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I've been on the hunt for one of these forever and scored the one for sale here on LTG. I got it a couple of weeks ago so this is a belated NGD, but I was busy sitting on tiny airplanes during thunderstorms and didn't have a chance to post any details.
MLBob was terrific regarding the sale and I told him that this may have been the best packed guitar I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of guitars shipped!
I haven't managed to take my normal pics of it yet, so here it is reclining on the leather couch.
This guitar is damn-near mint. Plays like a dream, too!
As a bit of history, I fell in love with Guilds in part due to a high school friend's Starfire IV that was from around '77. It had that plain-looking maple top like this one but was blonde, and of course it had a rosewood fretboard and block inlays along with a harp tailpiece. I like the look of the harp, but I greatly prefer the playability of the stop-tail. I also LOVE ebony fretboards and really dig master volumes, so the '80s Starfires have always been a draw for me, but they rarely seem to show up and when they do they're either way too expensive or beat to heck. Also, HB1s baby! :sentimental:
MLBob was terrific regarding the sale and I told him that this may have been the best packed guitar I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of guitars shipped!
I haven't managed to take my normal pics of it yet, so here it is reclining on the leather couch.
This guitar is damn-near mint. Plays like a dream, too!
As a bit of history, I fell in love with Guilds in part due to a high school friend's Starfire IV that was from around '77. It had that plain-looking maple top like this one but was blonde, and of course it had a rosewood fretboard and block inlays along with a harp tailpiece. I like the look of the harp, but I greatly prefer the playability of the stop-tail. I also LOVE ebony fretboards and really dig master volumes, so the '80s Starfires have always been a draw for me, but they rarely seem to show up and when they do they're either way too expensive or beat to heck. Also, HB1s baby! :sentimental: