Guild Starfire II Bass - Flamed Maple Reviews
Get that classic '60s bass sound with the Guild Starfire II semi-hollowbody bass guitar. Favored by groups like Jefferson Airplane and the Byrds, this bass gives you fat, warm tones not typically found in solidbody basses. Its thinline semi-hollow body is comfortable to play and gives you the organic, resonant sound and lush overtones of a hollowbody instrument. The Starfire II features a flamed maple top, back, and sides for top-notch, resonant tone. A vintage soft U-shape mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard provides exceptional playability and response. In addition, a pair of Guild BS-1 BiSonic 1 pickups delivers the iconic bass tones you've heard on countless records. When you need distinctive bass tone in a gig-ready instrument, you can rely on the Guild Starfire II bass every time.
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Another sweet Guild Starfire II
I'm a fan of semi-acoustic basses and the Guild Starfire II is among the best. I own three of them!
Love my guild
Worked in a music store and played rock bands when in college (58 years ago!) and had a starfire in inventory tried out on a fender dual showman thst I still have and wow what a sound. Fast forward 56 years and I pick one up at Sweetwater scratch and dent sale neither they nor I evervfound a merk plays like a dreal light weight has that famous starfire sound beautifuo light maple color grt so many compliments
Amazing bass
Started playing bass in college band and worked sales in a music store. A Guild Starfire bass came in but couod not afford. Alng came marriage kids
My first semi-hollow-body bass guitar, it's incredible, clean and punchy.
This flamed maple finish is really elegant up-close and Sweetwater custom pictures of it were very accurate.
I love this bass guitar and the fact that its semi-hollow body does affect the tone, and for the better! It has a brighter natural tone and a natural sustain with smooth prolonged notes. It's not acoustically big enough to sound like an acoustic bass when plugged off, and it wasn't made for it anyways.
My favorite thing is due to the slightly more powerful output if you pair this bass guitar with a good distortion pedal and a pitch shifter you can get some punchy and aggressive tones and an almost guitar-like sound quite easily. I'm using a EH Tri parallel mixer and it sounds like I have a bass and an electric guitar at the same time. My previous bass didn't output strongly enough to get this punchy sound.
It sounds extra special when using a slapping technique, I guess the hollow body amplifies slapping a bit? I don't know but it sounds miles better then my previous bass guitar.
The only strange thing It's the hard case it comes in, it's a really nice and elegant case, but the handle placement tilts it upwards making the weight distribution awkward to carry around.
Alex from Sweetwater was a champ with all my purchases recently, bit thank you for the help!
Flamed Maple Bass Delight!
Full of rich hollow body tone and visual elegance to match! Easy to hold and play up and down the entire fret board. Low-Bass; Mid-Bass-this has it all. Naturally loud enough for practicing unplugged. Comes fitted with Nickel Wound Strings. I would love to hear how it would sound with Flat Wound Strings!
beautiful tone
lithe and responsive with wonderful tone, plays simple and firm and fine looking
A DREAM COME TRUE!
A gorgeous instrument. Perfect for smaller hands. Outstanding personal attention from my Sales Engineer. A great shopping experience.
Birthday Bass
I bought this bass as a birthday gift to my self and it is awesome. The flamed maple is beautiful and I love the look where the two top pieces meet, it reminds me of a PRS but more subtle giving it more of a classic look.
This is the first semi-hollow-body instrument I have ever purchased and when I played it with out an amp I thought it was going to be louder then it is, I am not disappointed that it isn't loud as I practice a lot in hotel rooms and I'm sure the other guests don't really want to hear various 12 bar blues progressions while they are trying to get their beauty sleep. When I plugged it in to my irig and put on my headset I was not disappointed at all the guitar sounded great, I can't wait to play it through my amp at home when I finally get off the road.The strings sounded really bright but I'm sure they will flatten out with time and as the frets get a bit of wear.
The guitar came in a very nice hard case, though once I get it home I don't plan on traveling this guitar much. I feel a lot more at ease checking my Squire Jaguar in it's generic Gator case to an airline then I would with this guitar.
I am really happy with this bass and look forward to many years of playing it. As a friend of mine told me when I was thinking of purchasing it "You only go around life once you have to treat yourself well".
