Guild Starfire III Newark St Hollow-Body, Cherry Red Overview
The Guild Starfire III is an incredibly versatile semi that is great for rock, blues and jazz in equal measure, with a solid tone and great look. The ultra-thin mahogany body and vintage soft U profile mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard makes the Starfire III supremely comfortable on your knee or on a strap. LB-1 mini humbuckers give the Starfire III a bright sound that breaks up well at high gain and maintains articulate cleans. Other features include a classic Guild logo, Guild vibrato tailpiece, Tune-O-Matic bridge with rosewood base a florentine cutaway. If you want a little 60's magic, look no further than the Guild Starfire III.- Body Construction: Hollowbody
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Mahogany
- Body Back: Arched Laminated Mahogany
- Body Sides: Laminated Mahogany
- Bracing: Parallel Tone Bars
- Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Binding: Ivory White with Black/White Purfling
- Purfling: Black/Ivory White
- Soundhole/F-Holes: Unbound F Holes
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Vintage Soft "U"
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Scale Length: 24 3/4"³ (628 mm)
- Nut Width: 1 11/16"³ (43 mm)
- Nut Material: Bone
- Neck Binding: 1-Ply Ivory White
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 9 1/2"³ (240 mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: Pearloid Dot
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fret Size: Narrow Jumbo
- Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite™ Die-Cast
- Hardware Finish/Plating: Nickel Plated; Polished Aluminum Tremolo Bar
- Truss Rod: Dual-Action
- Bridge: Guild® Tune-O-Matic with Rosewood Base
- Strings: D'Addario® EXL115 Nickel Wound, Medium/Blues-Jazz Rock, (.011-.049 Gauges)
- Bridge Pickup: LB-1
- Neck Pickup: LB-1
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Pickup Switches: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Control Knobs: Black Plastic
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
- Pickguard: Black with Guild® Logo
