My 1967 Guild Starfire XII and fresh setup

[siuseth]

Hello everyone
i really really want a special starfire long long time ago
and i have seen Carter Vintage Exchange 's selling a Starfire XII last month
so i get this guitar and start my "Project"

firstly , Carter Vintage Exchange's Starfire XII have a Non Original 12 string saddle and harmony style tailpiece , fender style knob [NO WAY!] and Seymour duacan pickup
i want to convert it to 6 strings , so i have to ready few things
a good build saddle [ Gotoh Japan]
a real guild knob, so i ordered some amber knob from offical
a bigsby [im bigsby fans]
the mini humbucker have great sound [seymour duncan] , im not gonna change it

i setup many many guitars
this one spend like 6 hours to finish setup
1.Fret level,
2. setup [pickups height, Saddle raddius, intonation, nut slotting]
3. adjust the truss rod
4. relic the knobs
5. make the Gotoh saddle fit the floating
6. remove the harmony 12 string tailpiece, fill back the extra screw hole , and fit the Bigsby b3
7. reglue the headstock plate lift off part
8 ah! i have to RELIC the bigsby black paint too, but still waiting the shipping item, so..


finally the result is perfect to me
next project i think is 12 string Bigsby, i have idea how to do it already ,let see!
thank you!

 

[SFIV1967]

Welcome to LTG! And thanks for the detailed description of your guitar.

Ralf

 

[Minnesota Flats]

I had an MIA, professionally-modified (12-to-6) Epiphone Riviera 12 string (E360-TD12) back during the 1970s. It had one of my all-time favorite neck carves. It was so expertly done that I didn't even realize that it had been a 12-string for quite some time after I bought it.

 

[Rocky]

Welcome! Nice guitar!

Bigsby made 12-string versions, but they're super-rare, and probably pretty pricey if you can find one. While I don't have many tuning issues with a Bigsby, a lot of people do, and I can imagine that a 12-string version would be even worse for them. Which probably accounts for the rarity.

 

[siuseth]

I had an MIA, professionally-modified (12-to-6) Epiphone Riviera 12 string (E360-TD12) back during the 1970s. It had one of my all-time favorite neck carves. It was so expertly done that I didn't even realize that it had been a 12-string for quite some time after I bought it.

yaa, i love fat Neck! play so smooth

 

[siuseth]

Welcome! Nice guitar!

Bigsby made 12-string versions, but they're super-rare, and probably pretty pricey if you can find one. While I don't have many tuning issues with a Bigsby, a lot of people do, and I can imagine that a 12-string version would be even worse for them. Which probably accounts for the rarity.

yaa, so rare to find in ebay/ reverb or any second hand shop, and they will sell very expensive
i have some idea how to craft the 12 bigsby ver, but i have to ask my friend help me craft some parts