Guild Starfire: ES-335, SchmES-335

November 28, 2008
Guild Starfire at Modern Music

We check in at Modern Music where the dominance of the Gibson ES-335 is challenged. We take a look at the Guild Starfire, a similar semi-hollowbody that rivals the blues legend of the ES-335. One surprising aspect of this rivalry is that Guild takes it straight to Gibson's heart with their own, USA-built humbuckers, the bread and butter of most Gibson guitars.

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JT: I'm JT and we're at Modern Music in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

This is considered -- Some people consider these to be better than 335's.

PATRICK OGLE: Are they solid or are they all hollow or they have the block?

JT: They have the block. They have the block like the 335. It's a semi-hollow they call it, so.

PATRICK OGLE: What are the pickups?

JT: They're Guild humbuckers. Here again. Check it out. Made in USA. Well, Gibsons just mainly are humbuckers.

PATRICK OGLE: Right.

JT: It was Gibson's thing. I mean you get single coils on some o them, which have a brighter, thinner kind of a sound, just completely different, you know. Some people prefer one or the other. Some people, I like to use both of them, you know. They're both kinds of pickups in different guitars but --

PATRICK OGLE: Who would play these particular guitars?

JT: Buddy Guy used to play one of these.

PATRICK OGLE: Oh really?

JT: I'm pretty sure he played the Starfire, but he's played a lot of different Guilds. He's played a Blues Bird, Guild Blues Bird. Mostly he's known for the polka dot Strats like that one up there, but he's played a lot of Guilds over the years.

PATRICK OGLE: Well, this particular one is the -- so, you know, it's kind of blues, rock-blues kind of deal.

JT: Yeah because it's got that 335 vibe, you know, being semi-hollow and stuff.

PATRICK OGLE: You're not going to find like death metal bands playing guitar.

JT: No. No. Whatever the Children of Bodom won't be playing this one. [LAUGHING]

PATRICK OGLE: [LAUGHING]

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