10 Mar
How do you change the batteries in a Fender Starcaster?
Okay here’s my problem, I have a Fender Starcaster, and I need to change the batteries. The only problem is, I can’t find WHERE the batteries go! I’ve tried searching the internet but everything just says there’s a compartment or whatever that you can easily open, but too bad my guitar doesn’t have one of those compartments. Help please?
Well then I have a problem, my guitar isn’t making any kind of sound to the amp, nor is the tuner working for it.
I did an EXTENSIVE search on the ‘net, and as far as I can tell, Starcasters NEVER had batteries in them. If you can email me the link to the internet site that mentions changing the battery in a Starcaster, I will check it out and get back to you- but for now…
Some guitars have what is known as "active" pickups, which require one or two betteries. These guitars tend to be mid- to high-end instruments, and made for a rather specalized sound- Fender Starcasters do NOT fall into either of these catagories. Some acoustic guitars will have pickups built into them, and often have an on-board pre-amp, but again, I can find no Starcaster acoustics that have these features.
From ‘76 ot ‘82, Fender made a Starcaster- named guitar. It was a hollowbody electric, but probably did not have active pickups. Fender has recycled the name, for a line of inexpensive beginner instruments, none of which have active pickups, either.
This is all actually good news for you- the LARGE majority of guitars do NOT have active pickups, and do not need them. Active pickups are for a very specific sound- if you decide you want that sound, great, but keep in mind, probably 90% of the best known guitarist (think Jimmy Page, Jimmi Hendrix, Chet Atkins, Mark Knoffler, Joe Satriani, Eddy VanHalen, etc, etc. ad nauseum) all do/did just fine without active pickups.
The bottom line: your Starcaster guitar has a 99.9% chance of not HAVING a bettery, and you, as a guitarist, have a 99.9% chance of not NEEDING a guitar that does.