Tom Delonge's New Fender Starcaster Guitars - THOUGHTS? #3

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like I've been saying, these videos are obviously super low effort, no edits etc. and I know it shows.. so I appreciate you guys bearing with me. I know I ramble a little but its HARD to find time to put extra time into making these videos, hard to actually plan them out and get a more to-the-point video. but I at least wanted to get my opinion out to those who want it while its still relevant to the subject. thanks for watching

[@littleredguitars2]

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[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

I was impressed by the amount of insight your daughter brought to the conversation. The girl knows her guitars.

[@ernestovidales09]

One of my friends works over at Gibson in Florida and told me that Tom has been gone for some time. His contract ended and they did not renew it. This will happen sometimes with endorsements. I`m super happy he`s back with Fender!

[@ricardomeadows8232]

1:10 - Your daughter's face when she found out that Gibson, one of the biggest and longest running guitar brands in the world, takes a long time time to make a signature guitar for an artist. Priceless! Quite frankly, I'm as shocked as her lmao. Just another reason why I'm proud to have always played, and continue to play, Fender.

[@LiamJD182]

A Tom Jazzmaster would’ve be so sick

[@kurdtjohn]

On the other hand, he can just slap on a baritone neck on those Starcasters for songs like Adam’s Song or Obvious.

[@TardSoftQB]

I’ve always been a fan of 335s and strats, since the starcaster is the combo of both, it’s been my favorite guitar. Not surprised Tom went with a starcaster.

[@AmiliaCaraMia]

@@diddyfaplordLol why are you so aggressive about this wtf

[@schiggy182]

Dang your daughters growing! Time flies man. I like hearing your thoughts.

[@Slicknick.]

Her face! My lord. That is your kiddo 😂😂❤️❤️

[@pears0094]

Appreciate your thoughts and additional info. !!! Thanks Jon!!! 😀

[@darrenkrivit6854]

🎸You're co-host had some awesome input♥️ thanks for the info, appreciate ya✌️

[@jacobdonnelly27]

Your daughter is adorable. God bless your family man

[@Maximusbyronus]

"Do I care that Tom got a new guitar?....Not really..." Proceeds to talk about it for 12+ minutes.

[@littleredguitars2]

I do it for people like you my man

[@Maximusbyronus]

@@littleredguitars2 Touche 😅

[@simongorelik92]

this is so cute i love you man this is so heart felt with your kiddo next to you

[@alwaysevolving281]

Duncan Custom is my favorite SD pickup. It’s very clean but can get angry. Insanely good in mahogany, which is kind of weird for him to use it in a maple/roasted maple combo. Brian Baker of Bad Religion swears by it though. Would’ve been cool to see do like a semi hollow Jazzmaster or something. Also, congrats on the new guitar! She’s a cutie!

[@nashrunner]

He def played a gold Les Paul on the untitled album based on 2003 crappy internet vids on their old site. Yes we're that old.

[@andallicansayis]

hey man! do you know which guitars Tom used on each record? primarily, i’d love to know which songs feature his old signature strat

[@johnofark]

When I saw the guitar, one of the first things I thought was if you were going to cover it

[@johnofark]

@Jon_Poulin Nice try

[@mike.g.85]

Fender absolutely will do a production run. They aren’t going to miss a cash grab like this. They can only reinvent the strat and Tele and rename the series so many times. The American Vintage II is what’s selling bc of the vintage specs

[@diddyfaplord]

Fender is too cheap to make a production of these. If anything they will just reissue the strats

[@johnskyrim]

I would have liked to have seen him go back to the strat for the final tour

[@thegravytrain7156]

Who says it’s the final tour?

[@Roh8n]

Your daughter is stealing the show mate.

[@jamarcusrussel2352]

Awww...I felt the same way as you and your daughter felt!

[@triple7gaming]

I didn’t even know about the Starcaster until I saw the post about his guitars. I think his look awesome, but after checking them out, not so much with a regular one. Something about his colors and the single pickup. I have the green strat and wish so bad I would’ve bought the epiphone 333 😩 I really hope they make this new guitar available to buy though. I’d probably get a green one and put a brown stripe on it to make a mint chocolate theme 😂 or the off white looks pretty nice too.

[@TheSunshineLP2]

I love the switch up. I hope his tone improves live. Never loved his 333 either. Personally. I like these a bit better.

[@Jma952]

Heyyy it’s the little doodette!

[@edubnasty3763]

Ron thorn did the punker guy inlays. And I'd imagine he'd do the pyramid inlays as well. One of things he specializes in, is inlay work.

[@mthabitX]

I also prefer the strat but I think with Tom's back issues causing him to shorten his strap it would look kind of awkward with the smaller body on the guitar. I always wondered if this was part of the reason why he went the gibson. Never really liked the oversized bodies, personally.

[@peanutbutterisfu]

I like the fender neck on that 335 kinda shape pretty cool deff not something you see everyday

[@pjstraightedge]

I can not describe how much better the Starcaster looks with a normal headstock. The one they usually use looks like a whale's tale or something.

[@loserpunk87]

Any chance seeing him switch back to Mesa as well ?

[@seanverso6712]

Its a 335 large or 339 ?

[@guillermorosario4578]

Happy baby girl! 😃

[@koheikashiwagi9019]

If Tom's starcasters have the back plate just like his ES-333, I'm def getting it...

[@ryanteacher8134]

The starcasters with the black binding reallyy look like EVH Wolfgang guitars. And I'm glad Tom is using Axe fx now. On the last tours, he was using the emulated outputs of his Vox amps and oh gosh did that sound terrible.

[@GuitarMisfit182]

Just seen this pop up had to watch

[@AP-xw8bt]

I’ve had an SH-5 in my Les Paul for years. Read an interview from Chad and Steve in NFG back in the day they used them. It’s solid.

[@littleredguitars2]

Steve used emg 81s and im like 99% sure Chad has said he always used the stock pickups in his LPs

[@AP-xw8bt]

@@littleredguitars2 I’ll try to find the article for you. Same article talked about how they use noise gate pedals. Was way back in the day.

[@matteopiccini1346]

Yes, I too remember that article. Chad was indeed using the duncan custom in his LPs. In fact, it totally nails NFG lead tone from the Stick and Stones era.

[@austin4669]

Probably in his studio les Paul but not live

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

Just had an email today from Andertons about the TD strat being made again. I was quite excited until I saw it was £1300 🤦🏻

[@johnm8378]

Please build one

[@HotelSeptember]

I wonder why he didn’t go for the Coronado which was Fender’s answer to the 335

[@NJTllrd]

Maybe because Coronado's are ugly?

[@HotelSeptember]

@@NJTllrd Maybe! but I'm not convince you and TD have the same thoughts and feelings about things if i'm entirely honest. I don't think Coronado's and Starcaster's look all that different from each other. Personally I prefer Coronado's and as I said, look more like a 335.

[@NJTllrd]

@@HotelSeptember what I dislike with the Coronado is the combination of a very round 335 style body with the strat style headstock. I would have also preferred for Tom to choose the original Starcaster headstock, which in my opinion matches the large hollowbody better. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess..

[@HotelSeptember]

@@NJTllrd fair!

[@slimkickens]

Isn't the Coronado a bit smaller? And fully hollow

[@jophdfy]

I was playing a Starcaster for a while, got rid of it and was thinking of getting another one. They are cheap... Well they where cheap I assume they will go up in price now.

[@HeyItsAsmus]

I would have loved to see Tom in a Jazzmaster or something like the Untitled days because the Strat probably looks silly on him now with how high he plays versus before. Either way I'm so pumped he's back at Fender. I'm not a fan of Gibson.

[@dgenerated]

I like the Starcaster and his Gibson/Epiphone 333 as I like semi-hollow guitars and hope his" Starcaster" becomes a signature guitar as his es-333 is no longer in production and I was never a huge fan of his brown/cream 333 as the color scheme never really jived with me, though a single pickup semi-hollow is an awesome design concept, though I kinda wish he had gone with with one (without) f holes as even though they are very rare on guitars, they help with feedback and there is a current (production line) Starcaster by Squier with any holes!..

[@endezeichengrimm]

The kid is confused why this guy is talking to himself.

[@jonnypoundland4118]

I'd probably pick one of these up if they don't put the smiley faces on the neck. I just think it makes it look cheap. Been looking for a hollow for awhile.

[@diddyfaplord]

Lol the inlays are the only thing cool about them. And don’t worry, if they produce these they def won’t have the inlays

[@patrickconners]

Tom played that sparkled les paul while recording feeling this. I think that was gold? No maybe silver

[@TheSunshineLP2]

I feel like it was white with gold hardware. I could be very wrong.

[@patrickconners]

@@TheSunshineLP2 just watched the video it was more yellow/tan

[@SRone45]

I like Starcasters but I wish they would Reissue the Strat.

[@SRone45]

It's funny I'm a burly 300 pound dude but I play Duo-Sonics and Mustangs.

[@NJTllrd]

It is a matter of personal taste, but I prefer the original Starcaster headstock with this body.

[@anthonyseeulater]

Fender Wildwood Coronado II are way cooler in my humble opinion...I'd like to see Tom rock those....I'd also like to hear music closer to their first three albums from Budda...Cheshire Cat...Dude Ranch...!!!

[@diddyfaplord]

Keep dreaming buddy

[@unclereaper33]

Yeah she loves him (and Pepe)

[@ciderkatz6696]

what about a semi hollow strat that would be more sleek even sleeker than that would be an ibanez rga but i’m pretty sure those have always been solid

[@michaeljvandyck]

Thoughts… he probably won’t be playing these in the studio or live. Only buy a signature guitar if it checks all your boxes.

[@garbageguitar]

meow!

[@jackbeakhust7532]

Not a fan of the Starcaster at all , Jazzmaster would’ve been a better choice

[@JC-ee8qm]

It's not so much that Tom needs new guitars as Blink are embarking on another lucrative comeback tour and they're picking up all the lucrative sponsorships they can.

[@littleredguitars2]

Nah you're just making assumptions

[@wriglarzzz]

He went to Gibson because the hollow bodies were lighter. It wasn't about brand change, It was about his back injuries. He blamed the guitar mainly, but if you watch these videos it was his posture. Anyways, The only reason he doesn't use stratocasters, is because he slipped two discs, and has had three or four surgeries.

[@littleredguitars2]

The 333s were not lighter. Thats just 100% incorrect. And He wanted a bigger guitar because the strats felt small to him. The only real change to help his back was raising the guitar strap so it wasn't so low. Dont know where you got your info from but its just wrong

[@mikeheroes5451]

Needs new guitar or wants new guitars? He has endless amount of guitars. Not to mention he could have just bought guitars from any seller and had them immediately like a normal person. If they’re selling these to the public, then that’s obv the reason why. His Gibson was unaffordable and the fender sold a shit ton back in the day. So it all comes down to money and marketing. Just like when they released 3 different versions of Take Off, let’s make our fans by the record 3 times! Collect them all! Marketing at it’s finest.

[@NikkiSexx666]

I’m an old blink fan, I love the strats. The Gibsons grew on me over time but I’ve always hated the color. Don’t know about the starcaster. As of now I think they are ugly.