Panama Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry!Īs mentioned in the electronics section, this guitar has a different character than the 1966 Starfire, and between the slightly different body, the different pickups, and the change in the electronics, it’s easy to see why. Locomotive Breath Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! Riffage Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! RockyHorror Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! ’49 Mercury Blues Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry!ġ2th-Fret Nonsense Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! Sleepwalk Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! Stray Cat Strut Ending Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! That shouldn’t matter at all, but in the interest of science (or for what passes for science on the Internet), I thought I’d make it clear that there was a change.Īll knobs on the guitar are on 10 at all times, and if you’ve read my other Starfire III reviews ( 19) then you’ll know that I have a slightly different set of recordings for these guitars because it is my intention to compare them in another article.ĭ-Shape Your Browser does not support the new HTML5 Audio-Tag, sorry! To be fair this guitar would also excel with any clean tone requirements and the neck pickup is a thing of beauty for jazz, but I can’t help but dial up some drive with the bridge pickup dimed.Īs usual, for these recordings I used my normal Axe-FX III through the QSC K12 speaker recorded direct into my Macbook Pro using Audacity, though I should note that thanks to an issue I was having, I upgraded both the firmware on the Axe-FX and my version of Audacity. Where the vintage and Korean Starfire IIIs have a chimey ringing quality to their tones, this guitar is a more powerful-sounding rock machine. models, mostly because of its much more aggressive full-sized SD1 humbuckers. This is a very different guitar than the ’60s or Newark St. guitars seem kind of lame, but then that’s a detail that I’m pretty sure no one really cares about. That sort of makes the yellow-from-the-factory yellow binding on the Newark St. mahogany) and the much beefier tuners easily explain the difference.īased on the catalog pics from the Introduction, the binding was originally white and has aged to a wonderful yellow thanks no doubt to yellowing clear-coat. 45 kilos) heavier than my 1966 Starfire III but the difference in thickness, the different wood (maple vs. This guitar weighs 7 lbs 2 oz (3.23 kilos). All three guitars are 16″ (40.64 cm) wide at the bottom bout. Six millimeters doesn’t seem like much in print, but play either of them for a while and then pick up the other and you’ll notice the difference right away. Starfire IIIs measured about 1 7/8″ (~48mm) at the edge. The body on this guitar measures just shy of 2 1/8″ (~54mm) at the edge where both my ’66 and Newark St. This is a fully hollow guitar and there are no sound posts of any kind present inside the body. Starfire IIIs, though I think that may have to do with the weight and very slightly thicker body on the ’97. It feels more substantial than either my ’66 or Newark St. This is a well made guitar that feels like a typically solid Guild.
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