Fender Tom Delonge Starcaster

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Fender Artist Tom DeLonge Starcaster Satin Shell Pink

Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has teamed up with Fender® once again to design a truly otherworldly phenomenon - the Tom DeLonge Starcaster®.Designed with an offset semi-hollow body, the Tom DeLonge Starcaster boasts a Seymour Duncan® SH-5 Duncan Custom™ humbucker for turbo-charged tone that’s...

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Welp, it's finally here.

 

[Moongrum]

Satin body and gloss neck? Interesting
Neat guitar, though.

 

[STRHelvete]

SD Custom? This is de wey

 

[somethingsomething]

I'll just buy the Squier version.

 

[Crungy]

Meh for me. I'm just not really into semi hollows or stuff that bulbous-y looking.

 

[lattjeful]

Not keeping the Starcaster headstock is a felony in at least 30 countries. Damn shame they gave it a Strat headstock.

 

[HB_GuitarPlayer]

I’m into it

 

[Shawn]

Wow...that's a fat bottom, but I like the simplicity of it.

 

[Metal Mortician]

Waiting for Aguafish to tell us all about QC on these babies

 

[OmegaSlayer]

I've been super happy for years with my Squier one

 

[sell2792]

After being super disappointed with the Strats, these will be a hard pass for me. The fact that these are Indo "Fenders" is even more laughable considering what they cost.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

After being super disappointed with the Strats, these will be a hard pass for me. The fact that these are Indo "Fenders" is even more laughable considering what they cost.

I don't think there's an option that would have pleased everyone. Neither Corona or Ensenada are setup to make these. So either they go limited release CS run for three times as much, go with China like the Squier Starcasters, or meet in a middle with Indonesia. I guess Korea would have been a better fit marketing wise, but I think folks care less and less about that generally.

For $1200 in 2024 for what you get, you could do much worse. Same price as semi's by Ibanez, Gretsch, Epiphone, etc. that are mostly Chinese made now. But that's pretty apples to oranges since I don't think anyone shopping ES335 copies is going to be on to one of these, irony be damned.

I just think the necks are ugly. So sick of this "roasted" maple fad.

 

[ZLE]

If these are gonna be made in Indonesia, chances are in a few months there is gonna be Harley Benton knock off, made in the same factory for 450.

 

[Hoss632]

Meh for me. Just not a fan of the shape. Everything else i don't mind. But I'll stick to the strats.

 

[Estilo]

I saw these are Fender branded, made in Indonesia. Interesting, but given the origin, I'd brace for disappointment and inconsistency.

 

[DrewH]

A lot of these have rosewood boards on them that completely blow away the garbage that Gibson puts on $3K+ ES335s.

Brilliant on Fenders part. Its the guitar you never thought you ever needed but end up really wanting.

 

[ArtDecade]

I don't want one, but I am happy as a pig in poo that Tom is back in Blink 182 and doing their thing.