The Guild Starfire Bass II was popular with a number of high-profile bass players in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, notably Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane, Phil Lesh of the Greatful Dead and Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers Band.
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This 1974 Guild Starfire II Walnut is in good shape and is a good example of the quality of Guild instruments. The Starfire II is a fully hollow, 17 inch mahogany guitar with floating rosewood bridge and a florentine cutaway. The lacquer finish is lightly checked and there are just a few dings and scratches. It plays quite well and is set up with a moderately low action.
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Here’s something unusual! A 1967 Deep Green Guild Starfire XII in good playing condition, though the finish is worn. Guild introduced the Starfire in 1960 as a thinline semi-hollow single cutaway guitar. By 1963, the double-cutaway Starfire IV was introduced.
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