Bealive me or not after owning and playing so many vintage beauties it is special indeed ....
And I was intrigued by your mention of Greek folk players by the way, I've had a fondness for a least some Greek music ever since I was a kid,
Zorba the Greek.
Later I discovered Greek pych/prog bands like Aphrodite's Child and love Vangelis' first solo album
EARTH.
Vangelis incorporated a lot of traditional Greek music and instruments in his sound at the time. Loved it to death, still do. Love the instruments too, that bouzouki tone!
A l-o-o-ng time ago we had a member join from Greece. He'd just acquired an F65ce which is a very similar body to a Starfire with an arched laminated maple back, but it's a flat-top.
He thought the back was solid because the inside and outside grain matched. As an F65ce owner and lover I explained to him that Guild actually tried to make sure the grain pattern matched on the inside and outside sheets of laminate. The sheets were acquired from a veneer manufacturer and since they were sliced off a block successively like so many slices of salami, the grain on any 2 successive sheets would be nearly identical. The center sheet was typically something lighter like larch or alder IIRC.
So flat laminated sheet is then put into the archback press to form the back.
Our new member still didn't believe me, oh well...