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Affinity Series Starcaster, Maple Fingerboard - Black

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Affinity Series Starcaster, Maple Fingerboard - Black

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Affinity Series Starcaster, Maple Fingerboard - Black
Affinity Series Starcaster, Maple Fingerboard - Black
Affinity Series Starcaster, Maple Fingerboard - Black
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The Starcaster broke the mold of semi-hollow guitar design with its offset body shape when it was introduced in the '70s, offering versatile sound and out-of-this-world styling for the most adventurous players. The Affinity Series Starcaster creates massive tone courtesy of its dual Squier humbucking pickups and is easy to play thanks to its slim, comfortable "C"-shaped neck profile. This Squier model also features a unique contoured headstock, an adjustable bridge with stop tailpiece for solid tuning stability, durable chrome-plated hardware and a smooth satin neck finish for a natural feel.

Specs

Country of Origin: ID
Body: Laminated Maple
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Body Shape: Starcaster®
Neck Material: Maple, Satin Urethane finish
Neck Shape: "C" Shape
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" (241 mm) radius
Frets: 22 Narrow Tall
String Nut: PPS
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Truss Rods: Head Adjust
Pickups: Standard Humbucking (Bridge and Neck)
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle
Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™ with Anchored Tailpiece
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Die-Cast
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)

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Beautiful instrument reasonably priced 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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I'm a tall guy, so I like the body size of this guitar. It doesn't look like a child's instrument on me like some other body shapes. Fit and finish is good for this price range, though the nut is not so good. That's a cheap and easy fix though thanks to Graph Tech. I had to crank up the tailpiece because the break angle over the bridge was too intense, and in fact the string was touching the back part of the bridge. Intonation is fine. Action is fine. Fret ends are fine. Tuners are fine. Pickups are fine. If you disagree with me, that's OK because all of these are cheap and easy fixes. Being a semi-hollow body, it's a little louder when unplugged, which is nice. It sounds decent when plugged in but I have a preference for vintage wound pickups so I'll be swapping them out with something in the PAF/Alnico 2 neighbourhood. Overall, this is a very good looking instrument that plays pretty well right out of the box. It ain't perfect, but it's certainly worth $420. I'm thinking of buying the red one too.
Posted by Iain on Jan 8, 2021
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excellent 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   St. Catharines, Ontario
great guitar for the buck, first hollow body axe for me and can't be grinning any better than i am.
Posted by Ron on Mar 2, 2020
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