Guild Starfire V w/Bigsby Blk

Thinline semi-hollowbody guitar

Image Guild Starfire V w/Bigsby Blk

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Latest User Reviews

2 years ago

This is my first ever semi-hollow guitar so take my words with a grain of salt. First impression when I took it out of the case – what a stunning guitar! It looks exactly like I hoped it would. Build quality: the sticker says that it was handbuilt in Korea, which is a good sign for me. I couldn't find any scratches or other defects in the paint. The neck is nice and smooth, definitely on the thinner side of the spectrum. Frets are well-polished. The only thing that really bothered me was the nut. It's too wide for the slot and its sharp edges stick out. It feels like they missed a step of fitting and sanding it down properly and just glued it “as is”. Sound: the guitar is very resonant and is fairly loud even unplugged. When plugged the amount of noise from the pickups is minimal. I like how the pickups sound somewhat between a PAF humbucker and a stacked single coil. They are special. The neck pickup emphasizes bass and the bridge pickup boosts trebles more than I expected. The middle position is well-balanced. I really liked the tightness and punchiness of these pickups. Misc.: the tuning stability could certainly be improved. I'm going to replace the factory bridge with a roller bridge to see if that helps. The case the guitar came with is great.

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Guild
  • Average price : $1262
  • Body: laminated mahogany
  • Body depth (lower bout): 45 mm
  • 3-piece mahogany / maple neck
  • Fretboard: rosewood (Dalbergia Latifolia)
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • 22 Frets
  • Scale: 628 mm
  • Pearloid block inlays
  • 2x Guild anti-hum dual coil humbucker pickups
  • Guild Adjusto-Matic bridge
  • Bigsby B70 vibrato bar
  • Grover Sta-Tite machine heads
  • Colour: black
  • Case included
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