GGJaguar
Reverential Member
I’ve been waiting for Guild to offer a Dynasonic verison of the Starfire III ever since its introduction in 2013 and here it is!
GAD did a tremendous review of the standard model, so I will refer you to that for all the details. I will just give the highlights as I see them.
The superstructure of the guitar is the same as the current SF-III (though it has an ebony fingerboard compared to the 2016 version that GAD reviewed). The Dark Emerald finish is reminiscent of the early ‘60s Emerald Green Starfire. The Emerald finish was most commonly applied to maple body Starfires, and this Newark Street version follows suit and has a maple body as well. Cool!
You can see how it compares to the finish on an original 1962 Starfire III below. The finish is so dark, it qualifies as being a fingerprint magnet (polishing cloth not included).
The other neat thing about this model is the vintage look switch tip. No orange plastic here! Now we can only hope that the online Guild store makes these available (unlikely).
Internally, the guitar is pretty clean, though there’s plenty of polishing compound and overspray around. The braces are cut just as on the LB-1 version of the guitar which is a shame given the pickups are surface mounted.
GAD did a tremendous review of the standard model, so I will refer you to that for all the details. I will just give the highlights as I see them.
The superstructure of the guitar is the same as the current SF-III (though it has an ebony fingerboard compared to the 2016 version that GAD reviewed). The Dark Emerald finish is reminiscent of the early ‘60s Emerald Green Starfire. The Emerald finish was most commonly applied to maple body Starfires, and this Newark Street version follows suit and has a maple body as well. Cool!
You can see how it compares to the finish on an original 1962 Starfire III below. The finish is so dark, it qualifies as being a fingerprint magnet (polishing cloth not included).
The other neat thing about this model is the vintage look switch tip. No orange plastic here! Now we can only hope that the online Guild store makes these available (unlikely).
Internally, the guitar is pretty clean, though there’s plenty of polishing compound and overspray around. The braces are cut just as on the LB-1 version of the guitar which is a shame given the pickups are surface mounted.
