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Coronados and Starcasters

JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
edited August 2013 in Guitar
It seems the Fender Coronado rumours are true after all - there are a couple of Ebay..

Coronado Guitar
Coronado Bass
Starcaster Guitar
Starcaster Bass


Yipes


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  • Lamf37Lamf37 Frets: 0

    Want both...Watch the ludicrous price hike over here!

     

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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    edited August 2013
    I see they've gone with the 25.5 inch scale on the Starcaster. there was some panic over on the Offsets forum that they would be short scale necks. I rather fancy one, though received wisdom is that they are basically poo. Again discussion on the OSG forum tends to favour an upgrade in performance and construction with these re-issues.

    There's something that looks wrong about the Coronados- is it the pickups? Can't wait to try one though. I passed over a 12-string original about 20 years ago in favour of an Electric XII (mainly coz I'd never seen a Coronado before and I wouldn't believe it was a proper Fender!). It was only 350 quid too. Doh!
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  • chrisj1602chrisj1602 Frets: 3965
    I like the Coronado - they have a centre block too.
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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    Just had another look- that Starcaster bass looks a monster!


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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    I'm sure the originals were hollow

    chrisj1602     said:
    I like the Coronado - they have a centre block too.


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  • chrisj1602chrisj1602 Frets: 3965
    dogload said:
    I'm sure the originals were hollow

    chrisj1602     said:
    I like the Coronado - they have a centre block too.


    Yes I think they were.
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  • badlydrawnbanjobadlydrawnbanjo Frets: 855
    I'm not sure if this is a bit of a blag as fender told me they were still in the final stages of R&D and wouldn't be available until the end of the year...
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26987
    Black Starcaster please! Woof woof!
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    Yeah, black Starcaster for me too I think...

    Can't wait for the Squiers :)

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72323
    edited August 2013

    dogload said:

    There's something that looks wrong about the Coronados- is it the pickups?
    Yes, they've put Filtertrons on them - probably an economy measure to save having to tool up for a pickup that's different from anything else they currently do. Might actually be an upgrade though.

    Personally I would have gone with the economy measure of using a standard Strat neck (large headstock) on the Starcaster and not the size 19 slipper one too... never liked the original.

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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10339
    Cherry Starcaster for me. 

    Looking forward to that arriving in the UK
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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