FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

After a 26-year hiatus, Guild re-introduced the Starfire V from 1999 to 2001. It was based on the contemporaneous Starfire IV, but with block fingerboard markers, master volume, roller bridge and Bigsby tailpiece. While the Starfire IV was available with an optional mahogany body, the Starfire V was only available with a maple body. The earliest examples of this model, such as the one shown here, were fitted with Seymour Duncan SD-1 pickups, but most used Fender HB-1s. The rebooted Starfire V was not terribly popular and therefore, had a short production life with fewer than a couple hundred made.

  Body:  Semi-hollow; laminated 1-piece flame maple top, back, and sides; double bound top and back

  Finish:  Antique Burst,  nitrocellulose lacquer

  Neck:  3-piece mahogany/maple, set-in; black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay

  Fingerboard:  Indian rosewood, single bound; pearloid block markers

  Number of Frets:  22

  Pickguard:  Acrylic

  Bridge:  Schaller roller bridge with Guild/Bigsby B-9 vibrato tailpiece

  Nut:  Plastic

  Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic, chrome

  Pickups:  Two, Seymour Duncan/Guild SD-1 with adjustable pole pieces, chrome

  Controls:  Tone and volume controls for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector

  Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

  Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

  Body Width at Lower Bout:  16 3/8 inches

  Body Depth:  1 3/4 inches

  Weight:  9.1 lb