I love how these very affordable guitars from years ago are now being reevaluated - and appreciated anew. Picked one of these up at Goodwill and could not have been happier with it. Much the same could be said for several of these Squier student offerings.
I just picked up a starcaster, same shape headstock as yours, for $40 from FB. The trem arm threads were crossed threaded, the jack was buzzing even after tightening and the guitar just sounded weak and tinny. So I ordered a new fender block and a pre wired Fleor alnico 5 pickguard, new jack, new tremolo arm, and some new tuners . All said and done with the cost of the guitar included I dropped $158. Plays much nicer, sounds heaps better and stays in tune. If you can grab a starcaster online or at a pawn shop/garage sale on the cheap I l say give it a go, with some upgrades and under $200 you will have a decent player.
Yes, you are correct... These are generally very good... and they are compatible with any fender parts that you'd care to add to them. If you want the trem to work, you'll really have to either deck it (not use it) or at very minimum, put a nice block into it. Since this video, I upgraded the pickups again to alnico 5 and rewired it with nice pots and a switch... I haven't done anything else to the trem (it's still the original one that I decked). It really has made a nice instrument... I should do an update to this older video. Thanks for watching!!!
Most of them are really bad, but this one is an anomaly. I really like it and will probably keep in my collection. It was a gift and I only spent $20 for the loaded pickguard from TEMU.
That model was rare if good. I almost gpt one that was too. I went through many arrowhead versions. They were all great. I was lucky. We has a slump qnd all the kids got them up for sale. I still have my baby. Fretzilahhh !
I've had some really good experiences with parts and things from TEMU and Ali Express. I've been selective and tried to pick stuff that I think would be good. Recently I bought a t-style body from Ali Express for $30 and a generic neck from TEMU for $42 and the build turned out really well... I'll do a video on that one soon, I've been out for while, but will be back with some new content soon... Hope you subscribed!
The originals looked and sounded exactly the same as the ones from TEMU... Since they were so much like the originals, I just used the loaded TEMU pickguard and the whole finished product turned out really sweet... I really like it... They're ceramics!!! ...and I've used a lot of TEMU guitar stuff and so far, it's all been good!
