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FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

This is a maple body example of a Westerly-made 1997 - 2001 Starfire II. It's identical to the Starfire III model, but is fitted with a Guild harp tailpiece instead of a Bigsby vibrato because sometimes a hardtail is all you need.

GUILD STARFIRE II (1997)


  Body: Hollow; laminated 1-piece maple top, back, and sides; double bound bound top and back

  Finish: Natural, nitrocellulose lacquer

  Neck: 1-piece mahogany, set-in; black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay

  Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, bound; pearloid dot markers

  Number of Frets: 20

  Pickguard: Acrylic

  Bridge: Bigsby aluminum on rosewood base with Guild/Bigsby B-2 tailpiece

  Nut: Plastic

  Tuners: Grover Rotomatic, chrome

  Pickups: Two, Seymour Duncan/Guild SD-1 humbucking with adjustable polepieces

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

  Scale Length: 24 3/4 inches

  Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

  Body Width at Lower Bout: 16 7/16 inches

  Body Depth: 2 inches

  Weight: 6.6 lb








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