ingenius Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Wow guys am really excited. I have been after one of these for a couple of years and they seem to be a bit rare on BC. Won it on E-bay this morning, Have paid £410 but it was about what i was willing to pay. Cherry red nid 90s in great condition. Cant wait, but i will take it to Dave Wilson Guitars for a service though. As for Darkstars !!!!.. I will see how it sounds as stock as really i wasnt intending to gig it.. just makes it a bit easy to practice at home solo without plugging in. Any thoughts ?? regards Keith M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jontywisp Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 look very nice, Starfires are the prettiest semis around I think the Darkstars are pricey ($400 a set, no), so why not see how you get on with stock first? not sure what other pups fit ; mebbe Dimarzio Model One enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozza Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I don't think the guy who makes Darkstars (Fred Hammon) is in business anymore. They don't come up secondhand very often either so you may have to keep it stock or investigate some alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2x18 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='ingenius' post='1181997' date='Mar 30 2011, 11:22 AM']Wow guys am really excited. I have been after one of these for a couple of years and they seem to be a bit rare on BC. Won it on E-bay this morning, Have paid £410 but it was about what i was willing to pay. Cherry red nid 90s in great condition. Cant wait, but i will take it to Dave Wilson Guitars for a service though. As for Darkstars !!!!.. I will see how it sounds as stock as really i wasnt intending to gig it.. just makes it a bit easy to practice at home solo without plugging in. Any thoughts ?? regards Keith M[/quote] Wish I had known you wanted a Starfire -- I am just about to put my Sunburst one up for sale! If your ebay sale fall through let me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 £410 is a fair price for one in good nick. Unplugged volume isn't that much more than a solid body, where it comes into its own is you get the acoustic tone plugged in without the huge body of a full acoustic. And although it's short scale, it doesn't feel like one. Really nice neck. I've also heard that Hammon has disappeared, and there's really nothing wrong with the stock pickups, unless you're desperate to be a Jefferson Airplane tribute. I did find with mine the tone controls don't do much, but there's plenty of other ways round that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenius Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1182225' date='Mar 30 2011, 02:05 PM']Can I just take this opportunity to call yo a C*$%. I remember these being in a magazine when they came out. I think it was Guitarist before bassist came out. I had the magazine with the starfires in them for years, might even still be in the attic.[/quote] None taken i guess it was lucky that i was around early morning to outbid whoever was the main other bidder. Hey if you have still got a mag with it in ,it would be interesting for me... let me know we can sort something even a loan of it Cherry was my first choice of colour followed by black then SBurst ( i have 2 black basses already) I will post some pictures on here and update my porn thread when it arrives. regards Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenius Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='2x18' post='1182157' date='Mar 30 2011, 01:26 PM']Wish I had known you wanted a Starfire -- I am just about to put my Sunburst one up for sale! If your ebay sale fall through let me know![/quote] Sorry about that Dude, was really wanting a cherry one ..but i will let you know if anything goes wrong like a catastrophic crack that wasnt declared . Why are there so few about on Basschat ?? regards Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenius Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='spinynorman' post='1182194' date='Mar 30 2011, 01:52 PM']£410 is a fair price for one in good nick. Unplugged volume isn't that much more than a solid body, where it comes into its own is you get the acoustic tone plugged in without the huge body of a full acoustic. And although it's short scale, it doesn't feel like one. Really nice neck. I've also heard that Hammon has disappeared, and there's really nothing wrong with the stock pickups, unless you're desperate to be a Jefferson Airplane tribute. I did find with mine the tone controls don't do much, but there's plenty of other ways round that.[/quote] Hey thanks for the Info I suspect that the Darkstars will no longer be an option. Hope the stock ones are bulletproof otherwise if one fails i may well have to get the wizard to rewind them or source a custom pair from somewhere. regards Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I found one in a bric a brac shop in York a couple of years back. Sold it to fund something else - bad, bad move. Enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I used to have a sunburst Dearmond Starfire first with the original pickups and then a pair of replacement Dark Stars. To my ears the Dark Stars are well worth the money if you can actually find some. Unfortunately, from many reports, Fred Hammon does seem to have gone AWOL recently. There's a guy at the Last Bass Outpost who has fitted Lakland Chisonics (which were in part inspired by the Dark Stars, which were inspired by the Hagstrom Bisonics) to two Starfires. The thread is here: [url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4840.0"]http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4840.0[/url] Looks like this: And like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 There's a MIA Guild Starfire reissue on US ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Guild-Starfire-Bass-II-Semi-hollow-SF-2-/330544354390?pt=Guitar&hash=item4cf5fa9456"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Guild-Starfire-Bass-II...=item4cf5fa9456[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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