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Title: '66 starfire on ebay
Post by: elwoodblue on July 09, 2008, 08:07:56 AM

I'm beginning to excercise some restraint.This is definitely testing the waters.
 
Starfire (http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-Guild-Starfire-I-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ230269751833 target=_blank)

Title: '66 starfire on ebay
Post by: hieronymous on July 09, 2008, 09:16:48 AM

Looks really nice! There's a discrepancy in the listing though - he calls it a '66 in the title, but in the description it's a '68. I have a feeling he read the serial number wrong - the bridge changed from the style seen here to more diagonal somewhere around 1460 or 1470. (I'm not totally obsessed about this kind of thing, but know someone who is) I'd be willing to bet it's a '66.

Title: '66 starfire on ebay
Post by: lbpesq on July 09, 2008, 12:52:25 PM

Original strings!  Now that's unusual!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: '66 starfire on ebay
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 09, 2008, 06:47:05 PM

The '68 mentioned is in a review of a similar Guild Starfire a couple of years newer....  Not a discrepancy, but rather unclear writing.  This one is a '66 (and yummy - except maybe for the 48-year-old strings).
 
Peter

Title: '66 starfire on ebay
Post by: llobsterbass on July 14, 2008, 12:15:06 PM

Why does the description say the finish is black, when in the picture it's cherry red?

Title: '66 starfire on ebay
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 14, 2008, 12:49:51 PM

Again, from the point in the listing where the font changes, the seller is quoting a review of different instrument - presumably for the benifit of those not familiar with the Starfire.  
 
Peter