FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The guitar shown here is one of the last to leave the Westerly, Rhode Island factory before production moved to Fender's facility in Corona, California. It has a deeper body than its 1990s predecessors as well as more rounded double cutaways horns, wider nut and beefier neck profile. Please see Gary Donahue's detailed review of his 2000 Starfire IV for additional information.

  Body:  Semi-hollow; laminated 1-piece flame maple top, back, and sides; 5-ply bound top and back

  Finish:  Natural,  polyurethane

  Neck:  3-piece mahogany/maple, set-in; black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay

  Fingerboard:  Indian rosewood, single bound; pearloid dot markers

  Number of Frets:  22

  Pickguard:  Acrylic

  Bridge:  Gotoh Tune-o-matic with stop tailpiece, chrome

  Nut:  Plastic

  Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic, chrome

  Pickups:  Two, Fender/Guild HB-1 with adjustable pole pieces, chrome

  Controls:  Tone and volume controls for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector

  Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

  Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

  Body Width at Lower Bout:  16 3/8 inches

  Body Depth:  1 3/4 inches

  Weight:  8.6 lb