Guild Starfire IV - Cherry Red Review

Great Choice

I am so happy with this guitar. I've been a guitar player for about 25 years and I love semi-hollow bodies and this one does not disappoint! I never had the opportunity to see this guitar in person before I bought it but everything I read about it was good. I have a 69 Univox with a great tone and I wanted to find that in a new guitar. This Guild has that old humbucker full tone… read more but has a clearer sound. I defnitely made the right choice! Ben worked with me and has been awesome. Chuck the owner also checked in on me to make sure I was happy with my purchase. This is the first time I have bought anything at Sweetwater. I have dealt with other music stores and Sweetwater is the best.

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Absolutely Gorgeous

I received my Starfire IV just a few days ago and I can't put it down. I think I played it for more than three hours straight and forgot to eat dinner. Sweetwater set it up perfectly and it plays like a dream. It arrived in perfect condition in a very high quality 5-latch case. This guitar maintains a beautiful timbre throughout a change from a clean and deep ethereal reverb/delay… read more tone all the way through a nice rock and roll crunch. The fingerboard's playability is perfection. The guitar is more like a work of art when you first hold it and I guarantee you'll wipe it down, polish it and baby it like no other guitar in your collection. I am a very happy customer right now.

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OMG!!!!

First of all, kudos to Dan Robinson of Sweetwater for his valuable input and help. I remember when I was very young (a long time ago!), before I knew anything at all about guitars, I would see Chet Atkins playing his Gretches, a few others playing Gibsons, and several playing Guilds. For some reason, I got warm fuzzies about the Guilds more than any other. Maybe it was the name,… read more I don't know. It would be years before I got into guitars and started leaning about them. I'm so glad Guild is back making guitars under their own moniker. I just can't say enough about this guitar! It arrived to me flawless. It really must be seen to be appreciated. It is a joy just to look at! With the intonation right on and the action set to the way I like it, this baby is such a joy to play, making the sounds that only a semi-hollow or hollow body can make! The P/U's are fantastic, the dirty sings, and the clean is creme! The double-cut is gorgeous and I love the 9 1/2" radius neck so much more than the flatter radius' on so many guitars these days. Trust me, the ES-335's have nothing on this guitar, and at a third of the price! I did contemplate on spending this much on a guitar, but now I'm so glad I bit the bullet and did it! It will now be added to my PRS and Strat guitars to make a full arsenal of sounds and playing enjoyment! If you're thinking about a semi-hollow body guitar, you really owe it to yourself to include this baby in your selection list... you will not be disappointed!

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Made to be played and more !

WOW and more ! Now I understand why so may of this guitars previous reviews rate it so highly. Count me in. Love the tone, feel, look, tone...oh wait I said that already. When Guild says their guitars are made to be played, they're not kidding. I had a hard time putting it down just to write this review. Well, back to more playing. Wow what great tone and playability !

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Starfire IV

Just bought my brand new Starfire IV! Extremely excited about this guitar, the tone and workmanship is fantastic and sounds great! Looking forward to playing this for a long time!

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