Type

Electric

Brand

Fender

Vintage Starcaster Arrowhead S1 Stratocaster by Fender 2001- 2005. The guitar is in excellent condition and full working order. Cosmetically in great condition. Shows very minor signs of use such as scratches, scuffs, dents and minor nicks.. The S1 series was produced from 2004 – 2008. “This is a full-thickness body, (1-3/4″) like American and Mexican made Fender guitars, not the 1-1/2″ body of most Squiers. Most of these guitars were Stratocasters, but some early versions (sometimes called S1) had an arrow-shaped headstock similar to that of the Fender Swinger.” It’s Classic Black, with that hard to find variant Arrowhead Headstock. Semi-Hollow Body. Don’t see these particular models around too often, may be somewhat an oddity / rarity. “Often considered one of the more esoteric novelties in the history of Fender guitars”. It could be a collectible one day. Nevertheless, best starter guitar ever imo and this one feels and sounds awesome. All electronics work perfect. Guitar has been fully inspected, restrung, tuned and intonated... ready to play out the door. Asking $125 obo. Thank you! Here’s some more cool info on this model.. Unusual for a semi-hollow guitar, the Starcaster had an offset waist — a classic Fender design element made famous by earlier solid-body models, most notably the Jazzmaster guitar (1958) and Jazz Bass (1960). The Starcaster had an arched laminated maple top with dual f holes and a maple back and sides. It came in several “thick-skin” high-gloss finishes including Blonde, White, Black, Natural, Walnut, Antigua, Wine, and Tobacco Sunburst. The Starcaster’s bolt-on neck was another Fender hallmark. It was made of hard-rock maple with a "bullet" truss rod adjustment and Micro-Tilt neck adjustment. It also featured an unusual six-on-a-side headstock design with a dark-painted fin-like curve opposite the tuners and below the logo—Fields originally came up with this headstock design for the ill-fated 1966 Marauder. Its 10-inch radius maple fingerboard had 22 nickel-silver medium jumbo frets and black-dot inlays. Whatever the reasons, the Starcaster fell short of the stars it aimed for and was discontinued in 1980. Confusingly, Fender dusted off the Starcaster name in the early 2000s for an entire line of value-priced, entry-level instruments. These “Starcaster by Fender” guitars and drums, however, had nothing to do with the original Starcaster guitar, which has undergone something of a rehabilitation. In 2013, due to rising demand, Fender reintroduced the Starcaster, the Coronado, and put into production the extremely rare Starcaster bass—the only offset semi-hollow bass guitar in Fender history.