Here's the young lady who stole my heart this morning:
Hello OnFallowGround,
Looks more like a 1997-model to me; should have SD-1 pickups!
Enjoy the guitar!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
The good news is that it likely has the same pickups as the guitar in the video you posted. If you're aiming for that sound, you might have a "happy accident" on your hands.Interesting. Thanks for the info! A smarter man would have probably asked for a serial number prior to purchasing. I'll let you guys know.
I wonder if I can get a few bucks back from false advertising!
Keep the guitar that sings to you and you'll never be sorry.
Keep the guitar that sings to you and you'll never be sorry.
Fun watch. I love his first attempt at "changing the molecular composition of the guitar." Anybody ever done anything that crazy?
No, but then I would have checked for disconnected grounds before I put my new one-of-a-kind custom shop guitar in the freezer. :lemo:
Whoah there!...Lake Placid??...You are buying that Guild Starfire IV long distance. I know because I just played that VERY guitar last week!!!
Located in Kansas City, MO at the "Folk" music store (a store which is part of the Kansas City Folk Music Society).
Funny thing....I sold an old Yairi DY45 to a great guy locally on Craigslist. He'd been looking for a good one...and my DY45 was one of those "I'll never sell her" guitars. Well..I sold her. When he asked my why I was selling I told him I was on the lookout for a Guild....had too many guitars....blah blah etc. etc.
This buyer called me last week. Said he was eating lunch down by Folk and noticed that they had a MINT D25CH for sale. He explained that it made my near mint Yairi DY45 look well used (hard to believe..it was in great shape). SO....that was all the motivation that I needed to leave work and drive 30 minutes to downtown to see this mint D25CH. Long story short....it is a neat store that I hadn't been to prior. My D25CH was NOT MINT...and as a matter of fact was cracked in 3 separate places on its top. Despite its cracks it sounded GREAT. I passed on it given their $850 price tag.
Whilst I was perusing the store...the ONLY other guitar that caught my eye....was that very sunburst Starfire IV that you are writing about. Had I known...I would've given it a higher level inspection. I did play it and thought it was VERY nice. I even commented to my brother that I had thought it was " a whole lot of guitar for $1K ". I found no obvious imperfections on that guitar. They also had an older Guild electric (black) next to it that I didn't mess with.
SMALL WORLD!!!! Let me know how it goes!
Kit in KC
Whoah there!...Lake Placid??...You are buying that Guild Starfire IV long distance. I know because I just played that VERY guitar last week!!!
Located in Kansas City, MO at the "Folk" music store (a store which is part of the Kansas City Folk Music Society).
Funny thing....I sold an old Yairi DY45 to a great guy locally on Craigslist. He'd been looking for a good one...and my DY45 was one of those "I'll never sell her" guitars. Well..I sold her. When he asked me why I was selling I told him I was on the lookout for a Guild....had too many guitars....blah blah etc. etc.
This buyer called me last week. Said he was eating lunch down by Folk and noticed that they had a MINT D25CH for sale. He explained that it made my near mint Yairi DY45 look well used by comparison (hard to believe..the Yairi was in great shape). SO....that was all the motivation that I needed to leave work and drive 30 minutes to downtown to see this mint D25CH. Long story short....it is a neat store that I hadn't been to prior. The D25CH was NOT MINT...and as a matter of fact was cracked in 3 separate places on its top. Despite its cracks it sounded GREAT. It had other minor cosmetic issues....I passed on it given their $850 price tag.
Whilst I was perusing the store...the ONLY other guitar that caught my eye....was that very sunburst Starfire IV that you are writing about. Had I known...I would've given it a higher level inspection. I did play it and thought it was VERY nice. I even commented to my brother that I had thought it was " a whole lot of guitar for $1K ". I found no obvious imperfections on that guitar. They also had an older Guild electric (black) next to it that I didn't mess with.
Ooops...I did pick up a Martin OM Norman Blake edition and fiddled a bit too
SMALL WORLD!!!! Let me know how it goes!
Kit in KC
Thank you so much for the info. That's gotta be one really cool guitar. Not the era/model I'm looking for, but someone is going to make a good home for it one of these days, I'm sure.Sitting next to Mr. Lake Placid's Starfire (which is "sold, packed, and ready to ship to NY" per the nice gent at the store) is a 1967 T-100, 2 pickups, in "rare" factory black. I didn't pull it down....it was not mint but looked to be a pretty good player. Asking $1550 and I'd assume somewhat negotiable. As I recall when I walked in pre Christmas he said "tomorrow everything will be 20% off for one day only". They publish their inventory here http://www.folkalliance.org/store/store-inventory/ if you care to browse....but not much Guild to look at.
Anyway....hope it helped. In the meantime...could someone please sell me (for a reasonable sum) a Guild F20...AND take my Larrivee parlor in trade
Kit