Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
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Dates of manufacture:
1963 to 1972
1999 to 2001
GUILD produced the STARFIRE V between 1963 and 1972. It was a semi-hollow bodied electric like the Starfire IV but had some extras like mother of pearl block fingerboard inlays, a Guild Bigsby vibrato and a master volume control.
The Guild Stafire V has recently been reissued as part of the Korean Guild Newark Street Series.
Specifications (20)
Body
Body material | maple body |
Body shape features | double cutaway |
Body style | ES-335 style |
Hollow body | semi-hollow body |
Pickguard shape | raised pickguard |
Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Hardware
Tailpiece | Bigsby-style vibrato, Vibrato tailpiece, stop tailpiece, trapeze tailpiece |
Hardware color | gold hardware |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard position markers | block fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | ebony finish, green finish, honey finish, red finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
Neck material | maple neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Controls
Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |