Guildedagain
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Starfire with HB1's (?) in action.
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Ripping Starfire Solo!
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hansmoust
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That's a '60s Starfire V, so it has the small humbuckers.
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Guildedagain
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Meaning they are not HB1's? I should go read the book, again ;}
I read it cover to cover, have to say it's amazing. Maybe the best guitar book I've ever had. The history, the fascination with bits, tuners, knobs, it stands above my other guitar books, some written by Tony Bacon. Really like that it's vintage already, my copy is 25 years old, paper starting to yellow a bit, and that nothing goes past '77, to me it's all downhill after that, but really just pure nostalgia. Fantastic work, will probably read it again and again getting something new each time.
I need to learn how to distinguish Starfires from one another, but too much studying will just lead to longing for one, more unaffordable by day...
I read it cover to cover, have to say it's amazing. Maybe the best guitar book I've ever had. The history, the fascination with bits, tuners, knobs, it stands above my other guitar books, some written by Tony Bacon. Really like that it's vintage already, my copy is 25 years old, paper starting to yellow a bit, and that nothing goes past '77, to me it's all downhill after that, but really just pure nostalgia. Fantastic work, will probably read it again and again getting something new each time.
I need to learn how to distinguish Starfires from one another, but too much studying will just lead to longing for one, more unaffordable by day...
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DrumBob
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A ripping solo? Nicely played, but I think better adjectives might be tasteful and competent. A ripping blues solo is the one Eric Clapton played on John Mayall's "Have You Heard."
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Guildedagain
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Ripping is subject to personal interpretation for sure.
I got over the Beano album a long time ago, but I still have it, the same one I played over and over. That last issue of Guitar Player with BB King on the cover really lays it out where Clapton, Page, Beck, Hendrix, where all of them went to get their inspiration, the roots. Zeppelin is probably the most notorious for borrowing old Blues songs, Stones also, but then again, they shed light on old artists forgotten to history otherwise.
In retrospect I did cop every single lick of Have You Heard, but eventually I ended up driving around listing to Freddie King Sings The Blues in my car for a couple years and came away with the feeling that Clapton was good, but maybe not as good as who he was trying to emulate.
So, it's not always about prowess, but more about how powerful is the statement.
I got over the Beano album a long time ago, but I still have it, the same one I played over and over. That last issue of Guitar Player with BB King on the cover really lays it out where Clapton, Page, Beck, Hendrix, where all of them went to get their inspiration, the roots. Zeppelin is probably the most notorious for borrowing old Blues songs, Stones also, but then again, they shed light on old artists forgotten to history otherwise.
In retrospect I did cop every single lick of Have You Heard, but eventually I ended up driving around listing to Freddie King Sings The Blues in my car for a couple years and came away with the feeling that Clapton was good, but maybe not as good as who he was trying to emulate.
So, it's not always about prowess, but more about how powerful is the statement.
I’m with you, Guildedagain; I listen to Freddy King all the time, but haven’t played the ‘Beano’ album in a long time.
DeArmond Hammer
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That's Sammy Lawhorn playing the Starfire for Muddy.
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Hans told me once that after studying so many Guilds for so long, he can often just date them at a glance.
The mini-humbuckers look like HB1s but are, well... mini. Guild called them AntiHums:
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Note that the apparent difference in color of the cover is due to the surface being reflected. They're both chrome.
Also, it can be tough to see the difference since the pics have been scaled to the same size. Let me see if I have one with them side by side...
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Huh... I don't think I've ever thought to put them side by side and take pictures. I'm quite disappointed in myself...
GGJaguar
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At least you photographed them.
I can't tell you how many times I have things apart, with the intent to take pix, but get so caught up in "new guitar fever" that I completely forget. When I remember, it's long after everything is back together. Same goes for taking neck measurements when changing strings. I have the attention span of a gnat and it rarely gets done.
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At least you photographed them.
I only remember because of the countless times I’ve forgotten.
Guildedagain
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Yeah, the things that you remember that you forgot...
DrumBob
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It is open to interpretation. Clapton's solo in "Have You Heard" absolutely floored me as a teenager when I bought the record. It still does. The emotional intensity is almost overwhelming. I feel the same way about Garry Moore's solo in "Still Got The Blues."
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alas, i have the red tele,the red jaguar and an astatic JT30 in quadruple. so,obviously,i need a starfire,
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i will take the real muddy waters band over boomer blues rock any day.
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The big giveaway between HB1 and AntiHum, for me, is the height adjustment screws. Three on the HB1 and two on the AntiHum
SFIV1967
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Those were the days when Muddy and the two other guitar players all played Guild guitars!
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Man, I could enjoy "sitting in" with them on keys all day long. My kinda stuff!
Guildedagain
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Ralf, thx for that, that's what I was looking for that day when I posted this, the all Guild Waters Band, but never found it.
The reason I posted the solo, ripping or not, was because I think if you need a soundclip of that Starfire without a dirt pedal, well there it is in the raw, like they were played back then.
It's so nice to hear all those Guilds together. The bass has awesome nuances, guitar like in the highs. Muddy is my kind of player, how I play, riffing along. It doesn't take long to notice where Mick Taylor got some of those impressive licks of his, but Muddy's influence on the Stones overall is profound.
That's actually some amazing footage.
I think I need look at using a slide again in a whole new way. I've never done slide with standard tuning.
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The reason I posted the solo, ripping or not, was because I think if you need a soundclip of that Starfire without a dirt pedal, well there it is in the raw, like they were played back then.
It's so nice to hear all those Guilds together. The bass has awesome nuances, guitar like in the highs. Muddy is my kind of player, how I play, riffing along. It doesn't take long to notice where Mick Taylor got some of those impressive licks of his, but Muddy's influence on the Stones overall is profound.
That's actually some amazing footage.
I think I need look at using a slide again in a whole new way. I've never done slide with standard tuning.
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