Guild Starfire VI Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar (with Case)

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If a body made entirely of flamed maple isn't enough, this deluxe Starfire VI sports a three-piece maple-and-walnut neck and a Guild vibrato tailpiece.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Flamed maple back and sides Beautiful grain, crisp and responsive tone
Flamed maple top Premium wood grain with bright, projecting tone
Tune-o-matic bridge Adjustable action and precise intonation
Ebony fretboard Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood

Featuring Guild's iconic double-cutaway Starfire body shape, the Starfire VI has stunning AAA flamed maple top, back, and sides, and a solid centerblock. Dual LB-1 Little Bucker pickups, replicas of Guild's 1960s smaller size humbucking pickups, offer a range of tones well-suited for a variety of playing styles and genres. The Starfire VI has a three-piece maple/walnut/maple neck and a bound ebony fingerboard inlaid with mother-of-pearl and abalone V-blocks. It also features a pinned Tune-o-Matic bridge with rosewood base, rosewood bridge, and comes adorned with gold hardware, 5 ply black and ivory purfling, deluxe f-hole and body binding, and a Guild Vibrato Tailpiece. It's available in a high gloss blonde finish, and includes a hardshell case. Guild's most deluxe Starfire on the market, the VI has the vintage look, tone, and feel that you can only get from a Guild Starfire.

Features

- Flamed maple top, back, and sides
- Ebony fingerboard
- Three-piece maple/walnut/maple neck
- Tune-O-Matic bridge
- Guild Vibrato Tailpiece
- Dual LB-1 Little Bucker pickups
- Includes hard-shell case

- Body Construction: Semi-Hollowbody
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Flamed Maple
- Body Back: Arched Laminated Flamed Maple
- Body Sides: Laminated Flamed Maple
- Body Shape: Starfire VI
- Bracing: Center Block
- Finish: Gloss Polyurethane, Blonde
- Body Depth Upper Bout: 1 5/8" (41 mm)
- Body Depth Lower Bout: 1 3/4" (44.45 mm)
- Body Length: 18 1/4" (464 mm)
- Body Width Lower Bout: 16 3/8" (416 mm)
- Body Width Upper Bout: 11 3/4" (298 mm)
- Overall Guitar Length: 41 1/2" (1055 mm)
- Guitar Weight: 9 lbs
- Body Binding: Ivory ABS
- Purfling: Black/Ivory
- Soundhole/F-Holes: Ivory ABS
- Neck Material: 3-Piece Maple/Walnut/Maple
- 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: Ivory ABS
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 9 1/2" (240 mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: MOP/Abalone V-Block
- # of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Jumbo Narrow
- Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite Die-Cast
- Hardware Finish/Plating : Gold
- Truss Rod: Dual-Action
- Truss Rod Wrench: 7mm Hex Truss Rod Wrench
- Bridge: Guild Tune-O-Matic with Rosewood Base
- Strings: D'Addario EXL115 Nickel Wound, Medium/Blues-Jazz Rock, (.011-.049 Gauges)
- Case: TKL Deluxe Hardshell
- Bridge Pickup: LB-1
- Neck Pickup: LB-1
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Pickup Switches 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Control Knobs: Clear Amber Plastic
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
- Pickguard: Black with Guild Logo

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 480-596-7195

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (4 ratings)
Submitted July 4, 2020 by Mario St DeHaven in Laguna Beach, CA

"My Two Cents"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome hunk of wood, superb craftsmanship, absolutely FLAWLESS and plays like a dream! I was deeply taken aback at the fact that a Korean made guitar was commanding with tax etc, $1500 to $2,000, never heard of such nonsense! Well I have a Custom 2013 Gibson ES 335 and I hate to say it, but this Guild Starfire VI is a better and superior guitar IN EVERY WAY and comes with a really nice form fitting expensive quality Guild case! Sorry, don't mean to anger any purist but I've been an amature luthier and professional musician for more than 50 years and have worked on and played every kind of high end axe you can name, and I'm adamantly saying this is a better guitar than the present Gibsons out there. My only con is instead of the default stiff #11 strings, it should come default with #.09s or #10s. I put .09s on mine and man.....oooo weee! AND THESE PICKUPS...they're to die for! They sound soooo darn good, just like a high end set of Jason Lollar's or Virgil Arlo's, you know what I mean,...sort of like the sizzling bucker pups on a high end 1960's Custom SG. This axe is well worth the money, matter of fact it's worth saving your spare bucks to buy it! Can't speak for manufacturer's support tho.

Musical Background:

Been playing professionally over 50 years, guitar, harmonica, drums, keyboards etc.

Musical Style:

Blues, blues rock, classic rock and Hammond organ era jazz.
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