FENDER TOM DELONGE STARCASTER REVIEW

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Gear I use:
Guitar: FENDER TOM DELONGE STARCASTER
Pickups: SEYMOUR DUNCAN CUSTOM SH5
Amps: Fractal AxeFX 2 .
Strings: Ernie Ball Strings. sometimes hybrid slinky, sometimes skinny top heavy bottom depending on the tension i want on the guitar. i tend to use the lighter strings on guitars i like to track leads with. and heavier strings on rhythm guitars
Picks: 60mm dunlop tortex
DAW: Reaper for all my recording software.

[@littleredguitars2]

You can win my fender TD starcaster by preordering my new album LITTLE CHAOS on bandcamp! Multiple entries allowed in multiples of $10. Open worldwide! jonpoulin.bandcamp.com/album/little-chaos

[@ZWortek]

That pickup sounds incredible, Rubin and Tom really nailed that choice imo.

[@cshades8026]

That’s awesome about the raffle! What a cool thing for you to do! So happy to see you have fun playing. Appreciate your many years of content!

[@Candelariiio]

Heck yeah man! I was able to get my hands on the pink one from fender and i absolutely love the thing! Great sound, smooth and smooth playability.

[@RPRhythm90]

Mine arrived yesterday. Probably the best guitar I've played. Glad I added it to my collection.

[@lilstjimmy]

tom went with the starcaster for a reason, its cool to hear you liked it so much! blink is really in a renaissance right now

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

The only reason he "went" with the starcaster was it's size. He still wanted to play Gibson. Gibson being dumb told him since he's not their artist anymore they don't have his signature blueprints and he'd have to put an order through their custom shop and wait over a year. He needed 16 for his upcoming tours. Aaron Rubin worked with Fender to put this together and they just showed Tom and he was like yeah I'll play it. Tom only asked for a Dirty Fingers pickup, not knowing it's a Gibson brand pickup. Source: Gear182 interviews

[@lilstjimmy]

@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise yeah he still said the starcaster was cool af in the interview he did with fender idk why ur so pressed abt it lol

[@SonikJesus]

@@IDiggPattyMayonnaiseThe starcaster is basically like the Gibson, but way cooler.

[@danielbell4007]

lol you made it sound like he specifically sought out the star caster. The other guy was just clarifying the story. Nobody’s “pressed”

[@andy_182]

@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise why would tom need more gibsons when he has a dozen? he did it 4 $

[@Tomas.P]

Ordered my goldie this morning!! Cant wait, especially after all nice things you just said about it! Thanks a lot

[@Anti_Hero_Dude]

the green one fits perfectly to you buddy! much 🖤

[@davidcaine5046]

So glad you love it n bought it , i got the shell pink n i absolutely love it !

[@petescript991]

Great video! If you miss it you should get another in a colour of your choosing. I’m just glad you loved it as much as I do!

[@zmiitchy4380]

Sounds and looks an amazing piece of kit! May have to invest. Thanks for the review!

[@blink-918]

Glad to see you still doing your thing and reviewing/posting Delonge guitars! Just got my shell pink in today but I gotta wait 24 hrs before opening 🥲😂

[@RedThorn58]

Got my white w/black furniture Starcaster ordered. 👍 Now will be converting my Squier HSS Affinity with Invader to a TD strat thanks to viewing build videos including yours for tips. Good to know no treble bleed needed.😊

[@tombudinger3857]

Thank you for this. Was on fence - hearing the unplugged acoustics you demo’d for us tipped me over the edge for whatever reason! Ordered one - Olympic white. Thanks again - I also subscribed to you. Bud

[@BigBlinkBoy182]

They finally restocked the pink! I’m getting mine this week! Thanks for the input brother!

[@austin4669]

Awesome tone I’m excited for the raffle

[@jacksonweidenfeller7018]

Love it. Happy for you dawg

[@frozenbananagiraffe]

The setup looking good

[@beachboyvince]

been watching the channel for a while and 3:39 is the best tone I've heard

[@tannerthepanman9202]

Sounds amazing

[@johnatnip9516]

sick guitar! awesome playing!

[@rafaelcheckley]

I was waiting your review

[@littleredguitars2]

Wait no more

[@hunterhass04]

Nicely done review. Your riffs are getting pretty technical and more clean bro. You should make some videos showing how you play those really fast riffs, appreciate the box car racer riffage as well! Peace

[@hamburgerzzzzz]

Buying the Olympic White one this week!! I currently play a Tele Thinline Deluxe live and used to play a 335, so I think this will feel great. I played one in the store the other day and I couldn't believe how good it felt in my hands. Thanks for the review!

[@hamburgerzzzzz]

I do wish they made a lighter neck and headstock, but oh well lol

[@Stanslick]

Wow, sounds really amazing. I really dig your sound, you've tweaked! I wouldn't change the pickup though, sounds perfect to me.. good job!

[@C_Kawla]

Congrats 🎉

[@FrabjousBat]

Just ordered mine in Olympic white and I'm counting the days until I can feel true happiness

[@TJmusic24]

Sounds really smooth

[@pjstraightedge]

Now seeing it in not in stock images, I actually think the Surf Green looks sick! The only thing I think I'd change if I owned one is I'd swap the pick up ring with a white/cream one. Sounds great. Hope you're loving your new purchase! 😁

[@jjim0437]

The only place that had a white one was my local GC.. took it home. Just had to lower the action a little. Love it ( & one pickup guitars in general).

[@sk4tez182]

i put on some ernie ball heavy bottom on my shell pink starcaster and it sounds really cool!

[@ihavenofuture8258]

Buying mine next week thank you! Think you should do a cover on Up All Night or Violence.

[@John-wr3yy]

I have a Indonesian Squier that I upgraded with Seymour Duncan pickups, Gotoh hardware and made in USA pots and electronics and its my favorite guitar. I also have a Fender made in Mexico, but it doesn't play as easy, its heavy, sharp frets. I dont know what it is, but the Squier just feels amazing

[@patrickconners]

So happy that the starcaster won you over! How could you not ? It's the best of the signature strat and gibson combined into one. Mine RIPS! such a cool guitar

[@FultonsReviews]

Way to hit us at the end!!! WOOO!!! Can't wait man!!!!!

[@littleredguitars2]

Get ready

[@seantwine8572]

Such a unique tone

[@datooch]

Nice. Glad you like it. As a smaller dude myself I just don’t think a bigger bodied guitar like that would be comfortable for me. The neck looks awesome minus the glossy part.

[@Ahx17]

Great review. I hope to reach your level of play some day lol. Looking forward to the raffle if you do it!

[@nelos7519]

Nice! I think that now that you got it, it would be nice to do a whole ONE MORE TIME album cover with it

[@littleredguitars2]

Nice thought but KZbin blocks all of my full album videos

[@ma1ers]

When you're playing those open power chords it almots sounds like a layered guitar very very cool

[@dbecker33]

The only opinion on a Delonge signature that matters 😎

[@hayden2356]

The last riff is sick

[@Longbajubi]

Love the rainbow strap but I fell in love with the guitar

[@Gabingus69]

Damnit riff sounded great

[@Blinkz]

Interesting they went with the gloss. Not a turn off, but interesting for sure.

[@blanktintin]

As I was tuning it, tuner didn’t pick up the e string and snapped on my neck. Apparently my tuner battery died and the e string snapped on my hand. I felt so dumb but I’m glad I have this guitar. Exact color. So colorful and really good quality

[@christoph54]

I remember during the Zane Lowe interview he was playing the green starcaster and it had black binding. I like the white binding too but man I wish they kept the black. Sounds so good though

[@Borgyboy09]

Fr I would’ve ordered the green in a heartbeat if it still had the black binding

[@frankhammonds7462]

Not gonna lie, that first chord blew my mind. This thing sounds killer.

[@AndyDion]

nice fiddle! new sub from fellow dad in MA

[@Mexfinity]

You did not 😂 It looks and sounds amazing 😍 I was really pleasantly surprised by the acoustic sound too.

[@Chris-ob6es]

I was in Northhampton for a wedding last year, had no idea you were local and that was your shop. I did a walk through when I saw it!

[@littleredguitars2]

Noho is about 40 minutes away from me. But yeah, still my best option. Great area

[@se7ente3n]

I wish they would make a 4 string bass version of the star caster it’s such a cool body

[@markhamblin8194]

I like the green

[@astonsweeney]

Holy shit you are still on KZbin I swear I watched some of your videos like 10 years ago

[@littleredguitars2]

I am eternal

[@nikkinik2161]

Very good taste in amp tone - which axe model did you use? Thick, aggressive without a ton of gain, lots of mids - exactly what I like!

[@HotelSeptember]

I don’t know why, but I’ve not heard anyone use the phrase “mix between strat and 335”. I’m not sure why that’s important, maybe it’s not relevant? But would you say it takes the best of both? To me, I love the body of a 335 but the playability of the strat. Is it that?

[@ryanjackson7141]

Building my own starcaster, bought a matte black body online and actually will be using a gibson dirty fingers pickup inside - the pickup in the signature model worried me a bit and i like the hotter pickups. Great to hear your thoughts and use it as a template for my build

[@littleredguitars2]

Good luck on your build ✌

[@Gabingus69]

The hype is REAL!!!!

[@SISUGaming514]

What's stopping me from getting this guitar is the price, but if i ever get the money to buy definitely getting the white or the pink one. I'm happy just to have his epi es333 signature.

[@scottcook9749]

Glad you showed us what Cheshire Cat sounds like on it 🙃

[@TexasNativee]

Now that’s you have it hooked up to your set up, it does sound pretty good. If only they had one in a darker color I would probably get one.

[@littleredguitars2]

It would make a fun project to repaint... just sayin

[@TexasNativee]

@@littleredguitars2that would be a nice project, you plan on doing anything to yours as far as cosmetics?

[@dicehands]

Got mine today and it is fucking FIRE. Way better than the strat.

[@samnichols]

Nice man!! What amp you playing through?

[@pasi8800]

As soon as you said "i bought it", I had a huge smile on my face ☺️ And it's just a super sick guitar! But one question: maybe I got something wrong but isn't the pickup an Invader?

[@littleredguitars2]

Nope. Its a duncan custom

[@pasi8800]

@@littleredguitars2 oh okay, got confused somehow. Thanks Jon ✌🏼

[@giacobeotty657]

I’d love to see a cover of Wishing Well with this guitar!

[@globezorz]

Best part of the video is that sick ass shirt

[@PatrickGeneLeBlancHardy]

I'm new to your KZbin Channel 🎸 That's a Sweet Looking Guitar 🎸 Thanks for Sharing 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@thezogs95]

How is it balaced when standing up? Any neck dive?

[@cpainyourass]

Sounds and looks awesome. The green has really grown on me.

[@LatentPoet]

That's hilarious, when I saw you playing it yesterday in the video and you said your initial thoughts were that you liked it I told myself he's going to get one lol anyway you can make a short video or even a KZbin short on the trouble bleed system and how you like it?

[@LatentPoet]

Treble bleed circuit*

[@dezinhoguitaplays]

didn't you find the tone to be a bit too dark? specially when playing clean riffs like what's my age again?

[@Mat5983]

You are lucky, i would like a pink one with black hardware, don’t know for you, green say you’re gonna have money, congratulations 🎉

[@northolomew]

would this work for like clean shit aswell? not just harder rock

[@brendanmcgrath5679]

Do you have any recommendations for hard shell cases? Fenders not selling one for this. I just bought mine as well.

[@brendanmcgrath5679]

I’d also like to see you cover “I Miss You” the live version at Red Bull Sound Space. I think that’s the best version of that song ever and I’d love to see it to learn hoe to play those added parts.

[@andydinesguitar]

Love your work bench - do you work as a tech or are you just really serious about maintaining your guitars?!😊👌

[@littleredguitars2]

Mostly just working on my own stuff

[@uncbrygaming4997]

Im not gonna lie, after playing a few mexican, indonesian, korean and japanese guitars, i would usually lean towards, japanese and indonesian guitars. Quality is amazing.

[@robcodichini7839]

Hey dude thanks for the info on this 👍 Unrelated question... What's your preferred amp head? Like 50 / 100 watt something something?

[@littleredguitars2]

Check out nocturnal amps. The amulet head rips

[@robcodichini7839]

Will dooo...Thanks man!!!

[@hotpnts]

what do u think about sh5 vs dirty fingers? imo sh5 sounds like shit through mesa boogie triple rec compared to my epiphone with dirty fingers. whats ur thoughts?

[@littleredguitars2]

I wouldn't call it a shit pickup. But if youre used to a super high output pickup like the dirty fingers, then yeah the custom is gonna sound a little weak in comparison

[@GateOfSkateboarding]

It would be nice to see how this guitar behaves with C# or C tunings, even with 0.9s you find it difficult. but if you like them, an ADTR cover would be nice. Anyway I love your sound!!!!

[@littleredguitars2]

C tuning would work fine with some heavier strings. Certainly not with 9s

[@joshcrates]

Something about it sounds fizzy. But that’s also how it has sounded live on tour. I’m sure you could get the tone dialed in to be more chunked.

[@littleredguitars2]

I dialed this tone in super fast. Its basically what I use with my black jazz which has a p90 with a couple EQ tweaks. You could really make it sound a lot of different ways depending on your rig

[@depletedmind7138]

So sick! Which color would you have gone with? I’d probably get white or pink

[@littleredguitars2]

Same

[@Farfarawai]

the only one that i didnt like was the golden one, but the prettiest one is the pink for sure

[@jhed1829]

What's your pick thickness size?

[@turbod27a]

I ordered a white 0ne and after playing it I ordered a surf green

[@richmeier]

How does the indonesia feel compared? Does the wood feel glossy and fake or does it have that legit fender feel?

[@littleredguitars2]

It feels great. Stop worrying about the country of origin. I wouldn't endorse it if it was trash

[@whaleshark2625]

I love the Olympic White finish but I wish it had the Chrome hardware!

[@littleredguitars2]

Totally agree

[@SJMKS.0]

If you were keeping it, what gauge strings would you use on it? (Or just stock 9s)

[@littleredguitars2]

Honestly I'd consider just staying with the 9s for the time being. Or maybe 9.5-46 (hybrid slinky)

[@kaitheasstronaut]

How to buy it

[@dminicm4603]

13:00 had to do a double take cuz that sounds IDENTICAL to the record

[@andrewp182]

"I Feel So" sounded fucking nuts on that axe. Do you plan on re-recording any "One More Time..." guitar covers on it?

[@littleredguitars2]

Those are pretty fresh so *probably* not but you never know

[@brandonorr301]

Damn bro whatever you were playing before Dammit was seriously badass. Is that your own riff??

[@littleredguitars2]

Yup. An original called a warm glass of shut the hell up

[@blakeozuna7212]

Can you do a wasting time cover with this guitar? That would be dope

[@mattg082]

The more I hear this guitar on reviews, regardless of amp it has a very specific sound. It’s obviously the hollowbody, and setup as well. But I could see it cool live, or fitting nicely on studio tracks. Also be interested to hear the body stuffed to dampen. I like the fretboard and neck so much…I’ve played some Fernandez, and Fender Teles with similar necks as this. Also the pickup is more forgiving than the Invader. But up against the DG Epiphone…the DG covers everything a beginner or pro would need. Not too hot on the Laurel choice for neck. But I think the DG looks better. But this is a real Fender with maplewood. I would love if they just swapped. But it’s two different premiums, and I think Starcaster is a good arsenal guitar. Def waiting for demand to catch up, as the last release used they go $800-$900. So gonna wait on this one, get it used and slap some offensive kick ass stickers on it!

[@littleredguitars2]

Eh buy both lol

[@mattg082]

@@littleredguitars2 I’m def thinking that…I’d love to hear both through my amps. Sky King and Ampeg VT40 ABY/Wet Dry. But going first it’s a tough decision to have. I hope GC gets some in of one of them. It seems this one is more ready available. So hopefully soon! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYHXoK2upLqlf7ssi=DkRVoFPhhJLybyxR

[@mattg082]

@@littleredguitars2 you right. I hope to jam on one of them soon! Seems like this one has more stock. So hopefully GC gets some in to play. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYHXoK2upLqlf7ssi=_JkpQ9kB9vdwhX3T

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

I get the price point thing, but I think people are going to have to get over it at some point. That's just what guitars are going to cost now, for better or worse.

[@RogerStaysCreative]

its amazing how you can just plug in and have toms live sound....unreal

[@patrickconners]

"all the time" by green day at 2:58

[@paulbrown32]

Which of the 4 colors do you like best?

[@littleredguitars2]

White

[@eldyko]

Aw man now I want one fml

[@ashcosmo3854]

Sounds super muddy to me, probably just the amp sim though ? Tom seems to love that colour lately, keep seeing him wearing that baby blue hat in interviews.

[@zrg999]

Will raffle be available internationally such as the UK?

[@littleredguitars2]

Yes

[@__greg__]

ugh where's my credit card 😭