REVIEW OF TOM DELONGES SIGNATURE FENDER STARCASTERS!!!

The wait is finally over!!!!!!!!!!!! In today's very very very special episode we talk about #tomdelonge's #fender #starcasters! This is a brand new Artist Series and we're so pumped to finally see the official release come through! Let us know in the comments what you think!?
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[@ArmandoFloresTV]

Thank you both for your service of keeping the community informed

[@Gear182]

Awe! Thanks dude!

[@alwaysevolving281]

Booya. The gold will be mine. Oh yes, the gold will be mine.

[@thatbrianwallace]

and mine!

[@diddyfaplord]

Yea that’s the best looking one for sure

[@MolliOlli182]

Your….precious?

[@slimkickens]

On the colors, if I got a strat, it's easily yellow for me. The 333s only had the one option anyway, but if I had the choice I'd have gone natural. The fact that I honestly can't choose between any of them because they're all so good says a lot about the color options here

[@Gear182]

The struggle is real

[@ramiroezequielmoreno1774]

Taking in account the quality of product we're getting from Indonesia, it is no surprise that Fender decided to build the Starcasters there. If you look at the build quality of factories like Sire and Cort, Indonesia is nowadays one of the best countries for production guitar making.

[@alwaysevolving281]

Indonesian made stuff is on par with made in Mexico stuff these days. No complaints here.

[@Gear182]

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

[@kanyexwentzxcore]

Got my shell pink preorder in and I can’t wait! Ny sweetwater rep threw in a gig bag for me too! One of my friends might be getting gold and we’ve talked about switching the hardware so god with black and the pink with chrome. I think that’ll look really good for both. I did see that the Gator deluxe case GW335 fits starcasters if people need a hard case and don’t want to wait also!

[@Gear182]

Love the idea of switching!

[@MyRealitywithNicole]

I've been saying since the rumor speck sheet was circling that it should have been gold/black, pink/silver, white/silver, green/black.

[@RayVansMusic]

Pink all day

[@PsychoSeal1]

I feel like Gear 182 have been waiting since the dawn of time to talk about the official Starcaster release 😅

[@Gear182]

Hahaha 😂

[@cobhc182]

I got the white one on order. Thanks for the tip about the strap button screw!

[@Gear182]

Sick! Not a problem at all! Tag us on IG when you get it!

[@bitcoinkang]

timestamp for the strap button screw?

[@davidjohnsully]

Let’s gooo!! Gold or pink… damn it’s a hard choice haha

[@nicofreako182]

Same but I think I’m going pink! 👀

[@Gear182]

I guess you need both 🤷🏼

[@YesHiThereHello]

In canada only the white and pink have the black hardware

[@Hurricane9146]

Fender already burned us in the “limited edition” Strats 😂😂 not buying til discounts

[@charleslaliberte2620]

Pre Ordered Shell Pink! supposed to ship 4/16 , arrival 4/19!

[@MyRealitywithNicole]

Can't wait to get one. But going to hold off to make sure it doesn't have the same quality control issues the strat had. Mine was lucky fine but some of those strats were bad. I hope to get pink. I was going between pink or gold and the black neckplate pushed me to pink.

[@RoquetteAttaquer]

My favorite is pink and cream hopefully I can grab one on 16 April launch date

[@DavidLiraOfficial]

My boys out at Wolf Music Company in Texas hooked me up…they got a first run of the Olympic white, held it for me and it shipped yesterday…super excited, and can’t wait to see it age too 🙌🏽

[@Gear182]

That is awesome!

[@nicofreako182]

This is so exciting! I can’t believe we are finally getting the starcasters! I Wish I could just get all of them lol

[@Gear182]

Yeah the colour choices are too good

[@alwaysforget911]

new mark hoppus bass is coming next

[@Gear182]

🤷🏼 😄

[@alwaysforget911]

@@Gear182 you prob cant say it….but i can say it 😉

[@drewgraysonxoxopanda]

We just want more To the stars stratocasters 😆

[@brentporter9324]

My only ‘complaint’ if you could even call it that, is that I want a custom shop version. I’ll buy the production model, but I would love a silly CS model and would pay what most would call too much for it haha.

[@Gear182]

Yeah that would be rad !

[@andersonkyle]

Are you guys gonna keep your Starcasters pristine or do you plan to draw on them / put stickers on them?

[@Gear182]

If I end up getting a few of them I’d love to draw/sticker one but there’s something about a clean pristine guitar that just looks amazing!

[@andersonkyle]

@@Gear182 Agreed!

[@snapascrew]

I love Tom, and blink… but this thing just looks like if a 7 year old tried to draw a 335. Or like that car we all tried to draw when we were kids. All fucked looking 😂. But I hope this guitar brings lots of people joy, I can’t hate.

[@toddj1030]

I wish we would have got a graffiti yellow

[@tgs182]

Who’s coming on from RIVWB?? Pumped!

[@mrcoffee9323]

Stoked for these to come out! Planning on getting a pink one since I built a white affinity one with Luke's neck. For the neck screw, I put masking tape around the screw threads and put it in my drill, then spun it and just held sandpaper there until the head was small enough. Anytime I posted my solution for this on Reddit, it always got downvoted haha.

[@Gear182]

Nice! That’s smart about the neck screw

[@wolfmeister15]

I hears they went with the Duncan Custom because it was close to the Dirty Fingers

[@Gear182]

They both are pretty different tbh. But it’s all personal preference

[@dicecreamman1739]

That shell pink rocks

[@sk4tez182]

i ordered shell pink!

[@Ryan_Cranston]

I can’t decide what color!

[@Mogs716]

The only thing I’ve seen that I guess I don’t like, is that on some of these the neck/headstock is super dark almost look like a full rosewood neck haha. That said… I’m getting the pink one!!

[@Gear182]

Yeah I see what you mean. Could be the lighting ?

[@Mogs716]

@@Gear182 that’s what I’m hoping. Cause I’m pumped on it.

[@wolfmeister15]

I am getting the pink starcaster and yellow strat.

[@Gear182]

Great choice!

[@Godschilda]

I want one so badly but I dont have the money. Do you think they will be available in the future or just now and when theyre sold out its over?

[@Gear182]

I think they’ll be around for a while

[@Hurricane9146]

To be fair about the sales though, CME we’re actively trying to dump at least the black Strats within a few months of release. Got one for 20% off

[@William_Stephens]

Do you recommend ordering directly from fender or from sweetwater ?

[@Gear182]

Fender

[@patrickconners]

Fender is really treating us Blink fans

[@Gear182]

Yes they are!!

[@markallen1466]

Can you clarify, if you have seen the colors in person, which is CLOSER - the olympic white to Tom's blinkcaster OR the shell pink to Tom's stickercaster?

[@connorkellar4452]

Olympic white IMO

[@Gear182]

Well both are different shaded then Tom’s. The Olympic white is identical to the first white guitar Tom had in his initial four

[@seanverso6712]

Are they limited run?

[@Gear182]

No I don’t believe so

[@QuanNguyen-kr6hz]

I went with Shell Pink. I like that it's not light as traditional shell pink but not quite as vibrant as bubblegum or hot pink but somewhere in between. Some of the complaints so far make no sense to me. There's no way in hell Fender is releasing a signature guitar with other logos and custom artwork. That's a lot of work involved and there's potentially paying the original artist a license fee. Who cares if it's not 100% the same as Tom's down to the minute detail? The right pickup, configuration, and body shape are what matter the most as far as accuracy goes and they nailed it.

[@Gear182]

Awesome!

[@eldyko]

I’d be happy with any of them but I’m beyond broke fml

[@Gear182]

Keep looking at the used market when you got some funds to spare. They’ll be some I’m sure

[@joepro182]

It’s white on the Surf Green, and cream on the gold

[@Gear182]

Thanks! Thought they were both cream

[@slimkickens]

So wait, you said the body is the same as Tom's. Are they using the Indonesian bodies for his customs?

[@Gear182]

Yup

[@slimkickens]

@Gear182 makes sense, honestly. It would probably take Gibson time to hand make all of them in the custom shop. And the neck is most important for feel anyway

[@chez4504]

This guitar is cool but weird. I prefer buying a stock 335 and mod it..

[@davidjohnsully]

Smells like depression 😂

[@Gear182]

😂