New Starfire IV 3999.99

[b0rn2w0rsh1p]

What does GSR stand for?
M

I was wondering that too... nothing obvious on the Guild site, Not GCS - Guild Custom Shop...

Anyone :?:

 

[jcwu]

Guild Special Reserve?

 

[xilef regnu]

My guess: Guild Starfire Reissue.

 

[Treem]

Great question Mike!

Guild Speacial Run

you were close Jason!

 

[SFIV1967]

What does GSR stand for?M

Well, if any of you ever have such a question in future, look here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26266
(Chazmo created those great "Forum-related Lingo FAQ")

As far as I read, a special GSR series of guitars originally was made for the "Guild Summit Retreat", a Guild dealer meeting at the beginning of the New Hartford factory time.
But the correct meaning in Guild language is "Guild Special Run", as written on the Guild webpage (see my link below).

Usually so far it is a 20 pieces limited run, but there are examples where less were made (The Macassar Ebony GSR F-40 guitar was planned as only 10 pieces but at the end only 2 pieces were ever made (as I understood, the remaining Macassar wood they got was not good enough to build more than those 2 GSR guitars), and the GSR Starfire VI only was made/sold 18 times as the label shows "x of 18").

To see all current available GSR's you go to the Guild webpage http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments and select "GSR series" on the left hand lower side.
That would bring you to that page: http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments ... GSR+Series
It shows you all 8 currently available GSR versions. (It does not show the Macassar Ebony GSR F-40).
I believe all of them are still available from some shops, a Google search shows where.

Ralf

 

[matsickma]

Thanks for the info. I never noticed that link on the Guild web site before.

M

 

[jte]

it seems closer to a 330 than a 335 to me. just not going to work will need to be corrected. why does fender do that?

In what way does it at all resemble an ES-330? The ES-330 (and the Kalamazoo Epiphone Casino) varied significantly from the ES-335. The ES-330 was completely hollow, had 1 or more commonly 2 P-90 PUPs, some were mahogany and some were maple (all laminates), and until about 1968 or '69 had the neck join the body at the 16th fret.

The SF VI apparently is a semi-hollow body (with the maple block down the center), has 'buckers, and a long neck clear of the body. No similarities to an ES-330 in any way beyond the basic body shape, which is pretty much identical to an ES-335, 345, 355, 347, and Lucille, as wall as the Guild SF IV, V, VI, and XII.

John