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Post subject: Starcaster (S1) Nut Width, String spacing, Bridge width
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:12 pm
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I have a Fender Starcaster SSH S1 (not made by Squire) with the arrow headstock made in Indonesia. The SN is IC050255007.

The problem with this guitar is the strings are too close together for my large hands and fat fingers. I researched this guitar on Wikipedia and in the article, it said the nut width for this particular Starcaster is 40mm.

No amount of practicing is going to overcome the fact that the strings on this guitar are too close together for an adult hand-especially MY big hands and fat fingers. I don't want to waste my time go through the aggravation when I know I will just end up putting the guitar down in frustration and never pick it back up again. This guitar was clearly meant to be played by tiny little hands.


It wouldn't make sense economically to put a wider neck and bridge on it either because it would cost as much to do that as it would to get a Mexican or low end Strat.

I was looking at Strats on the Fender website and all the ones I saw have a 42mm nut width except for the "Special" that is 43mm. I guess that was done to keep the strings lined up with the magnets on the different pickup it uses.

I guess I will just have to go that route and just get rid of this student guitar. I only paid $80 for it on eBay, so I didn't get burned too badly


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Post subject: Re: Starcaster (S1) Nut Width, String spacing, Bridge width
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:11 pm
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Post subject: Re: Starcaster (S1) Nut Width, String spacing, Bridge width
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:25 pm
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