Newbie -intro- SF /T100 question

[Shakeylee]

are these Kolb tuners?

1974 Guild USA Starfire II Sunburst Vintage Westerly | eBay

Here's a 1974 Guild Starfire II in a factory original sunburst finish. This guitar is in good condition with average type of play wear for a 46 year old guitar - see pic's. The serial number is 97732 and it's made in the USA.

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[hansmoust]

are these Kolb tuners?

Yes, they are!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Shakeylee]

thank you so much

 

[GAD]

Pic of said tuners for posterity:

 

[Shakeylee]

crypt digging my own thread,because buying a GF-25 slowed my T/sf shopping.

does anyone know the timeline of
start and stop years T-100
start,stop,restart SFI/II/III???

what years had what pickups?

thank you!!

 

[Default]

T-100 initially had Frances.
Starfires had DeArmonds until about 1964, probably 63. Bible is not in front of me.
After the Starfire was introduced, T-100 had a variety of single coil pickups, until the Mickey mouse was introduced.
Right before they were discontinued in the early seventies, some of them had humbuckers, as they were just using up parts on a low demand model.

 

[Shakeylee]

T-100 initially had Frances.
Starfires had DeArmonds until about 1964, probably 63. Bible is not in front of me.
After the Starfire was introduced, T-100 had a variety of single coil pickups, until the Mickey mouse was introduced.
Right before they were discontinued in the early seventies, some of them had humbuckers, as they were just using up parts on a low demand model.

do you know what the pickup after franz but before mickey mouse is called?

 

[Default]

There were at least two, but I don't recall offhand what they were.

 

[hansmoust]

any guesses on that toggle switch?

Apparently it made more sense than the master-volume that was put on there by a previous owner! If you want to know what it does, you should ask the seller ........... or buy the guitar!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[jp]

IIRC, T-100s after the early 60s could have Hagstrom Adjustomatics with either chrome or white tops.

The Starfires have appeared with different variations of Dearmond pickups. The most common was the Dearmond 2000 on Guilds with white tops. These are what Gretsch called the Dynasonics. We've seen rare examples of Starfires with what I think is called the Dearmond 210 with a single line of magnets and a beveled white top.

Others -- and, yes I mean Ralf or Hans :C) -- please correct me if I'm wrong about this.

See Hans's book, and GAD's Dearmond article. This is also a useful Dearmond reference site.

 

[Shakeylee]

Apparently it made more sense than the master-volume that was put on there by a previous owner! If you want to know what it does, you should ask the seller ........... or buy the guitar!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

I asked the seller immediately, but, the guitar was sold before a response. They never did respond.

I think I saw the same guitar later on with a plug instead of a toggle

 

[Shakeylee]

so, i am done kicking tires,

just bought a 1960 from richard 69

thank you everyone for all your help!!!