Guild Starfire LEFTY!

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Author Message count Member Username: count Post Number: 72 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 6:57 am:    Someone needs to buy this: http://www.gbase.com/gear/guild-starfire-bass-ii-rare-lef-1971-cherry sparechaynge Member Username: sparechaynge Post Number: 99 Registered: 6-2010 Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 7:26 am:    Saw that last night. Wish I didn't, it's like $6K. I want one sooooo bad; I have heard of reissue lefties but never seen one. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2709 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 5:28 pm:    Those pickups don't do anything for me at all ! WAY over priced . The Guild /Hagstrom pickups are the ones for a " Stock Starfire" Or DarK Stars_______ For that much cash wait for a SERIES II Alembic . You will be glad you did ___ (in my opinion) sparechaynge Member Username: sparechaynge Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2010 Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 8:38 pm:    I agree completely Wolf. If it was more in my price range it would have had a set of Dark Stars in it just as fast as I could find a pair (or one of the others from Talkbass). I want an Alembic too, but a used non-long scale lefty is not easy to get either. I'll just keep waiting for both I guess. count Member Username: count Post Number: 73 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 6:33 am:    I agree, it's quite pricey. But still, this is a lefty. You guys with faulty head wiring can bask in vintage instruments all the time. Where as us with all of our connections installed correctly have to sit on the fence hoping one of these guys comes along. ;) I wouldn't think twice about getting my claws on this and vamping it up as per regulations if I already didn't have my wall full of basses.. Or maybe just keep it original, that also has it's charm.! It looks in really good shape.! count Member Username: count Post Number: 74 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 6:39 am:    Doublepost... (Message edited by count on November 14, 2012) sparechaynge Intermediate Member Username: sparechaynge Post Number: 101 Registered: 6-2010 Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 7:19 am:    That is part of my problem with this bass. I would want to add a proper set of Bi-Sonic sound-a-likes and maybe some other Jack-esque mods, and a 'vintage' $6K bass doesn't seem like to ideal platform for me. I would feel bad cutting into a bass that has made it all this way unscathed; a road-worn reissue is a different story. adriaan Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2988 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 12:03 am:    [pswanson's FS offer of a lefty Essence 5 was moved here]