Guild Starfire IV ST Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar with Hard Case - Vintage Sunburst
Guild Starfire IV ST Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar with Hard Case - Vintage Sunburst
The Starfire IV ST Maple puts a modern twist on a highly popular semi-hollow Guild classic. With its graceful double cutaway and thinline body, the original Starfire IV was prized by many guitarists from the mid-1960s onward for its incomparable tone and feel. Premium features include an all maple body, a solid spruce center block, rosewood fingerboard, and Guild’s hallmark mahogany neck with maple center seam. This model features a Tune-O-Matic bridge, with a stopbar tailpiece for increased sustain and stability. The Starfire IV ST Maple includes dual LB-1 “Little Bucker” pickups, replicas of Guild’s original smaller size humbucking pickups.
The Guild LB-1 “Little Bucker” was first offered in 1962 as an upgrade from single coil pickups. Tonally, it has a little more jangle then a traditional PAF humbucker. The resistance and inductance of these pickups sit comfortably between a typical single coil and typical humbucker – contributing to the airy nature of the LB-1 without compromising its warmth. The LB-1 has a unique footprint, placing it in-between a mini-bucker and a full size humbucker.
specifications
body:
- Body Construction Semi-Hollowbody
- Body Top Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Back Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Sides Laminated Maple
- Body Shape Starfire™ IV
- Bracing Center Block
- Finish Gloss Polyurethane, Antique Sunburst
- Body Depth Upper Bout 1 5/8″ (41 mm)
- Body Depth Lower Bout 1 3/4″ (44mm)
- Body Length 18 1/4″ (464 mm)
- Body Width Lower Bout 16 1/2″ (419 mm)
- Body Width Upper Bout 11 3/4″ (298 mm)
- Overall Guitar Length 41 1/2″ (1055mm)
- Body Binding Ivory White with Black/White Purfling
- Purfling Black/Ivory White
- Soundhole/F-Holes Binding Unbound F Holes
neck:
- Neck Material 3-Piece Mahogany/Maple/Mahogany
- Neck Shape Vintage Soft “U”
- Neck Finish Gloss Polyurethane
- Scale Length 24 3/4″ (628 mm)
- Nut Width 1 11/16″ (43 mm)
- Nut Material Bone
- Neck Binding 1-Ply Ivory White
- Fingerboard Material Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius 9 1/2″ (240 mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays Pearloid Dot
- # of Frets 22
- Fret Size Narrow Jumbo
- Tuning Machines Grover® Sta-Tite™ Die-Cast
- Hardware Finish/Plating Nickel Plated
- Truss Rod Dual-Action
- Truss Rod Wrench 7mm Hex Truss Rod Wrench
features:
- Bridge Guild® Tune-O-Matic bridge with Stopbar tailpiece
- Strings D’Addario® EXL115 Nickel Wound, Medium/Blues-Jazz Rock, (.011-.049 Gauges)
- Case or Gig Bag TKL Deluxe Hardshell
- Bridge Pickup LB-1
- Neck Pickup LB-1
- Pickup Configuration HH
- Pickup Switches 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Control Knobs Black Plastic
- Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Included Accessories
- Strap Buttons Vintage-Style
- Pickguard Black with Guild Logo
- Item Number 379‐2110‐837
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| SKU | GUILD-STARFIREIV-ST-VSB |
| UPC | 809870300506 |