New Forum Member, New Starfire IV Owner

[krysh]

Krysh - which guitar are you using there on those myspace tracks?
Prudy

celestial breath: d-46 & pilot 605m
birches: sf4-lead/crunch, neubauer jazzbox-rhythm (sold), dearmond pilot dlx 6-string bass (for sale)
spring's arrived: piano and synth played with musicman silhouette with midi pickup, melody and rhythm guitar sf4, bass: esp custom jazzbass 4 string
frag mich nicht: lead guitar, piano and synth played with musicman silhouette with midi pickup, clean melody and crunch rhythm:sf4, bass: esp custom jazzbass 4 string

all guitars miked with an old beyerdynamic and oktava 219, 1x 15" eminence, Lender custom full tube poweramp, koch pedaltone fulltube preamp, some fx. bass with sansamp programmable bassdriver di direct.

 

[Prudy]

Sounds great...

I'm getting anxious now for the Guild to arrive!!!

Probably won't see it until late next week

Prudy

 

[Jeff]

Darryl,

Dig the orange, & a Bigsby too, way far out.

What kind of PUP's she got.

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Jeff,

I think they are the ones made for Guild by See More Dunkin'. Is there a way I can tell for sure?

 

[BluesDan]

Oh, and one more thing!

Is there an agreement on which gauge strings work well with the Starfire IV's? I was thinking .11 flatwounds, maybe Thomastiks or something similar?

Prudy

Hi Prudy
I've been toying around with Thomastiks on my newly acquired X-700. Love them. The flatwound .11's are cool subdued jazz tone and the Thomastik "Be-Bop" round wounds have that cool jazz tone but noticebly brighter, more rockabilly-ish. I prefer the round wounds and am sticking with those for now, fits my play style. Just my two cents..........of course string selection is in the ear of the beholder.....
Regards,
Dan

 

[Default]

I think I'm going to try those on my Gent. I just can't seem to get the right sound out of that thing. :?

 

[krysh]

Sounds great...

thanks prudy

 

[BluesDan]

I think I'm going to try those on my Gent. I just can't seem to get the right sound out of that thing. :?

Hey D,
The Thomastik Be-Bops may do the trick, although I gotta admit I'm not familiar with the Gent. When I received my x-700, someone on here reccomended flat wounds so I went to the local git shop. Guy at the counter interrogated me about my playing style and he suggested the round wound Be-Bops. I bought both the flat and rounds to check 'em out. Put the flats on first, I liked them but I was much more impressed when I switched them out for the Be-Bops. Matter of taste I'm sure. It was an expensive experiment as the strings were 20 bucks per set. Quite a bit more than my usual D'Addarios!!
Have fun if you decide to experiment..........

 

[Default]

<sigh> The Gent was a compromise. I wanted a Starfire doublecut or a 335. I had just gotten married and it was my last discretionary purchase. Couldn't find a Guild dealer- at the time, all the smaller mom and pop stores were closing up and they tended to be the Guild shops. I ended up getting antsy and checked Gruhn out. No Starfires and all the Gibsons were about $200 dollars more than I had. I ended up settling for the Gretsch. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful guitar, not a scratch on it, except for a tiny nick in the binding(gotta get that fixed) and the usual worn gold plating.
It may be that it needs heavier strings or a different brand.