Fender Starcaster Strat and Accessory Pack, Candy Apple Red

by Fender

Product Features

• The Starcaster Strat Pack delivers a hot-sounding, hot-looking Candy Apple Red Stratocaster electric guitar
• Compact but still mighty Squier SP-10 guitar amp.
• The guitar has a maple neck and 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, plus three single-coil pickups, a tremolo bridge.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 29.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000VCBJ0C
• Item model number: 284006109
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,151 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

The Starcaster Strat Pack delivers a hot-sounding, hot-looking Candy Apple Red Stratocaster electric guitar and compact but still mighty Squier SP-10 guitar amp. The guitar has a maple neck and 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, plus three single-coil pickups, a tremolo bridge, die-cast tuners and chrome hardware. Accessories include a 10' cable, digital tuner, gigbag, instructional DVD, guitar strap, pick sampler, replacement strings set and a setup/adjustment sheet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good guitar & amp (?), quality control issues from Fender, February 15, 2008

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Photoguy "Photoguy" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fender Starcaster Strat and Accessory Pack, Candy Apple Red (Electronics)

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))

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Beginners, January 6, 2008

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A. Doughty (Fort Sill, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fender Starcaster Strat and Accessory Pack, Candy Apple Red (Electronics)

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.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Entry Level Guitar!, November 27, 2007

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M C - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fender Starcaster Strat and Accessory Pack, Candy Apple Red (Electronics)

Fender's newer, entry level Starcasters are an excellent choice for beginners. Well made with good features at a reasonable price. Don't be mislead by biased reviewers who most likely own small guitar shops and want you to spend 3 or 4 times the cost at their business. This guitar is a fine pick. A+!