Starfire VI Custom Shop

[AlexGrey]

Hello,I’m new to the forum,I ask you to help me determine the year of my guitar and all the information about it. Inside the guitar there is an inscription Custom Shop / Starfire VI Custom,no number on the back of the head.I can't find any information about Guild Custom Shop.I would be very grateful if you can find time to answer.Thanks

 

[BradHK]

Welcome and that’s very pretty! I don’t have any detailed insight on the history of that guitar but I am sure others with more knowledge will chime in momentarily. Can you please post a photo of the label inside the f-hole? This will help the identification.

 

[AlexGrey]

 

[AlexGrey]

all I could find was a similar label on the Slash guitar

 

[GAD]

@hansmoust would know. Looks like a Nashville Custom Shop label.

 

[walrus]

Beautiful guitar!

 

[twocorgis]

@hansmoust would know. Looks like a Nashville Custom Shop label.

Interesting that is seems to have the Hoboken style truss rod cover, although it's possible it didn't come that way. Cool guitar!

 

[AlexGrey]

same label on another Slash guitar, and here someone else owns a Custom Shop Starfire VI ?

 

[GAD]

The label style is from the Nashville Custom Shop. Any Guild from that shop will have a similar label.

 

[BradHK]

Interesting that is seems to have the Hoboken style truss rod cover, although it's possible it didn't come that way. Cool guitar!

I have seen a few from this era that have the plastic Westerly shaped truss rod cover with the Hoboken style “shield“ in the center. Here is one from a 2000 F30 currently on Reverb.

 

[AlexGrey]

Ок, how to determine the year by numbers?

 

[twocorgis]

I have seen a few from this era that have the plastic Westerly shaped truss rod cover with the Hoboken style “shield“ in the center. Here is one from a 2000 F30 currently on Reverb.

Now that I look a little closer, it is plastic, so probably did come that way.

 

[SFIV1967]

Your guitar was made in the Guild Custom Shop in Nashville in year 1999.

Ralf

 

[hansmoust]

Hello,I’m new to the forum,I ask you to help me determine the year of my guitar and all the information about it. Inside the guitar there is an inscription Custom Shop / Starfire VI Custom,no number on the back of the head.I can't find any information about Guild Custom Shop.I would be very grateful if you can find time to answer.Thanks

Hello Alex,

Welcome! That particular guitar was completed in the Nashville Custom Shop during the year 1999. It was ordered by Washington Music and it did get a regular Bigsby vibrato instead of the usual Guild branded Bigsby.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[AlexGrey]

Thank you very much, you helped me a lot!

 

[AlexGrey]

Hello Alex,

Welcome! That particular guitar was completed in the Nashville Custom Shop during the year 1999. It was ordered by Washington Music and it did get a regular Bigsby vibrato instead of the usual Guild branded Bigsby.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

How many of them were released? is this a rare instrument?

 

[hansmoust]

How many of them were released? is this a rare instrument?

This guitar was custom ordered in that configuration, so it's a one-off. There may be other ones that could be similar, but it was not part of a series.

I noticed there's some headstock binding missing. If you are going to have that repaired, make sure that the repair guy or woman has experience with these kind of jobs!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[AlexGrey]

Ok, thank you Hans!

 

[AlexGrey]

This guitar was custom ordered in that configuration, so it's a one-off. There may be other ones that could be similar, but it was not part of a series.

I noticed there's some headstock binding missing. If you are going to have that repaired, make sure that the repair guy or woman has experience with these kind of jobs!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Hans,what do you think about the strap button location?

 

[HeyMikey]

Why did the shop use a Bigsby? Was that a common practice or would it have been special ordered that way? Beautiful guitar!