EssentialTension Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 I think that pickup arrangement does reproduce the sixties two pickup positions. Quote
Jus Lukin Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) - Edited February 22, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
EssentialTension Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 [media]http://youtu.be/9SkXBH7bMtM[/media] Quote
milesBguitar Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Take my money now!! [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1436622902' post='2819618'] [/quote] Edited July 12, 2015 by milesBguitar Quote
BigRedX Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 There's plenty of room to move the bridge back and make it long scale. Then all they need to do is add another string and I'll take 2 please! Quote
EssentialTension Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436700109' post='2819985'] There's plenty of room to move the bridge back and make it long scale. Then all they need to do is add another string and I'll take 2 please! [/quote] ... but you've already got that Warwick Star(not fire). Quote
BigRedX Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 But the Guild has a far more elegant headstock. Quote
EssentialTension Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436701480' post='2820001'] But the Guild has a far more elegant headstock. [/quote] Ah yes, I forgot that. Quote
Billy Apple Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436701480' post='2820001'] But the Guild has a far more elegant headstock. [/quote] Be aesthetically knackered with 5 pegs tho Quote
BigRedX Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1436719607' post='2820185'] Be aesthetically knackered with 5 pegs tho [/quote] Maybe, but no matter what they do it's unlikely to be as ugly as the Warwick one! Quote
EssentialTension Posted August 13, 2015 Author Posted August 13, 2015 The natural mahogany two pickup Starfire is now on Thomann website at €1299 (c£930) but not yet available. That's more expensive than I had imagined. Quote
edpirie Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 They have one in Wunjo's at £995. Got a call from Laurence on Friday to say it's the first one into Europe and went along today to try it out. It looks great - a really nice warm mahogany, and if anything the neck felt a little comfier than the one-pickup, although I'm sure they're to the same spec. Overall I wasn't blown away. The back pickup is a little bit closer to the bridge, and doesn't have the same punch/thump that the one pickup delivers. In fact solo'd it sounds more like a Jazz back pick-up which isn't my thing. It's better blended or front pick-up solo where it gives a nice woody semi-acoustic vibe. I'm not convinced how well it would sit in a mix, unlike the one-pickup which only does that mid-range honk but does it really well. Anyway, if anyone's interested I can't recommend Wunjo's highly enough and the guys down there will make you feel very welcome. Quote
EssentialTension Posted September 1, 2015 Author Posted September 1, 2015 [quote name='edpirie' timestamp='1439745190' post='2845427'] They have one in Wunjo's at £995 ... [/quote] The [url="http://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/bass-guitars/guild-starfire-bass-ii"]pics on the Wunjo's site[/url] make it look a much darker mahogany than the others we have seen on Youtube etc. For example... Was it darker or are the pics misleading? Quote
edpirie Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 I'd say it was somewhere in between, but it's gone now. Went back at the weekend to give it another whirl and someone had snapped it up the day before. I've been keeping an eye out here for a NBD post but not a peep so far. Quote
petetexas Posted April 15, 2016 Posted April 15, 2016 Hi, Just got a Starfire single pup on fleabay. Made 2013 Korea ........no cosmetic faults at all , but crap wiring ! . Once I had set the action , and levelled the rosewood bridge saddles , adjusted the neck , put a set of La bella flats on , it plays really well ( as someone previously stated , and I totally agree - short scale basses need a higher action to stop the bottom e from rattling ) The neck is really slim , and fretwork is amazing . Now to the crap wiring 1) the volume pot had no effect untill it reached the last 1/8th of a turn . 2) the tone pot was non existant - no audible change in sound . Tried to remove the pots through the " f " holes , pots too big , so ended up removing the Bi sonic pup , and found a square hole through the side of the maple center block , which entered the inside of the body , but to get the pots out all the lugs would have to be bent in to make the pots small enough to come out ................then I noticed looking in that the volume pot had a " bleed " cap and resistor across the tags ! NEVER SEEN THIS ON A BASS BEFORE ! I managed to snip the cap leg and the resistor leg with the pots still in the body and >>>>>>>>>>>hey presto now I have a volume pot and a tone pot that work ! Used it last night at rehearsal with my Mesa Boogie M-Puls 600 and two Powerhouse 2x10 cabs >>>>>>>>>>>>BRILLIANT SOUND . Got new mini cts pots and sprauge caps on order for a re wire . I think , with a pick , it really nails the sixties sound Pete Quote
EssentialTension Posted April 22, 2016 Author Posted April 22, 2016 The wiring issue sounds a particularly bad to deal with on a hollow body. Nice that you sorted it but you have slightly put me off buying one. Quote
petetexas Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 Used it again last night rehearsal.....................tone pot has got a loose connection or contact , or loose wire goint to it .............when tone wound right back , vibrating crackling comming through the amp - tone full on no crackle ! Must get round to rewiring it . Should be easy enough , mini cts pots will go through " F " holes , so a wired up harness can be made outsie and fed in . Guild have sent me the latest version of schematic for the Bass .................. [URL=http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/petetexas/media/Guild%20Schematic_zpsd9wi6af4.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag59/petetexas/Guild%20Schematic_zpsd9wi6af4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] For anyone who needs it Pete Quote
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