Fender to finally make the Starcaster bass and reissue the Coronado?

[neepheid]

Dunno if this is a windup or not, but if it's real... very interesting. Apologies if this has been covered already, had a quick search first.

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A model that never made it past prototype, and a long lost one. And two Fenders that most certainly would give me GAS, especially the Starcaster.

Edited August 7, 2013 by neepheid

[Cat Burrito]

Makes sense with all the pawn shop series that these would get an airing. To damn them with faint praise, I'm interested but wouldn't buy one

[neepheid]

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1375825743' post='2166299']
Makes sense with all the pawn shop series that these would get an airing. To damn them with faint praise, I'm interested but wouldn't buy one
[/quote]

I don't think the Starcaster bass qualifies as part of the Pawn Shop strategy - it technically never existed (beyond something like 4 prototypes) and so in practice is a brand new model as far as Joe Public is concerned.

[tayste_2000]

Colour me interested

[dlloyd]

Never been a fan of the Starcaster headstock, but that is nice.

Now why did they also name the sub-Squier Affinity range "Starcaster"?

[mart]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1375867450' post='2166572']
I don't think the Starcaster bass qualifies as part of the Pawn Shop strategy - it technically never existed (beyond something like 4 prototypes) and so in practice is a brand new model as far as Joe Public is concerned.
[/quote]
Isn't the Pawn Shop strapline "guitars that never were but should have been"? Sounds like the Starcaster bass is a perfect fit for that slogan.

Looks pretty cool, and in line with the slightly more creative things that Fender are doing these days. Good news.

[neepheid]

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1375885755' post='2166943']
Isn't the Pawn Shop strapline "guitars that never were but should have been"? Sounds like the Starcaster bass is a perfect fit for that slogan.

Looks pretty cool, and in line with the slightly more creative things that Fender are doing these days. Good news.
[/quote]

But the Starcaster bass was intended to be, and did exist in prototype form, so it's not that it never was, just that it never got out

Ach, this is pedantry. It doesn't really matter about the semantics, just excited to see something that I never thought I would see.

[Wil]

I'd be interested in a reissue Starcaster guitar. A certain floppy haired guitar abuser from Radiohead got me hooked on the look of them.

[Gust0o]

I think it's a positive mood, if that helps Neep

[mart]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1375886226' post='2166963']
...Ach, this is pedantry. It doesn't really matter about the semantics, just excited to see something that I never thought I would see.
[/quote]
Agreed. Sorry for letting me pedantry get the better of me. It's good news (if true) in any case.

[cocco]

Also interested.

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1375867450' post='2166572']
I don't think the Starcaster bass qualifies as part of the Pawn Shop strategy - it technically never existed (beyond something like 4 prototypes) and so in practice is a brand new model as far as Joe Public is concerned.
[/quote]

To be clearer it was more a reference to them pushing less conventional models rather than affiliating with any of the current ranges. I guess my point was they are trying to break with convention a little more lately

[neepheid]

I'm sorry. Let's just all go "yay", because as far as I'm concerned this is the most interesting news ever to come forth from Fenderland in quite some time (possibly ever).

[Wil]

Although, the more I think about it, part of what made the Starcaster so cool was that it's such a rare bird. I guess it wont be soon. Same with Jaguars, Jazzmasters and Mustangs, they used to be something a bit special and out of the ordinary (to me at least), now they're common as muck.

[neepheid]

Also, I hope they don't ruin it with a skinny, spindly Jazz neck. Keep it beefy!

[neepheid]

Pics found so far:

Starcaster bass:



Coronado bass:

[cocco]

I'm having a Coronado. End of.

[Ruiner]

Lovely stuff. Can't wait to get my hands on both of these.

[leonshelley01]

That Coronado looks the mutts!

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Looking very cool...

[BigRedX]

If there was a 5-string of either of these I could be persuaded to actually buy a Fender bass!

[neepheid]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1375912633' post='2167480']
If there was a 5-string of either of these I could be persuaded to actually buy a Fender bass!
[/quote]

If I had a quid for every time you start a sentence with a variant of "if it had 5 strings"...

[Bassman Sam]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1375912633' post='2167480']
If there was a 5-string of either of these I could be persuaded to actually buy a Fender bass!
[/quote]

I never thought I would ever see this statement[size=4]. [/size]

[size=4]Pass the smelling salts.[/size]

[Musicman20]

Nice!!!

[basshead56]

I'm definite;y in for a Coronado - I'll have mine CAR with matching heatsock and pref a Coronado II model. Passed on an original in Wildwood a few months back-would've been a bad trade at my end, but I was VERY tempted.
Hopefully the new ones will be Japanese and won't cost the earth...

Like the look of the Starcaster too, but definitely far more into the Coronado!!!