Mightymole
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Hi new to forum and new to Guild guitars. I have long been interested in Guild guitars but for some reason have never owned one. I saw this Starfire IV on a local ad for what I feel is a good price. The price was deeply discounted due to the alteration of a previous owner. As you can see the back was routed at some point and back access plates were added. A couple of interesting things, it was probably done a long time ago due to the different color in the lacquer where the plates were, and the backplates have been molded to fit the contour of the guitar.
I have been looking for a 335 type of guitar since I have never owned one. I realize this is not a carbon copy. So far I love this guitar. The pickups sound great. The person I bought it from altered the pickups to have 4 lead wires. This allows coil tapping. Generally though I like it in full humbucker mode.
wiring needs a little more work (bridge volume pot does not work) but with access plates hopefully even a hobbyist like me can work on it easily enough. The last owner added the master volume knob. The one thing I need to get used to is the thin narrow neck. The strings are so close to the edges of the board that I need to change technique in order not to have the strings slip of the edge.
It is was made in 1973 as near as I can tell. It has certainly been played but not super abused for it's age. The checking in the lacquer is starting to look cool. The binding is in good shape, all in all this is as cool of a guitar that I have purchased in some time.
One question has anyone seen routing and backplates put onto the back of a guild before? Just wondering.
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I have been looking for a 335 type of guitar since I have never owned one. I realize this is not a carbon copy. So far I love this guitar. The pickups sound great. The person I bought it from altered the pickups to have 4 lead wires. This allows coil tapping. Generally though I like it in full humbucker mode.
wiring needs a little more work (bridge volume pot does not work) but with access plates hopefully even a hobbyist like me can work on it easily enough. The last owner added the master volume knob. The one thing I need to get used to is the thin narrow neck. The strings are so close to the edges of the board that I need to change technique in order not to have the strings slip of the edge.
It is was made in 1973 as near as I can tell. It has certainly been played but not super abused for it's age. The checking in the lacquer is starting to look cool. The binding is in good shape, all in all this is as cool of a guitar that I have purchased in some time.
One question has anyone seen routing and backplates put onto the back of a guild before? Just wondering.