Guild Starfire I DC Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar Cherry Red.

[Samick guitar nut]

OK new guy here. Could you tell me about and give me some info about the new to be released Guild Starfire I DC semi hollow red guitar? It looks really nice but is a budget guitar from [FONT=montserratlight, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Indonesia. I love Guilds semi and hollow body guitars. So what is the general consensus around here on the soon to be released [/FONT]Expected to Ship 06-22-2020[FONT=montserratlight, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] guitar?

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We haven't seen a copy yet, so I wish we could help.

 

[GAD]

Yeah no one's got hands-on that I know of yet. We did figure out (and by we I mean Ralf) that they appear to be Samick-made guitars: https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?202089-Hey-Ralf!.

The name is an abomination, but we can't yet speak for the guitars.

 

[JohnW63]

Seems like a LOT Of guitar for MSRP of $695.

I'm trying to compare the spec sheets for the SF I and the SF II and I don't see where the big difference is between them. The pickups are different. That's about all I can see in a page flip between them. If the quality and sound are there, I don't see how these should not sell very well.

 

[Guildadelphia]

I don't know if we can judge by this but the Gretsch Streamliner Series of guitars are made in Indonesia and get great reviews. I have personally played a few at the local Sam Ash and I have to say they really appeared to be well built with clean workmanship and surprisingly played great right off the rack with really nice fret work.

 

[SFIV1967]

Yeah no one's got hands-on that I know of yet. We did figure out (and by we I mean Ralf) that they appear to be Samick-made guitars: https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?202089-Hey-Ralf!.

That link didn't work, here is the correct one: https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/hey-ralf.202089/
Ralf

 

[SFIV1967]

I'm trying to compare the spec sheets for the SF I and the SF II and I don't see where the big difference is between them. The pickups are different. That's about all I can see in a page flip between them.

Starfire I Single Cutaway (Indonesia) vs. Starfire II ST in Natural (Korea).

Arched maple top, back and sides and neck vs. arched mahogany top, back and sides and neck.
Neck shape: Modern Thin "U" vs. Vintage Soft "U"
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood vs. Ebony
Fingerboard radius: 12.5" vs. 9 1/2"
Guild HB-2 vs Guild LB-1
Push/Pull Coil Split vs not
Body Depth Lower Bout 1 3/4" vs. 1 7/8"
Body Length 18 1/4" vs. 20 1/4"

Ralf