My new bass: 1966 Guild Starfire

Map34157 · Nov 24, 2013

Well after searching for a few months I finally picked this up last week. Thanks for all the tips and help I received from members here. Greatly appreciated.

Pics:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/nbd-1966-guild-starfire-1032315/

hagmeat · Nov 25, 2013

Nice bass mate. Welcome back to the fold.
Cheers. Rob

fronobulax · Nov 25, 2013

Nice. But I have to ask, are you sure it is a '66? Every (subject to the kind of dumb errors I seem to make often) example in my p0rn collection that has the offset thumb and finger rests is '67 or later. There are a few examples with the parallel rests and the neck PU position from early '67 as well, so to the extent that serial numbers can explain Starfire bass chronology (and I know they do not and there are exceptions) that positioning strongly suggests '67, not 66. Thanks.

Map34157 · Nov 25, 2013

Wow, the placement of the thumb and finger rests never occurred to me that it is a '67 instead of a '66. I'll have to check the serial number when I get home, but you're probably right. Thanks for the info. Also, I noticed my previous SF in your p0rn collection.

https://picasaweb.google.com/Fronobulax/GuildBridges#5479039349789336978

fronobulax · Nov 25, 2013

Map34157 said:
Wow, the placement of the thumb and finger rests never occurred to me that it is a '67 instead of a '66. I'll have to check the serial number when I get home, but you're probably right. Thanks for the info. Also, I noticed my previous SF in your p0rn collection.

https://picasaweb.google.com/Fronobulax/GuildBridges#5479039349789336978

Neat. For the most part I am just snagging pictures of pre-68 basses from anywhere I find them (started out as a research project based upon a whole lot of misconceptions but was fun to continue) but I have found a couple cases where a new owner found an old picture as well as one serial number that was used on both a factory SF I and SF II. That duplicate has been confirmed by Hans Moust.

mavuser · Nov 25, 2013

Nice score! No suck switch so looks to be early 1967. As such, I would not rule out 1966 If you were given reason to believe it is 66. I'm sure u can get to the bottom of it before long around here...either way home run. Congrats!

Map34157 · Nov 25, 2013

I'm stoked. I can't wait to play it tonight at my practice.

twocorgis · Nov 25, 2013

Frono, just noticed that you had this picture of Greenie in the p0rn collection:

It's also labeled as a '67, and it's a '68. How about a better shot like this one, where we can all tell it's really green?

Map34157 · Nov 25, 2013

Beautiful bass ya got there.

fronobulax · Nov 25, 2013

Snagged Greenie and will update and correct the year. It always warms my little corner of the internet when someone (correctly) suggests I may have made a mistake because it means people are paying attention.

twocorgis · Nov 25, 2013

Actually, I just double checked after getting a PM from Hans, and the correct SN for Greenie is BA-1703, which of course is what Hans has on record (natch). Hans requested a shot of the headstock, and here it is, prior to Fixit doing some excellent touch-up work:

And thanks, map34157, it is a beautiful bass indeed!

lungimsam · Nov 27, 2013

Are those the original tuners?

twocorgis · Nov 27, 2013

lungimsam said:
Are those the original tuners?

Yes. Everything is original with the exception of a suck switch bypass, and a tone cap value change to add a little more thump.

My new bass: 1966 Guild Starfire

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