AcornHouse
Venerated Member
NGD ‘60 Starfire II
I’m going to break the post into three parts.
If you’ve been following the thread in the eBay section, this is the early Starfire II with the rare beveled Dearmonds that was listed on the ‘Bay and the ‘Verb. A Starfire II with Dynasonics was on my guitar bucket list, so when the price, and starting bid, got low enough, I could no longer resist. They’re not Dynas, but maybe a notch higher, so, I can cross that one off.
I messaged the seller on Reverb asking about whether the bridge was glued down, and the action at the 12th fret. His reply was, no, it was loose, and the action was nice and low. I asked for a specific measurement, but didn’t get a reply before the eBay listing was going to hammer down, so I took a chance for just a little over the starting bid. After winnng, I didn’t get any communication from the seller; I even had to “remind” him to take down the Reverb listing. I finally saw it had shipped, and it arrived in due course.
His eBay feedback indicated he had sold instruments before, but I’m surprised he doesn’t have any negative feedback. He certainly did everything he could to ensure damage during shipping. First off, he used a box of very thin cardboard from a bass case that was barely big enough to hold this case; the sides were bowed out. Which meant there was no padding around the case at all, only some crumpled up newspaper at the top and bottom.
Speaking of which, here’s the sight that greeted me when I opened the case at the top (according to all of his address/mailing labels.)
Yup, it was upside down, and had made the journey on its head.
With sinkng heart, I pried the case from the tight box, finally having to tear it apart to get it out.
i was astonished to find it unharmed! Especially as he didn’t bother to loosen the strings at all.
Opening the case, a lovely sight greeted me. (And I would love to see what these interiors looked like when they were new.)
I’m going to break the post into three parts.
If you’ve been following the thread in the eBay section, this is the early Starfire II with the rare beveled Dearmonds that was listed on the ‘Bay and the ‘Verb. A Starfire II with Dynasonics was on my guitar bucket list, so when the price, and starting bid, got low enough, I could no longer resist. They’re not Dynas, but maybe a notch higher, so, I can cross that one off.
I messaged the seller on Reverb asking about whether the bridge was glued down, and the action at the 12th fret. His reply was, no, it was loose, and the action was nice and low. I asked for a specific measurement, but didn’t get a reply before the eBay listing was going to hammer down, so I took a chance for just a little over the starting bid. After winnng, I didn’t get any communication from the seller; I even had to “remind” him to take down the Reverb listing. I finally saw it had shipped, and it arrived in due course.
His eBay feedback indicated he had sold instruments before, but I’m surprised he doesn’t have any negative feedback. He certainly did everything he could to ensure damage during shipping. First off, he used a box of very thin cardboard from a bass case that was barely big enough to hold this case; the sides were bowed out. Which meant there was no padding around the case at all, only some crumpled up newspaper at the top and bottom.
Speaking of which, here’s the sight that greeted me when I opened the case at the top (according to all of his address/mailing labels.)
Yup, it was upside down, and had made the journey on its head.
With sinkng heart, I pried the case from the tight box, finally having to tear it apart to get it out.
i was astonished to find it unharmed! Especially as he didn’t bother to loosen the strings at all.
Opening the case, a lovely sight greeted me. (And I would love to see what these interiors looked like when they were new.)
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