Squier CV Starcaster MN WN

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Electric Guitar

  • Build: Semi-hollow
  • Body: Maple, laminated
  • Bolt-on neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Black dot fretboard inlays
  • Neck profile: C
  • Scale: 648 mm (25.51")
  • Fretboard radius: 241 mm (9.49")
  • Nut width: 42 mm (1.65")
  • Bone nut
  • 22 Narrow Tall frets
  • 3-Ply black Pickguard
  • Pickups: 2 Fender Wide Range humbuckers (bridge and neck)
  • 2 Volume controls and 2 tone controls
  • 3-Way toggle switch
  • Adjustable bridge with stop tailpiece
  • Vintage style machine heads
  • Nickel hardware
  • Strings: Fender USA 250L NPS .009 - .042 (article no. 133191)
  • Colour: Walnut
available since January 2020
Item number 468787
sales unit 1 piece(s)
Color Walnut
Body Maple
Top Maple
Neck Maple
Fretboard Maple
Frets 22
Scale 648 mm
Pickups HH
Tremolo No
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overall amazing
BobQuixote 14.12.2021
does well with clean tones and holds up with dirtier but vintage ones as well. I like playing more blues/jazzy/classic types and that fits me well. it's my new favourite guitar. kinda works for heavier things, but not what i'm into

just switch the stock strings. it also seems to have a few slightly unfinished details in the f-holes, but it's no defect. even so, build quality feels like a solid 9 because it's of the series made in indonesia. also, the body isn't as dark as in the photos. depending on the light you can really see that nice walnut wood finish on it.

i play it unplugged most of the time because it has a very decent resonance. not acoustic level of course, but still playable even fingerstyle, without a pick.

the wide range humbuckers are definitely the compromise that i was looking for between single coil and regular humbuckers.
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CurlyTom 30.08.2020
A very nice guitar that will need some extra setup.
But the setup is easily done (lower bridge, adjust intonation)
Don’t put heavy slinky’s on this, no more than ‘51 I’d say.
You’ll have a lovely guitar.
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Not amazing but very nice
Teutonic Terror 17.11.2022
Full disclosure: I seriously considered returning this guitar. In the end, I decided to keep it because the positives outweighed the negatives. However, this is not (by far) the most amazing guitar I own.

First, the negatives:

Number one - the setup. I have noticed that Fender products generally come from the factory poorly set up, and this guitar is no exception. The action was high enough that a leap from the strings to the fretboard would likely be fatal. Neck relief was also suboptimal.

Noise: the pickups are quite a bit noisier than other humbucking pickups.

Positives:

The neck. I really love this neck. Yeah, the setup wasn't great (or anywhere near great) but the neck just feels GOOD!

The build quality is really terrific. Sure - whoever is responsible for QA/QC and final setup deserves a firm talking to, but the guitar was free of flaws and blemishes. The finish (although not my preferred color) looked great. Everything is solid and well made.

The looks. I watched a lot of reviews before deciding on this guitar. Although the Starcaster got really good reviews, it wasn't head-and-shoulders above other semi-hollow bodies. However, it WAS very unique. The Strat-ish headstock and offset body profile are different enough to make this guitar stand out.

And of course, the tone. Despite being a tad noisy, the Starcaster sounds really nice.

So...I'm glad I decided to keep this guitar. It isn't perfect, but no guitar is. It's a solid value for the money and will probably be a great addition to my family.
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Ca rock !
nony 03.08.2021
La gamme CV est une gamme de qualité. Pas de gros défauts à noter. L'usinage est propre mais fait à la machine. Les ouies auraient bénéficier d'un petit coup de ponçage par une main humaine pour atteindre la perfection. Les autres finitions sont irréprochables. Le vernis (épais ok) est bien appliqué, ça brille à mort ! Les photos du site donnent un effet rouge à la guitare qu'elle n'a pas, en vrai elle est marron (voir les photos plus fidèles sur un site concurrent).
Achetée pour remplacer une HB35 : il n'y a pas photo au niveau esthétique, conception et finition, la Squier enterre définitivement la HB, on est bien une gamme au dessus.
Niveau ergonomie, la starcaster est légère et reprend les caractéristiques de la gamme CV : manche fin super agréable ! Les frettes sont pas mal, presque parfaitement polies. Le corps offset est une si bonne idée, debout comme assis, tout tombe au bon endroit !
Coté son, les micros sont vraiment pas mal. Le niveau de sortie est assez élevé. Ils sont précis et sortent un son velouté. Moins agressifs que les simples bobinages de ma jazzmaster CV. En poussant le gain de l'ampli lampe (un bugera) là elle révèle ce pourquoi elle semble taillée : ça rock ! Les larsens sont très faciles à dompter.
Seul ombre au tableau : le réglage d'origine, à revoir. l'action est trop haute donc il faut mettre un peu la main à la patte (ou l'apporter chez un luthier), elle en vaut largement le coup !
Les cordes d'usine sont très plaisantes, je me demande si je ne vais pas la laisser en 9-42 tellement les bends sont agréables (toutes mes autres guitares électriques sont pourtant passées en 10-46)
edit après 3 mois d'utilisation : Cette guitare est particulièrement agréable à jouer. Remarquable par sa stabilité et sa précision. Elle est vraiment bien conçue.
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