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Author Message tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 821 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Monday, October 15, 2012 - 8:08 pm:    here's a beauty that looks willing to be Alembicized or in your Grateful Dead tribute band or heck, even both! ;) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vinatge-1967-Guild-Starfire-II-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Rare-USA-/200832427955?pt=Guitar&hash=item2ec28ba7b3 ~Taylor edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1323 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, October 15, 2012 - 9:43 pm:    That's a very nice one! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2657 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 4:26 pm:    Yes, I agree . Some binding issues but looks nice all in all . edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1331 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 6:21 pm:    $3,107.77! Yikes! I've got a '67 (Sunburst) sitting around with some unfortunate headstock damage and figured it was unsellable, but I think I'll gave to put it up there and see what happens. It plays fine (and has the most beautifully figured rosewood fingerboard), it's just a shame about the headstock. Time to cash in? pasewark Intermediate Member Username: pasewark Post Number: 175 Registered: 4-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 6:47 pm:    I might have to sell mine too. I might need the $$$ to pay from my Alembic That's ini production right now. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2668 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 6:55 pm:    Edwin , Perhaps you can have the headstock issue dealt with in a creative manor such as multiple laminations Alembic style. My remaining one has a lamination on the backside of the headstock. edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1332 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 7:21 pm:    There's a local guy who offered to repair and rebuild the headstock to almost new looking with laminations and graphite. The cost estimate was about $1k. Too rich for my blood. Given this guy's work, it could be really cool, but I'm thinking it might be better to sell and have the buyer do the repairs. Also, if I fix it, it might be too tempting to keep it and play it! It's got a pretty cool zing to it, a very lively bass. tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 824 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 12:54 pm:    Wow I thought these things sold between $1800-2000! That's insane! And Edwin, if you're just gonna let it sit around then you can send it to me and I'll pay shipping ;) ~Taylor smokinbear Intermediate Member Username: smokinbear Post Number: 179 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 2:23 pm:    I hope there are more Starfire buyers like that out there as i have a few extras too! Upright lessons are costly and while on my honeymoon i developed an expensive hobby/habbit....skydiving. ;-) tmoney61092 Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 833 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 12:03 pm:    it's back on there, looks like someone failed to mention a headstock crack and the buyer wasn't too happy, certainly not going sell for as much as it originally did http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vinatge-1967-Guild-Starfire-II-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Rare-USA-/200841551217?pt=Guitar&hash=item2ec316dd71 ~Taylor