GUILD STARFIRE I JET90
Despite space-age model names such as Starfire and Jetstar, Guild’s Newark St Collection has long been a destination for those with vintage predilections and down-to-earth budgets. From hard-rockin’ solidbodies to hollowbody archtops, the range accounts for all the main food groups. Our review model combines the classic single-cut Starfire outline with a centre-block, a trio of Guild’s Franz P-90s and a Bigsby-style vibrato tailpiece.
Seen here in Satin White polyurethane, the Jet90 is certainly a looker, and the Satin Black and dark-backed Satin Gold incarnations are no less attractive. With a 16.5-inch lower bout and an elongated Firebird-style six-in-line headstock outline first used by Guild back in the 1960s, it’s an imposing instrument that makes a lot more sense on our 6’2” frame than it might on that of a
