Curious here. What is your favorite color Starfire

[mbrindell]

Hi Guys, Out of all the colors Guild used on their Starfires over the years. What's your favorite?
Here's mine.



But we also have these stunning colors not counting walnut, blond and sunburst...



From left to right, Cherry red, Ebony grain, Amber and the two Greenies.

 

[SFIV1967]

Emerald Green is also my favorite color! (even if I only have a Cherry one).
Ralf

 

[hansmoust]

Out of all the colors Guild used on their Starfires over the years. What's your favorite?

I love any color, as long as it's black!

So for Starfires that would be the one in the second row on the left!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Mark WW]

I only owned one SF and it was black. The only guitar I wish I had not sold...

 

[mbrindell]

Yes, I agree, my blackstar is sunning as well. I still have this one but back in the 90s has a black SF V. Wish I still had that one.

 

[hansmoust]

....... but back in the 90s has a black SF V. Wish I still had that one.

Still have my black Starfire V; it's hardly black though!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[walrus]

That's a very cool finish, Hans, I assume from aging, right? What year is it?

walrus

 

[hansmoust]

I assume from aging, right? What year is it?

Yup! When you look under the pickguard, or under the Bigsby, it will give you an idea what the guitar must have looked like in 1965, when it was new.
It's almost like an 'army camouflage' look now!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[mbrindell]

Mine was a '65 as well. Looked exactly the same, but blacker.

 

[twocorgis]

I'm with Mike. Make mine green!

 

[Walter Broes]

black for me too!

 

[dbirchett]

I like my natural maple:

But, seriously, there are no unttractive finishes that I have seen on Starfires. Even my least favorite, natural mahogany, is a beautiful guitar.

 

[Jeff Haddad]

I agree with Don, they all look great! Lots of good photos of green ones in this thread - I found it tough to photograph mine when I had one. It usually looked black but I got the green to show up here:



Unfortunately, both of those guitars (the 'burst is a T100D, I know) are gone.

I'm going to vote for Cherry:

 

[dapmdave]

I like blondes!

 

[southernGuild]

I love the look of those Dark stained 'walnut' finishes, along with the nickle silver.............Those are my favorites.
Then, in a close second, The Maple blondes. :couple_inlove:

 

[zizala]

I'd love to have a black one, but my '61 in cherry over mahogany is pleasing enough!

I like how the transparent cherry is more muted in color over the mahogany.



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[mbrindell]

Hi Again friends, Lots of great photos on this thread, thanks I love it. So far the consensus seems to be that Green and Black are the most popular, with some red, blond or natural, sunburst, etc... But no one has mentioned the Honey amber or Amberstar yet. Personally in my search it was the most difficult to find and then one fell right into my lap thanks to this page.
Here's the 1962 Amberstar II.



The first shot show up very close to it's true color. Here is a shot of my amberstar next to a '63 Cherry red SF III. Many people think that the Amber color is just a faded red, but you can see a distinct difference here.



I have seen dealers and individuals selling faded red SFs as Amberstars. Remember, if it doesn't say Amberstar on the label, it's not an Amberstar.

 

[walrus]

Hard to argue with you, Mike, after those pictures! That amber is really very pretty...

walrus

 

[mavuser]

flamed maple cherryburst (not mine):

flamed maple anitique burst (this one is mine... )

 

[mbuc]

Love the amber!