DeluxeToneJim
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G'day Fellow Guild Aficionados,
A buddy of mine recently mentioned this forum to me and although I'm not much of a forum user I thought I might spend some time here seeing as it seems to be full of people who share my passion for Guild guitars
I recently acquired a 1974 Starfire IV Stereo and was just wondering about the tone of Starfire semi-hollow body models. Mine is incredibly 'warm' tonally. The low mids seem a lot more full on - which makes chord clarity a little underwhelming (except maybe for Jazz). Here in Australia the USA made Guilds are quite rare and I don't know of anyone with an SFIV to compare it to to see if mine is much 'different'. I would love to hear any other SFIV or V owners interpretation of the tone of their guitar. I'm wondering if mine is so warm sounding purely because of the all mahogany with mahogany block construction? That's my assumption. In any case - it's a beautiful instrument!
Here's my current collection. I recently let a Newark St Series Aristocrat M75 go but am now regretting it. Apart from some minor set up and 'finishing off' flaws from the factory it was a damn great sounding guitar that was fun to play!
Cheers - Jim.
1974 Starfire II
1974 Starfire IV
1999 X150
2002 X150D
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A buddy of mine recently mentioned this forum to me and although I'm not much of a forum user I thought I might spend some time here seeing as it seems to be full of people who share my passion for Guild guitars
I recently acquired a 1974 Starfire IV Stereo and was just wondering about the tone of Starfire semi-hollow body models. Mine is incredibly 'warm' tonally. The low mids seem a lot more full on - which makes chord clarity a little underwhelming (except maybe for Jazz). Here in Australia the USA made Guilds are quite rare and I don't know of anyone with an SFIV to compare it to to see if mine is much 'different'. I would love to hear any other SFIV or V owners interpretation of the tone of their guitar. I'm wondering if mine is so warm sounding purely because of the all mahogany with mahogany block construction? That's my assumption. In any case - it's a beautiful instrument!
Here's my current collection. I recently let a Newark St Series Aristocrat M75 go but am now regretting it. Apart from some minor set up and 'finishing off' flaws from the factory it was a damn great sounding guitar that was fun to play!
Cheers - Jim.
1974 Starfire II
1974 Starfire IV
1999 X150
2002 X150D