JOHN BIRCH STAR GUITAR

  • John Birch Star Guitar (1975)

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  • electric guitars

Dates of manufacture: 

1975
2008

The silver Star guitar was built by John Birch workshop in 1975 for the late Gerry Shephard of the Glitter Band for the release of their "Love in the Sun"Album. It was based on the a gold star guitar that Shephard had been using since 1972. The Star Guitar was reissued in 2008, when the people at John Birch Guitars got together again with the Glitter Band's current guitarist Marc Pearson who commissioned a new star guitar with extras (including Variax electronics). The standard version is supplied in the same metal flake silver finish used on Shephard's guitar.

Specifications (16)

Body

Body stylestar shaped body

Fretboard

Fingerboard materialebony fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersstar fingerboard position markers

General

Finish colorssilver finish
Finish effectssparkle finish
Made inUK
Number of strings6 strings

Hardware

Hardware colorchrome hardware

Neck

Number of frets22 fret
Peghead (headstock)star shape headstock
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Controls

Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch
Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls2 volume controls

Electronics

Pickups brand and modelJohn Birch Magnum pickup(s)
Pickups configuration2 humbucker pickups

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