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I'm one of the weirdos who liked the 2012 GSR Starfires - I prefer the 335 body shape, but like the Guild neck, bridge, sidejack and pickup placement better than the Gibson approach, so this bass is kind of the best of both worlds for me. Or the best of three worlds now - I replaced the Guild NOS humbucker (which was decent but too dark and round IMO) with a custom Curtis Novak pickup:
Pickup cases in these nonstandard dimensions are virtually nonexistent, so I made the shell with a 3D printer and Curtis put a pickup inside. It's as close as he could get to a reverse-Precision pickup (the bass coil is closer to the bridge), and it turned out great. It's much more articulate than the original, but still has plenty of low-end beef. Works great with the short scale, semi-hollow body, and central pickup location.
Pickup cases in these nonstandard dimensions are virtually nonexistent, so I made the shell with a 3D printer and Curtis put a pickup inside. It's as close as he could get to a reverse-Precision pickup (the bass coil is closer to the bridge), and it turned out great. It's much more articulate than the original, but still has plenty of low-end beef. Works great with the short scale, semi-hollow body, and central pickup location.