Selling my 1962 Guild Starfire 3 with Bigsby vibrato and white DeArmond pickups.
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great guitar with a clean tone.
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you don't find many of these around anymore.
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Guild Starfire III Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1962), made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # 19297, cherry lacquer finish, Laminated mahogany body, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, original orange Guild shell case.
Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and bridge and the most expensive of the series at the time.
This guitar mounts a pair of white-topped DeArmond pickups, the same units Gretsch famously used in the 1950s except for the differently colored plastic faceplate.
This model was extensively used by many mid-1960s groups including the Kinks, Beau Brummels, Music Machine, The Dakotas, and many more, and was Guild's defining professional grade electric guitar.
This is a very classy and versatile thin-body electric; the early Starfires are generally considered more desirable than their later 1960s descendants.
The DeArmond pickups serve up a sound familiar from 1950s Gretsch models and compared to these and similar vintage Gibsons, the Starfire remains something of a "sleeper" guitar.
Overall very good condition.
Local pickup only, cash, no trades please.
Thanks! Justin
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