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Ooh. That's a stunner! Walter's right - one rarely sees 60s Starfires that clean. The Bigsby almost looks too chrome-y to be original, but I could be wrong.
Looking forward to watching some more pics, and reading a full comparative review of the three guitars...(...) Still, I'll now have a Hoboken, Corona, and Newark Street Starfire III to compare. Might need to get a Westerly to complete the set. (...)
Looking forward to watching some more pics, and reading a full comparative review of the three guitars...
Hope you can make it to a Westerly model too...Then you can sell back the one(s) you like the least maybe.:laughing:
Bernie
Thanks GAD...The one above is Newark Street, and the one underneath would be Corona's, i would bet from their bridges then ? I wonder how different they would sound from this only difference...
But the pickups may be quite different too...
I thought they were the same instrument...
Anyway, Gad, I know you prefer roller bridges, but you can get a genuine Bigsby saddle compensated for a plain G string
https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/saddle-bigsby-bridge-new-polished
Those are the Japanese made tuners and the same like on my 1967 Starfire IV. Also without covers. Yes they are stiff as hell and need loads of lube to get them going (I use Tri-Flow or Finish Line Dry Teflon Bike Lube). Good thing, since they are stiff they stay in tune. And I used an Ernie Ball Power Peg Pro String Winder to drive each one maybe 50 times around with lube.The tuners in question.