make this guitar as good as it can be... and, even still, appreciating that I spent $150 instead of of a couple of grand for it. Buy this guitar if you're wanting to learn... but expect to do a little sweat work on it.
My other "complaint", if it can be called that is... I wish it had been packed better. It was just shipped in the box, with a picture of the guitar and everything, and even a window showing the contents, on the outside. This actually made me feel a little odd... in my situation... with this being a possible mid-life crisis purchase... I didn't necessarily want it broadcast that I was buying a cheap knock-off, albeit genuine Fender, strat... but, more than that... I have a 3-year old son, who is guitar crazy (thanks to me), and it caused my wife problems when the guitar arrived, and it was very obvious, from the packaging, what it was... and my son couldn't wait for me to get home to open it. And, there was one corner of the box that was crushed and damaged. None of the contents appears to be damaged, but the box was actually pretty ugly when it arrived... one corner crushed, cardboard strips taken off and others peeling.
And with all THAT said, yes... if you want to learn guitar... and are willing to put in some sweat to fix the issues, as opposed to spending WAY more to have it done for you in the first place... then I would HIGHLY, as in HIGHLY, recommend this guitar pack to anyone.
Oh, one other thing. The headset has a 1/8" phono plug, the amp takes a 1/4" phono plug, and there is no adapter included... and to my utter astonishment... my age is showing I guess... it turns out that getting a 1/8" to 1/4" phono plug adapter is something of a trick... Wal-Mart doesn't have any... Dollar Tree doesn't have any... nobody seems to have any... I haven't gone to Radio Shack yet, but I will... if they don't have any, I give up :) But... seems to me... and this is petty, perhaps... that if they really were paying attention and wanted to do it right... they would have included the necessary adapter.
Fender starcaster February 11, 2010
K. L. Mccray (SE USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far so good. Bought it as a Christmas gift. :)
Especially like that headphones can plugged into the amp so that no one else has to hear what's being played. LOL! Good looking guitar and nice set.
Fender Starcaster Strat Pack February 10, 2010
C. Bailey
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent package for an excellent price. It is a very good quality product and I would recommend it to anyone. As always, Amazon is a pleasure to do business with.
Great guitar Combo February 8, 2010
Mercedes Investments, LLC
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading every review on this Combo i decided to ask for it for my birthday and i,m happy i did great product and it comes with everything.... you must get this if you are under a budget and you are a begginer...
 not terrible, but not great February 4, 2010
pearls (Pittsburgh, PA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i bought this as a first electric guitar for my son a few months ago to see if he really liked it. well, he would like it except that from the first, it's had serious problems with tone. we've had lots of experienced guitarists look at it and try different things, and there's just no getting around that defect. some of the strings work fine, but a couple of them are just off-key, and at this point, he really doesn't play it anymore. moral of the story: don't buy a guitar without trying it out first.
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