Guild Starfire III Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1966), made in Hoboken, NJ, cherry lacquer finish, laminated mahogany body, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
A great playing 1966 single cutaway Starfire III with stock Guild Bigsby tailpiece and bridge and Guild Humbucking pickups. Fully hollow thinline body with cherry finish and bound top and back. Chrome Guild humbucking pickups.
A great 60's Rock and Roll guitar from the end of the 'Beat Boom' era, and one of the few remaining competitively affordable original classic American guitars. This model was extensively used by many mid-1960's groups including the Kinks, Beau Brummels, Music Machine, Dakotas and many more, and was easily Guild's most popular professional grade electric guitar.
Overall length is 41 1/2 in. (105.4 cm.), 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.).
Average playing wear overall; some heavy finish loss to the back of neck and body, but face is much nicer. Original Japanese tuners replaced with slightly later (early 1970's) heavier cast-housing Japanese tuners, otherwise all hardware complete and original. Plays and sounds excellent. Very Good + Condition.
