Wanted: Starfire I or II Bass

[idealassets]

I posted this in FS/FT, but it has virtually not been read, so I am also posting it here:

I am interested in buying a Guild Starfire I or II bass guitar. I would like it to be original with everything working, and in nice condition. An original case would help. I will gladly pay what a nice condition guitar is worth. I don't want a lower priced project guitar.

The guitar will find a good home, and be a player guitar in a home studio. It will not be "flipped" for resale, but will reamain within a family of Guild players.

Please contact me about the details, and your asking price.

p.s.- I am not interested in the $3500 cherry red Starfire that has been re-listed on ebay. Anything else might work out very well.

Thank you,
Craig

 

[mgod]

I have a black 1970 SF-II I'd consider selling. I love it but its not the SF I use the most, and I need cash, like this week. By next week I might not. But for the right stupid price it could go, and that hideous maple thing on ebay has raised the bar for the real thing.

But its beautiful and it mostly just sits here, and although I seem to love stuff, I'm not really in a time in my life when more stuff enhances it in anyway.

Suck switch bypassed.

As to any recordings its on, the only one I'm sure of is a session I did with Jim Keltner, a song he and I wrote with Susanna Hoffs called Weak With Love. But, by the time her record was finished you can't tell what's what on that track.

 

[fronobulax]

I have a black 1970 SF-II I'd consider selling.

In the middle of the back row (or is my memory shot)?

 

[mgod]

That's it.

 

[idealassets]

As to any recordings its on, the only one I'm sure of is a session I did with Jim Keltner

Is this the same Jim Keltner that played drums in the 70's. If so I can recall him as a studio drummer on several of my albums.

CG

 

[mgod]

60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s.

This was in the 90s.

 

[crimson_dynamo]

Well, since you're looking, here's mine:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Guild-Starfire-bass-/190581283141?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c5f879945

 

[bassmyf]

Well, since you're looking, here's mine:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Guild-Starfire-bass-/190581283141?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c5f879945

Little late on that front, Dynamo. Mr. Assets already scored himself a pair. Nice bass though. Good luck with your sale, and welcome aboard.

 

[fronobulax]

Well, since you're looking, here's mine:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Guild-Starfire-bass-/190581283141?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c5f879945

Welcome and good luck with the sale.

Not that a Starfire can be replaced, but what will you be playing instead?

 

[crimson_dynamo]

Well, I have played this Starfire on hundreds of shows, it's been my #1 bass for many years. Lately, however, I have really been feeling a bit stale. I pick it up and it's like I have already played all the notes already. I have a few other hollowbody basses- including a really sweet '64 Hofner Senator autographed by Klaus Voorman. I've been itching to own a Rickenbacker- something totally different- and I hate to sell this, but it's the only way I can afford (or justify) a new bass.

 

[Happy Face]

Curious as to what bridge is on the JS-II in mgod's family portrait.

Curious if it allows the E to intonate...

Thank you in advance for your kind attention to this matter.

 

[fronobulax]

Well, I have played this Starfire on hundreds of shows, it's been my #1 bass for many years. Lately, however, I have really been feeling a bit stale. I pick it up and it's like I have already played all the notes already. I have a few other hollowbody basses- including a really sweet '64 Hofner Senator autographed by Klaus Voorman. I've been itching to own a Rickenbacker- something totally different- and I hate to sell this, but it's the only way I can afford (or justify) a new bass.

Thanks. Have you ever played one with a Bi-sonic or Dark Stars? I would expect the tone to be different enough that it might eliminate the feeling of staleness.

 

[mgod]

Lately, however, I have really been feeling a bit stale. I pick it up and it's like I have already played all the notes already. I have a few other hollowbody basses- including a really sweet '64 Hofner Senator autographed by Klaus Voorman.

I get that feeling - I look at my hands on a neck its played for decades and feel like, "How long can I do this one thing?"

What's the story on the Klaus signature?

Derek, that's a Gibson bridge. Yes, it intonated, but it was an experiment that didn't really work. The EB-3 was a very successful experiment.

 

[Happy Face]

Thanks mgod.

Every now & then I ponder changing the bridge on my JS-II. But I should probably try moving it instead. Some day. In the distant future.