The Captain says;
I am a thirty year vet playing the guitar. I started when I was twelve and I have been
collecting and playing the instrument for a long time. I done everything from house parties to
county fairs all the way up to the Hollywood clubs. I've collected everything form the cheapest
department store and pawn shop guitars to the very best. My collection goes up and down as I
buy and sell but right now I have fifteen in my personal stock and about twenty more that are
either coming or going. Of course my favorites are the Gibsons, Fenders, Rickenbackers and
Ibanez but the PRS' are not far behind. Out of all these guitars, I bought the Fender Starcaster
Strat in 2007. Simply put, I like it. The action is great to say the least and the sound is a little
reminiscent of the Strats of the seventies. I would and have recomended this guitar to anyone
starting out or to people who have been playing awhile. And you can't beat the price. $200.
when I bought it. The amp that came with it wasn't bad either. I always keep it on stage with
a couple of other guitars when my band and I are doing nightclubs around town. It sounds really good when we play "Suzie Q." The people love it and applaud when I strap it on
because they know what we're going to play and they all get up and dance to that song.
All-in-all, It's a great guitar, Get your hands on one if you can because they will go up in value
in the next few years.

If American made! Mexican Made... Cheap, and Chinese made... Junk.
Fender America makes a great resallable guitar. Great necks and fast too.

I don't know a lot about music, but as far as I can tell, this guitar does what it's supposed to. If I knew more about guitars, perhaps I could write a more critical review. Nonetheless, I was able to hook it to an amp easily, tune it with the tuner, and play along with an instructional cd (I purchased it separately). I'm definitely not disappointed.

I am very happy with the guitar that I recently purchased. The sellers really hook you up with lots of goodies--everything that you need to start playing the guitar, and the candy-apple red color doesn't suck at all!

I had the Fender Starcaster Strat Candy Apple Red for about a month now...and I totally love it! This is my first guitar ever, and I didn't know anything about guitars before, except they sound cool.

The guitar itself is well built, the color is splendid. Maybe some of the details are not top quality (like screws and knobs), but I believe that the overall quality is adequate for a first guitar and it reflects the price. The guitar comes ready to play, all you need is tuning. Again, it is my first guitar and I am not an expert, but the Fender Starcaster Strat sounds fine to me. Somebody complained in other reviews about the guitar not staying in tune: I had no issue so far and I play pretty much every day.

The whole accessory package is nice. You will find everything you need to get started, including a 10W amplifier and a bag for the guitar. When reading other's reviews about this product I remember that some were not satisfied with the amp, some were excited. As usual I believe the truth is in between. The amp is relatively small, but the sound is fine and it has volume, treble and bass knobs, input and headphones sockets. It also has a clean/O.D. switch. The "clean" position offers a crisp sound. The O.D. position is simply a distortion, which is cool, but for some reason it is subject to a lot of electric noise, and the amp pick radio stations...

With this said I only have one suggestion: if this is your first guitar and you wanna start to play and rock, then this is the one to go with. Maybe you won't be able to do amazing solos, but by the time you'll learn how to play them, you will probably want a better guitar anyway.

Although weak in some details, I gave 5 starts to this guitar pack because it is 100% complete and, in my opinion at least, completely satisfactory.

basically, this here is a perfectly legit guitar. I was really lucky and got a nice one. But if you want a starter "fender" guitar. Go to your nearest guitar center (or musician's friend) and pickup up a Squier Jagmaster. Much better guitar, same price without an amp.

the amp is decent, the distortion can get heavy, but really noisy. Decent starter kit. but for the same price, you could probably "assemble" a better one

I bought this kit for my daughter when she decided she wanted to learn to play an electric guitar. This kit was perfect for a beginner and had all the items needed to get her started right away... It is a good quality item and looks great, she is enjoying it very much... The only additional item to be purchased was a headset -- to keep the noise level down and mama happy...