lungimsam
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My first Guild after a lifetime of being a Fenderman. I have never seen one of these in person before.
Wow. I must say that I am very impressed. It looks waaaaaaaayyyy nicer in person than in the online pics. Nothing wrong with Sweetwater's pics. They are great.
But nothing like real life eye-to-bass contact. You guys are spoiled, playing all these Starfires all these years. I am so glad Guild re-issued them. They are so nice.
Looks:
The wood grain is beautiful, the stripe down the back is ruler straight, from top of the headstock through the headstock/neck joint, down the neck and right into the strap button. Tuners straight.
The rosewood fingerboard is beautiful, as are the inlays. The color is a dark cherry, which I like. I was hoping it wouldn't be light in color as it was a little hard to tell from the online pics what it would really be. The clear finish is thick and like glass. Not sure if Poly or Nitro or something else.
The binding is a nice creamy color.
Hardware looks sturdy and of high quality.
Everything just looks so well put together and finished so nicely.
Guild sure makes a fine instrument. It has been a long time since I worried about scratching up a new bass, and I was feeling that way today.
Play:
It plays so easy. I love the ease of the shortscale neck, which is what I was after. Much more friendly to my small hands than a 34" scale bass. I love the thin and narrow neck. Easy to play down by the nut. Easy to play above the 12th fret. I never felt any fretwire as my hand moved up and down the neck.
Sound:
The sound is fantastic. Growly and punchy and bright and clear. Even the low E string has great definition of tone and clarity, which is a feat for a builder to get that on shortscale basses I hear. The sound above the 12th fret is clear like the sound below the 12th fret. Intonation was good.
I am very pleased and hope the short time of playing the instrument today gave me an accurate view of what it is really going to be like. I am looking forward to playing it a lot.
After the bad experience I have had with a Gibson short scale bass over the last two years, I am so glad to finally get a shortie bass that plays, looks, and sounds so good.
I hope to post some pics soon.
Wow. I must say that I am very impressed. It looks waaaaaaaayyyy nicer in person than in the online pics. Nothing wrong with Sweetwater's pics. They are great.
But nothing like real life eye-to-bass contact. You guys are spoiled, playing all these Starfires all these years. I am so glad Guild re-issued them. They are so nice.
Looks:
The wood grain is beautiful, the stripe down the back is ruler straight, from top of the headstock through the headstock/neck joint, down the neck and right into the strap button. Tuners straight.
The rosewood fingerboard is beautiful, as are the inlays. The color is a dark cherry, which I like. I was hoping it wouldn't be light in color as it was a little hard to tell from the online pics what it would really be. The clear finish is thick and like glass. Not sure if Poly or Nitro or something else.
The binding is a nice creamy color.
Hardware looks sturdy and of high quality.
Everything just looks so well put together and finished so nicely.
Guild sure makes a fine instrument. It has been a long time since I worried about scratching up a new bass, and I was feeling that way today.
Play:
It plays so easy. I love the ease of the shortscale neck, which is what I was after. Much more friendly to my small hands than a 34" scale bass. I love the thin and narrow neck. Easy to play down by the nut. Easy to play above the 12th fret. I never felt any fretwire as my hand moved up and down the neck.
Sound:
The sound is fantastic. Growly and punchy and bright and clear. Even the low E string has great definition of tone and clarity, which is a feat for a builder to get that on shortscale basses I hear. The sound above the 12th fret is clear like the sound below the 12th fret. Intonation was good.
I am very pleased and hope the short time of playing the instrument today gave me an accurate view of what it is really going to be like. I am looking forward to playing it a lot.
After the bad experience I have had with a Gibson short scale bass over the last two years, I am so glad to finally get a shortie bass that plays, looks, and sounds so good.
I hope to post some pics soon.