Fender Starcaster & Coronado Review by Chappers & the Captain

[@lungbuster666]

Cap's mustache is pure 70's plumber porn, whereas Chappers lip fur is "Disturbing P.E. teacher" circa 1982. Just sayin'. Well done!

[@zusleliberateur]

i think the starcaster's headstock is the coolest in the world

[@googo151]

1000%

[@davidtobin1]

Great video guys! Picked up a Starcaster a month back and I'm blown away by the build-quality and the great tones. It's replaced my 335 as my go-to guitar for jamming at home.

[@JcMtrial]

Got the Starcaster sunburst for half a year now, love the looks and it plays very smooth. most of the time playing metal and grunge. great unique sound

[@jadenclarke3625]

Jason Maarsseveen thanks for this, I was curious if I could do harder music on it. Now to see if it can do Jimi.

[@NotDingse]

Jaden Clarke of course it Can do heavy, it’s a double humbucker Setup... it probably won’t give you a Hendrix tone as Hendrix mostly used strats

[@MrHellothisisme]

Jonny Greenwood also has a Starcaster. Played it a lot on the OK Computer album, and recently on "Give up the Ghost" on the King of Limbs album.

[@agustinburroni8745]

That improv. at 13:00 is just lovely, that's why I watch all your videos and stuff. Such a great feeling, keep doing that!

[@gavinsmith9016]

My lovely wife bought me the Starcaster, in sunburst, for my birthday. Fabulous guitar. The neck plays beautifully. And it looks great. Great for bluesey, Stones vibe. Oh and she bought it from Andertons. :-) ......

[@ripley4726]

They just pretend its for Movember... it was really because there was a YMCA reunion in town

[@tombayley4601]

Funny.

[@NotDingse]

Isn’t YMCA only in America?

[@haddock800]

been saving for a Coronado for 2 months now and waiting for a proper vid of it! excellence rob nd' captn

[@Roran109]

Cap's stache... ftw

[@tjnugent62]

When you two are playing together it is one of the better jams.. Both the guitars have a nice place in the mix. The Starcaster cuts through the mix during the lead... These are both very nice guitars..

[@mattchurchill]

The Starcaster sounds great. Good work guys ;-)

[@hafstrat]

Fabulous as ever. Fabulously different. Loving the chappers one.

[@hafstrat]

Awesome ... loving the Starcaster

[@isildur241]

Finally this one gets uploaded. Love the look and the maple neck/fretboard of the Starcaster, but damn the pickups on the Coronado are so much more my style. And yeah, yeah, just switch out pickups or whatever, but the cavities for the wide-range humbuckers must be what, twice as big as the filtertrons?

[@scrogdogyoshi]

Mike Kerr from Royal Blood uses a Starcaster bass

[@Mattbuchanan71]

You guys are so great! The staches are amaze balls

[@THEJADAN200]

I have been waiting for this video for weeks

[@123gianlu123]

The metal experiment was maybe inappropriate, but it actually sounded pretty good

[@DennisChaves]

I love that Coronado. Badass rock machine.

[@MrBobbyjum]

Captain's tache is badass lol.

[@zachisebi]

"He's the king but you're the captain!" Thumbs up for best quote ever!

[@obiwanjacobi]

That Coronando clean tone rings beautifully. Thank you, thank you very much! ;-)

[@davidtrueslayor7474]

Lee looks badass with the stache/ Fu-Man-Chu do some kungfu on Chappers!!!

[@jjpc1]

chapman guitars should do hollow bodys

[@zahrulexe]

yeah.. I'd like to see at least 1 model...

[@intrsoul]

Yes yes and yes. There's a gaping hole in the market for a quality, 335 type Korean made sem-hollow. The closest thing is the Reverend Manta Ray / Tricky Gomez, which is pretty divisive style-wise. I once mentioned it to Paul Reed Smith when I met him, he said "wow that's a great idea for the SE line", yet PRS has yet to deliver one :/

[@luckilyduckily]

Jamie Cruickshank I emailed them about this, they said hopefully

[@SaxophoneHitman008]

Hey Chappy: Finally! You've learned to play! Bravo......

[@scottbulmer7160]

That Starcaster has a great tone/sound. The guitar had a Bill Nelson tone to it when you were jamming at 11:55. I like the head stock...shaped a bit like a Danelectro "dolphin" style head stock but much larger. I'm thinking of buying one so thanks for the demo.

[@Danielblco0]

The guy Cap was talking about is Leo Nocentelli, The Meters are so funky, when you listen to them you' start growing an afro.

[@Stevieboy130664]

Great player from New Orleans. Funky as f**k.

[@jeffisrael3773]

Also, I'm glad this video is finally here, because I got really tired of people asking for it in previous videos.

[@androcknroll1]

"It's already in my mouth." "That's what she said!" Nice!! But I'd have to say I like the Captain's mustache best :)

[@capturingnoise]

I came here to see Rob play metal on the Starcaster and this video delivered

[@52Tele]

every time i see a new video from cap n chaps on my youtube account..i just feel delighted

[@brocklanders6172]

I blasted the Coronado at a music store thru a Marshall Class 5. It completely NAILED the Malcom Young of AC/DC and Beatles Paperback Writer tones. Those pups deliver exactly that overdriven amp tone.

[@googo151]

A little The Cult teaser. Love it! One of my many dream guitars, that is the Star Caster in blond.

[@brokusstudios]

I absolutely love the Coronado's tone! I'm curious as what amps they play into? The clear bright tones coming out of that thing are to die for.

[@mozilla2576]

Leo rocked the hell out of that Starcaster. I truly love The Meters!! Best funky rock band in history.

[@CorporalGylton]

Can't wait to get my hands on a starcaster in January, this video has sold me on it!

[@CarManCam]

I was just about to go to bed.....then I refreshed KZbin and saw this was just uploaded....YUP not sleeping.

[@SanderMom]

I'm with the cap10 on this one about the looks. The Coronado to me is too much of a 335 (or Casino, Riviera etc) with a fender headstock, whereas the Starcaster has that fender personality. It even has a bit of an offset design like the Jaguar and jazzmaster. And I love that headstock!

[@jamespostlethwaite7799]

Rob's sense of humor is the exact same as mine every video im in tears laughing :D I love videos with rob and the cpt :D

[@dennismarshall8193]

I own an original 1975 Starcaster - bought it new and used it for years. Now I have retired it and use it in recordings only but it was well worth the original cost of about 700.00.

[@TheFruitMugger]

+Dennis Marshall I've never played a guitar whose neck felt as good as a Starcaster's, they sound phenomenal as well

[@thirdgearband]

How does the Starcaster Classic Vibe compare for $400?

[@vk2afl]

I love how you guys make me laugh! ;) Thanks.

[@isaaccontreras4819]

Thanks for playing The La's - There She Goes. :)

[@derekjomackay]

Chapper's metal riffs were damn tasty! More of this please, especially Doom/Stoner riffs!

[@andynorman5973]

Cracking pair!!!!!......of 'tashes! Can't choose a winner! Loving the mo's......

[@MRTomLikesMusic]

Rob, what are you on mate? haha. That Starcaster is one of the coolest/ prettiest looking guitars I have ever seen. It most certainly floats my boat.

[@thecompletejake]

Capt's 'stache absolutely smokes Chappers' 'stache.

[@danielakerman8241]

It's unfortunate, IMHO, that Fender didn't do a more faithful reissue of the Starcaster. This reissue is missing many -- perhaps most -- of the very features that made the Starcaster so weird, unique, and beautiful-sounding. There was never a guitar with the Starcaster's specific specs (wood, construction, scale, pickups), and there hasn't been one since. The biggest mistake is the addition of a center block. The original was fully hollow, and the resulting sound was just amazing, especially when played clean. Example: some of the most amazing clean tones on Radiohead's OK Computer are Ed playing his vintage Starcaster through his Mesa Boogie. The other MAJOR difference is the difference in the pickups. The original Fender Wide Range pickups had a different construction leading to a sound with more clarity and high end, and less of that outright humbucker sound, but Fender hasn't made the Wide Range with the vintage construction for many years, so that's not surprising. They're both very nice guitars, nonetheless, but I wish Fender had hewn a little more closely to the original Starcaster.

[@GavinMorris1]

Same with the Coronado. I had an original and loved everything about it except the tuning stability.

[@TheFruitMugger]

As someone who has played on an original Starcaster and looked inside the body cavities, I can assure you that it was only semi-hollow. There was absolutely a center block in the original.

[@jtn191]

Yeah! The La's + a Meters reference get an immediate "like" from me

[@myrtilusgames]

I liked the Coronado better. The sound, the looks, to me its just super cool.

[@bangaddy]

Am i the only one who fell in love with starcaster's headstock??

[@Gunkylord]

The name of the Starcaster player which you were struggling with is Leo Nocentelli. Definitely worth looking up!

[@iatenj]

Let's hear it for The La's! Well played Chappers.

[@LDJx]

Been listening to The Meters after watching this video and i love them!! wish I'd heard of them sooner!! Great guitars too.. and Cpt Lee's tash is the boss imo! :P

[@EclipseAtDusk]

I actually really dig the starcaster, and I'm a metal guy! I want to pick up one of the sunburst ones, it seems pretty dang cool

[@Mastenbro]

There she goes! Love the starcaster (:

[@Northernmight]

Capitano wins the moustache-war. I actually think he should keep it! He looks rather badass with it! Chappers just looks like Chappers with a funny moustache :P

[@philipsanfilippo8279]

I just bought three Meters songs. Thanks for the tip, Chappers & Captain!

[@jgodin312]

Yes, about the Starcaster, you're talking about Leo Nocentelli from the Meters, AND - Johnny Greenwood used one. He has an original 70's model, and used it in Radiohead.

[@BIgRon2176]

I like lots about this guitar. Just bought one off of Reverb.com which isn't here yet. But I like the center block, I like the semi acoustic body, I like offset waist designs, prefer Jaguars to Strats etc. Need a little Fender jangly tone to cut through the mix. So anyway one of these is on the way to the house. Also called Fender tech support. Was told that any Fender 22 fret Strat neck with no overhang would fit this body. Found one, ordered it too - so that's that - goodby goofy headstock. We'll see how it turns out with a maple Strat replacement neck on it. Hoping for the best, Ron

[@shoeonhead]

So update?

[@rocksully]

Sounds great. Id still love an original, but I think these guitars are great. Very very cool IMO.

[@andrejnizneodeskij]

моя любимая модель Фендера))Опередившая свое время не были музыканты готовы к этому звуку тогда))

[@rocksully]

Cap'n's MooseStasch is pretty slick. Nice work!

[@fossilmatic]

As I love the look of the Starcaster, and the tones are great and varied, I would give it a 9.

[@PlanetAirsoftPlym]

I played a starcaster in Manson's, they are amazing! Plus my all time favourite guitar Jonny Greenwood plays an original

[@stephenhayesuk]

I have a moustache and beard all year round on the basis that if God had intended men to have beards (and moustaches) He would have made hair grow on our faces. That and I am too lazy to shave. Having said that, good luck lads and anyone who can afford guitars and broadband can afford to give something to a worthy charity, so just do it, preferably by tax deductible/gift aided monthly standing order.

[@rbenm]

wouldn't or would?

[@Sqeno]

I'm a metal head and I loved those solos :3 and I'm a teenager!!! I know... Sounds hard to believe ;)

[@JazzSkyDiver]

I find the starcaster amazingly beautiful. It's a shame that it's not a "known" guitar, manly because guitar players are not used to see Fender making kinda ES's Gibson style. If they were making US Starcaster I would go for it

[@Duke_Silver]

You should post the uncensored versions of your videos somwhere, seriously, I would like to see that.

[@perthmike7]

I have a Starcaster, it’s a very cool guitar 👍🏻

[@overlorrd53]

They have a Starcaster and a Coronado in my local music shop and I used to play the Coronado all the time because it made me feel like Malcolm Young. I hope to buy it some day.

[@triplesevensix291]

overlorrd53 Treat yerself....

[@BuzzMcCallister]

I hope Fender will go on and make an american vintage line for these guitars with really high quality with the original specs and hardware they came out with.

[@swordofhonor2]

holy moly look at THOSE MUSTACHES!!!

[@CurstofMaj]

I'm considering buying myself the burst Starcaster as a birthday present.

[@BIgRon2176]

I have a reissue Starcaster "yellow" or natural or whatever that is. I love it. I like the offset body and like the tones. It has a little sharper bite than the average 335 type guitar but it has the center block and doesn't feed back. I also reside in hideous camp but have access to a local master luthier who is an artist with a bandsaw. Took a photo of the Starcaster headstock and a Strat. Resized the Strat picture until the tuning pegs matched up with the Starcaster photo and determined that there was enough "extra" headstock wood to just cut a Strat shape headstock out of the OEM Starcaster headstock. Didn't have to replace the neck; which, by the way is a bear, as this thing doesn't have a normal neck pocket. Reshaped the headstock and refinished the neck and went back to work. Cuts through the mix a lot like a Tele but feels and plays a lot like a 335. Pretty cool! and no longer hideous!

[@baguasrr]

BIgRon2176 that sounds like a pain of a job- would like to see a picture of that.

[@dukealbert7017]

Nice way to devalue it!

[@brentparks3669]

Wow, looking at buying one and that star caster really has a cool sound. And a much better price than the Gibson or Gretsch!

[@Sensates85]

The Starcaster is the coolest guitar you guys demoed for a long time..

[@metalikero77]

the captain looks cool with the moustache!

[@SnugglesTheSnuggle]

Cap's mustache is way better, but Rob's "that's what she said" jokes are always better.

[@cmonsterz]

The Captain has 70s movie star styling while Chappers looks like he needs to be on an archaeological dig for the world's first guitar! I'm going to vote for the Captain...and go so far as to recommend that he keep the stache.

[@MrAm98]

seasick steve is also rocking a coronado!!

[@JaggySam]

Got the black Starcaster, love it.

[@CesarRomeroTheOriginal]

love you guys

[@chasebrown1044]

I'm really glad you guys did this review. Perhaps this could be a door to other jangly guitar/amp oriented videos. I think that'd be some real tight butthole. A few suggestions in the amp department include: Vox ACs(hand-wired), Matchless, Morgan, ect... And to my recollection, you guys have never demoed a Rickenbacker or Duesenburg. Some high-end Gretsches would also be some tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight butthole. Thanks guys

[@HouseofChains81]

That Elvis impression was hilarious.

[@felipezam]

Here in 2023 thanks to Tom Delonge! Seriously considering one of these Starcasters now!

[@Desmaad]

That starcaster would make an excellent country guitar.

[@Hillsmusic1]

Plaaaayyy the guitaaaar!!!

[@jacobbuxton932]

I love captains mustache, he looks like a captain of a man of war 18th century ship.

[@matthewcopeland6654]

Love your stuff guys. Like you're covering some of these steps out of the traditional fender line. Saw one in shop I'd love to here your thoughts on. Any way to cover gibson n225?

[@nickcavin]

Holy crap them playing Kiss Me at 13:00

[@fotillas]

+Nick Cavin An there she goes at the beginning

[@paulcuthbert]

That guitar sounds great at 9:48!!

[@jkielq91]

The Coronado looks glorious. How do you think it would work with fuzz like Gary Clark jr and The Black Keys?

[@mercutio123100]

Would take the Starcaster body with the pickups and the neck of the Coronado

[@user-vd7io9jc8f]

exactly what I want

[@sirvidia]

you can. Get TV Jones filtertrons in humbucker mount

[@ErikSWE]

I really hope Fender makes a MiJ Starcaster. :(

[@MrBothandNether]

Offset Hollowbodies are beautiful, IMHO. Agree, the 3+3 Headstock is better on a Hollow body. ESP makes an Offset Hollowbody, as well. And then there Is the Yamaha CV820. Which is by far the Best Quality, having been designed & built by Y.A.S.H. for Mr. Borland.

[@lamborick]

I don't think they look that bad, something fresh and different right? They should produce these constantly from now on. Perhaps Squire versions? Too few low budget semi-hollows around.

[@MrDrewseph]

Yup, reminds me of my Ibanez Roadstar II. Great looking headstock, I reckon. THe Ibanez, I mean. Well spotted, Captain.

[@CrisKG125]

One can only imagine a band with the Captain and the King. I would pay to go see that.

[@Craig07L]

Haha. Chappers with that big hollow body looks like a kid holding his first pint of beer.

[@Joao_Weiand]

Yes, more metal! \m/