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| Fender Starcaster Strat and Accessory Pack, Candy Apple Red | 
 enlarge | Brand: Fender
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $250.00
Buy Refurbished: $144.95
You Save: $105.05 (42%)
Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $144.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 5917
Color: Red
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 29.4
Dimensions (in): 41.8 x 21 x 7.7
Model: 284006109
UPC: 717669658380
EAN: 0717669658380
ASIN: B000VCBJ0C
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good guitar & amp (?), quality control issues from Fender February 16, 2008
27 out of 30 found this review helpful
I've never felt compelled to submit a review for any of my Amazon purchases, but this expereince with Fender warranted some comments.
I ordered this guitar package from Amazon and received it in 3 days even with super-saver shipping. Great service from Amazon.
I opened the kit and was prepping to plug it in and try it out when I realized there was no guitar cable included - pretty useless without a cable. I contacted Fender and they mailed a cable at no charge, but it took them a week (7 days) to do it. Once I was able to actually test the guitar, there was no Volume control knob, only three Tone control knobs. Obviously the top control was for the volume and it had the wrong knob assembled to it. I also realized there were no "setup/adjustment sheet" included. I contacted fender about these additional errors and they said they'd send them. I received the paperwork with no Volume knob. At that point, I cut my loses (and headaches) and I returned the package for Fender to deal with as there were simply to many quality control issues with the package I received, and the Fender rep seemed rather "slack" about the whole deal, calling it a "simple error" and didn't consider it "poor" quality.
The guitar and amp themselves seemed okay (I guess), but I received the impression that Fender has some quality control/assurance issues that they're not real concerned about addressing, which lead me to wonder what else may be wrong.
Great price, shipping and return policy for Amazon, poor quality control and slacker attitude from Fender. (I see that Amazon has lowered the price from $199 to $179 in just a couple of weeks, maybe they are experiencing similar issues from others(?) (2-16-08: and now they've raised the price back to $199))
 Fender Starcaster Guitar January 27, 2008
Purchased this for a Christmas gift for my Son. Was the best money spent. He loves it.
Bangin guitar, garbage amp, so so otherwise January 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this product. The guitar is as sexy as guitars can get. I pick this baby up every time I get a breather from my busy day in-day out life. It is such a joy to just pluck a couple of string or to practice a couple of chords. It sounds and looks great. I can't say the same for the amp that comes with it, a Fener SP-10. I don't even know if this block of garbage can be called an amp. It buzzes and whizzes in the background if you aren't touching the strings. The distorted function of this thing sounds awful. It's pretty ridiculous. I plugged my guitar in once and now I'm thinking of throwing it away. The DVD it comes with is a sample and is pretty good. After practicing with it a couple of times, I bought the full version. The sample of picks it comes with is also nice, 3 in total and they come in different colors. I got black, white and red. The picture of the accessory packs shows a stand. Do not be fooled by this picture, it comes with no such thing. I even e-mailed amazon with a complaint and they said that you gota buy the thing separately. All in all, Guitar is great, but everything else is so-so. Better off buying everything separately so you can avoid the crappy amp. 4 stars.
A decent guitar for beginners January 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased the Fender Starcaster and accessory pack about a week ago. I am well pleased with the guitar, the amp isn't the greatest, but it's okay for a starter kit. What amazed me was that I only had one string that wasn't quite in tune after being shipped UPS. A couple of twists and I was ready to get started. Price wise and quality wise, I don't see how you could beat it. The candy apple red is a very nice touch.
Good for Beginners January 7, 2008
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Bought this guitar for my teenage son - his first. I have many years experience playing guitar and prefer authentic Fender products. This guitar is not top of the line but compared to other knock offs it's well worth the money. The only real problem I have seen so far is that it must be re-tuned much more frequently than higher quality guitars, but it's good practice for him.
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