vastier
Junior Member
So I have this Guild D55 and was so enthralled by it and then absolutely had to have the F-412 and I was so heavenly happy with both that I concluded that these were all I needed in the acoustic line, and that may be true because 3 years later I am still happy as a clam. Sure love my acoustic Guilds!
But I was drawn to the new Starfire VI with a Bigsby, from Korea, having seen so many exciting YouTube videos on the various Starfire models.
Frankly, I am an acoustic player who strums mostly, but now and then I enthusiastically break into lead guitar in Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” and other rock and roll classics. I’m not a pro, just so you know. :<)
My problem, that I hope you will help me with, is that I sound terrible on this Starfire VI. I have 2 other electrics – a Godin XTSA and a Schecter 12 String and I sound okay on those, and used to have a Fender strat that was equally okay, but when I pick up the Starfire, all my chording sounds out of tune .
I live on Vancouver Island so there isn’t a Guild person around here that I know of, so I took it to a luthier who adjusted the intonation, then said he liked the playability of the guitar, but suggested that if it still wasn’t what I wanted that he could file down the frets (reduce the height of them?) which to me means that when I press down on the strings, that they won’t be bent out of tune. I think I am making many notes sharp on this guitar only. My other electrics are just fine. This is not a problem on my acoustics.
What is your opinion on this? Should I have the frets filed down, fresh from the factory? Is there something unusual about the Starfire that I am not aware of?
It is such a beautiful guitar to my eyes, and it sounds beautiful, just the way I wanted it to, being a child of the 60’s :<) . I find it a bit heavy in the lower bout which I did not expect , but I can adjust to that. But if I can’t get it consistently in tune, I will have to say goodbye to it and hope you can help me avoid that.
Suggestions? Opinions?
Many thanks in advance.
Rick
But I was drawn to the new Starfire VI with a Bigsby, from Korea, having seen so many exciting YouTube videos on the various Starfire models.
Frankly, I am an acoustic player who strums mostly, but now and then I enthusiastically break into lead guitar in Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” and other rock and roll classics. I’m not a pro, just so you know. :<)
My problem, that I hope you will help me with, is that I sound terrible on this Starfire VI. I have 2 other electrics – a Godin XTSA and a Schecter 12 String and I sound okay on those, and used to have a Fender strat that was equally okay, but when I pick up the Starfire, all my chording sounds out of tune .
I live on Vancouver Island so there isn’t a Guild person around here that I know of, so I took it to a luthier who adjusted the intonation, then said he liked the playability of the guitar, but suggested that if it still wasn’t what I wanted that he could file down the frets (reduce the height of them?) which to me means that when I press down on the strings, that they won’t be bent out of tune. I think I am making many notes sharp on this guitar only. My other electrics are just fine. This is not a problem on my acoustics.
What is your opinion on this? Should I have the frets filed down, fresh from the factory? Is there something unusual about the Starfire that I am not aware of?
It is such a beautiful guitar to my eyes, and it sounds beautiful, just the way I wanted it to, being a child of the 60’s :<) . I find it a bit heavy in the lower bout which I did not expect , but I can adjust to that. But if I can’t get it consistently in tune, I will have to say goodbye to it and hope you can help me avoid that.
Suggestions? Opinions?
Many thanks in advance.
Rick