'65 Guild Starfire II Special & Fender Princeton Reverb Demo

This hollowbody can go from mellow to clean to garagey with a flick of a switch. Hit the '79 Princeton Reverb really quick in the beginning so you could hear the slight reverb I engaged for this, the tremolo is off. After I put a 12AU7 in the preamp section and 12AT7 tubes for the others (6V6s and tube recti left alone) the Princeton Reverb really gave me that blackface vibe. Just don't touch that pullboost!

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• Guild
• Starfire
• II
• Electric
• Hollowbody
• Guitar
• Fender
• Princeton
• Reverb
• Silverface
• Amp
• Blackface

[Zuhzuhzombie]

So why a Guild? Just curious how you came across it. Love Starfires.

[Jahnli]

@Zuhzuhzombie first electric i had as a teen was a black '67 Guild Starfire. Been trying to recapture that feeling of awesomeness ever since!

[Jahnli]

It's actually very light, being a fully hollow thinline.

[bluesmysoul]

Hey man, great sounding stuff. good playing. do you know what the difference is between the silverface and the blackface princeton reverb?

[Jahnli]

@bluesmysoul they are different schematics with different parts and such, but I think it boils down to the silverfaces sounding cleaner, and the blackfaces sounding warmer. But with a 10 inch speaker they're both pretty "beamy" - not lush amps, unless you kick in that reverb!

[lolita48230]

How do you compare the sound of the mini humbuckers to a Gibson Humbucker or perhaps to a P90?

[Jahnli]

Compared to a full humbucker like a Gibson '57, you'll get a drier, less muddy tone. When you crank it, the overdrive won't be as smooth - it'll be more "garagey." Less output means more air and chime!

[Django5198]

is it heavy?

[zzmook]

@Jahnli - There are just a few different electrical components - it's usually very easy to "blackface" silverface amps. And given that this was the switch from pre-CBS designs to CBS designs, it's usually considered the thing to do - my blackface '66 PR can sound plenty lush with one 10" - although the other big mod for PR's is to change out the baffle to get a 12" speaker in there.

[fenderstratguy]

I like the way you play, bra

[joshporter08]

great vid! love your style

[KC5E]

Man, that sounds great. I have a Starfire III exactly like that except for the Bigsby. A good guitarist doesn't need a Bigsby. I have just explained why I have a Bigsby. lol.