The Guild Starfire IV 6-String Semi Acoustic Guitar Transparent Cherry Red is a fine instrument in the best Guild tradition and a welcome return of a highly popular semi-hollow Guild classic.
Features include a graceful double-cutaway thinline laminated Mahogany arched body and a rock-solid three-piece Mahogany/Maple/Mahogany neck with a Rosewood fretboard. Other premium appointments include special vintage-style ‘anti-hum dual-coil’ pickups and a classic Transparent Cherry Red finish as well as a Guild Adjusto-Matic bridge with Rosewood base, Guild ‘Harp’ tailpiece, Chesterfield headstock inlay and Grover Sta-Tite die-cast tuners.
The main features of the Guild Starfire IV 6-String Semi Acoustic Guitar Transparent Cherry Red include;
Model Name: Starfire IV
Series: Newark St. Collection
Colour: Transparent Cherry Red
Model: 379-2100-866
Body Material: Laminated Mahogany
Body Shape: Starfire IV
Body Back: Arched Laminated Mahogany
Body Sides: Laminated Mahogany
Body Top: Arched Laminated Mahogany
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
Bracing: Centre Block
Purfling: Black/Ivory White
F Holes Sound Holes: Unbound F Holes
Body Depth: 1.75" (44.45 mm)
Body Length: 20.25" (514 mm)
Body Width Lower Bout: 16.38" (416 mm)
Body Binding: Ivory White with Black/White Purfling
Neck Shape: Vintage Soft "U"
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Jumbo
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
Fingerboard Radius: 9.45" (240 mm)
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: 3-Piece Mahogany/Maple/Mahogany
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 24.75" (628 mm)
Headstock: Newark St.
Neck Binding: 1-Ply Ivory White
Truss Rods: Dual-Action Head Adjust
Truss Rod Nut: Hex
Pickup Configuration: HH
Bridge Pickup: Guild "Anti-Hum" Dual-Coil
Neck Pickup: Guild "Anti-Hum" Dual-Coil
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Hardware Finish: Nickel-Plated
Bridge: Guild Adjusto-Matic with Rosewood Base
Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite Die-Cast
String Nut: Bone
Pickguard: Opaque Plexi Pickguard with Guild Logo
Tools: Truss Rod Wrench
Strings: D'Addario EXL115 Nickel Wound, Medium/Blues-Jazz Rock, (.011-.049 Gauges)
If you can’t get afford a 335 buy this I’ve owned a 335 USA and this is so close if not better and the master volume switch is a great addition in such a handy place. You can cover all styles with this! All I can say is get it in your rack and this will be your go to guitar!
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(This review is from the same product in color Cherry)
