JohnW63
Enlightened Member
That isn't reliced, it's rusticed !
This is one of the early 61 models as 1961 was the year that the Starfire's received the body binding on the back as well as the front.
Your SF-II is from the last quarter of 1961. Even though a few Starfires were done with back binding around that time, the actual change took place during 1962.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Beautiful guitar! Archer's Music in Fresno had one of these in dark green with Dearmonds back in the late 90's. Wanted that sucker so bad, just couldn't get the $$ together. One of these days...