The ultimate guitar bookpaperback online bookstore. Starfield astronomy, a set of stars visible in an arbitrarilysized field of view. The book has wonderful pictures of these iconic guitars, accompanied by a short history of the guitarists and their axes. Oscar schmidt 12 string bajo sexto acoustic guitar w gig bag, cedar top, oh50s. Used starfield cabriolet sj limited see thru cherry solid. Leo fender, american inventor and manufacturer of electronic musical instruments. From famous guitars whose names are commonly known in the rock world to pioneers of playing, this provides a fine illustrated history of the guitars and their stars. Most of the instruments sold during this period were oldstock american guitars and imported japanese guitars, which gave the market time to adjust to the presence of these new, lowcost instruments bearing the fender name. Cool guitars they dont make any more 1 cool guitars they dont make any more 2 cool guitars they dont make any more 3 starfield cabriolet. Not only do these guitars benefit from the vintage tone of the torrefied top, but the dreadnought scale gives them additional punch and projection beyond what youd expect from a traditional 0 guitar. Today i saw a nice used guitar at what seemed to be a real bargain price, a starfield. By continuing to use our site you consent to use our cookies. Guitar, plucked stringed musical instrument that probably originated in spain early in the 16th century.
Lawsuit guitars japanese vintage electric guitars on ebay. For a brief history of ibanez guitars, see below the catalogs. Starfield shopping mall, a south korean shopping mall. Use the search box above to find fond treasures from your childhood or that one book that has escaped your collection thus far. A special electric folding travel guitar called the foldaxe briefly manufactured by hoyer in 1977 was invented for chet atkins in atkins book me and my guitars by inventor and guitarist roger field, featuring a builtin way to keep the string tension and tuning the same even when folded, and ready to play when unfolded.
The results of lawsuitera guitar making are still felt today. Starfield is a canadian christian music group from winnipeg, manitoba. I had one of these on loan from a friend a few months ago. The picture is the model sj altair custom ecu me not too common for small mistake, japanesemade guitar, custom model altair, ash body, pressing rosewood but i think the key aspect is much clearer and very. If you like those guitars but cant find a vintage one, eastwood guitars is currently reissuing several of these designs. There are a lot of guitars falsely credited to japanese manufacturers that were actually made in china and korea. Im used to guitar books with one glossy, high res pic of a single guitar per page and a brief. Anybody know were i can find other starfield guitars. Starfield band, a canadian christian music group starfield. Sep 15, 1991 a pretty good book if you are wanting to learn a few facts about major guitar brands. The starfield amps, we did not carry these in the usa but bill cummisky signed the starfield logo with his hand writing, i remember this well, when i was at hoshino we had many samples sent to us of the starfield amps, this was probably around 1991 or so when joe hoshino was really into the starfield project. All the standard gibson and fender type stuff, plus some other interesting odds and ends. At the time i did a little research on it and discovered that they were an offshoot of the ibanez guitar company an attempt at a new brand.
This is a starfield guitar, which is another vintage brand of ibanez like greco, mann, univox, cimar and others. I was definitely not prepared for what i was getting with this book. Rare books for sale, buy antique books from alibris. Star guitars and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. A satisfying set from start to finish, the album channels u2 and delirious by offering dense soundscapes anchored with ringing guitars, straightahead rhythms and shimmering vocals. Rare ibanez made in usa starfield altair american custom. Heres the firstever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars that made the. Sep 01, 2001 history of the american guitar tony bacon on. When doing so, please specify the serial number, colour, guitar bass type and whether its labelled heartfield, heartfield by fender or fender, as well as any stockfactory modifications. Its suggested that tokai made hummingbird acoustics as well, but if these were related to those made by humming bird i havent quite sorted out yet. The guitars are built using great guitar parts of different makes, such as gotoh machine heads, seymore duncan pick ups and wilkinson bridges.
Welcome to heartfield guitars, previously heartfield central, the definitive site for your heartfield or heartfield by fender guitar picture fetish and general documentation needs. The true story behind japanese lawsuit guitars soundfly. We offer a courier service australia wide on our guitars. It has a scratch under the tone knob see last picture.
I know the company nolonger exists and that they were owned by ibanez. Guitarhq a nice allaround mainstream vintage guitar site. For greater savings check out our used starfield 385 natural acoustic guitar and get a great deal today. Based in nagoya, aichi, japan, hoshino gakki were one of the first japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the united states and europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to massproduce the sevenstring guitar and eightstring guitar. The catalogs scanned and linked below represent output from the year 1971 through the present. In popular music the guitar is usually amplified, and ensembles frequently include more than one instrument, a lead guitar for solos, another for rhythm, and a bass guitar to play bass lines.
Starfield astronomy, a set of stars visible in an arbitrarily sized field of view. That is the connection between starfield and ibanez. Starfield altair series guitar 1992 ad w donald kinsey report wc clark rob. From classics to selfhelp, cookbooks, childrens books and more. List of guitar products from manufacturer starfield. But, they tend to be great, highquality instruments.
Otherwise, this is sort of surfacey as overall history of the guitar book and not even close to the best coffee table overview book on the guitar. They ought to be worth a ton, but they sell for very little. Responding to the markets desire for lower priced instruments, fender opened its own japanese plant in 1982. This is their copy of the gibson howard roberts guitar. Ibanez, aibanizu is a japanese guitar brand owned by hoshino gakki. It comes as pictured with original hard shell case. Guitar simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The neck cant be adjusted so its playable beyond the 10th fret and even to get it to stop fret buzzing the action is much too high for my taste. Cimar and starfield were guitar and bass brands owned by hoshino gakki.
Solid cedar or spruce tops with rosewood backs and sides for a brilliant and rich classic tone. From the birth of a daring new musical stylethe bluesto jazz. A woman brings in a gorgeous jackson guitar painted and signed by def leppards phil collen, and the man himself swings by to take a look in this collection of. Cookies help us improve performance, enhance user experience and deliver our services. The japanese fender guitars are not lawsuit guitars.
All prices include secure and sturdy packaging to ensure your guitar arrives safely. We have thousands of rare and antique treasures brought to you by our network of trusted sellers from all around the world. Star guitars is presented by guitar type and packs in fullpage color photos which are key to identification and appreciation. The most widely played musical instrument in the world, the guitar is also the basis of american popular music. From 1992 to 1993 the brand was made in us and japan, again. Im used to guitar books with one glossy, high res pic of a single guitar per page and a brief couple of paragraphs. This thorough and abundantly illustrated history contains alphabetically arranged entries on important guitar builders and companies. Together with george fullerton, fender developed the first massproduced solidbody electric guitar, in 1948. Find the current blue book value and worth of your new and used guitars, both acoustic, electric and amplifier. Hailing from canada, but sounding heavily britinfluenced, worshiprock quartet starfield hits full stride with its sophomore release, beauty in the broken. My bands twentyyearold lead guitarist earned seven years in jail for a drugfuelled spree of violence. I have a used guitar that looks like a cross between a strat and a les paul jr.
Handcrafted electric bass guitars that sound as good as they look. When doing so, please specify the serial number, colour, guitarbass type and whether its labelled heartfield, heartfield by fender or fender, as well as any stockfactory modifications. Help support jvguitars service today and go ahead and just order your e guitar appraisal now. Never seen one of these in real life before and it caught my intrest. The starfield guitar brand was also owned by hoshino gakki. Used starfield 385 natural acoustic guitar guitar center. I like the way bacon organized smaller, esoteric brands into countries burns guitars from britain, hofner from germany, etc. In the 1970s, hoshino gakki and kanda shokai shared some guitar designs and so some ibanez and.
The blue book if youre serious about buying and selling used guitars, the blue book provides the most detailed pricing, dating and identification info. We specialize in making it easier for you to get the books you need. During the 1970s and most of the 1980s, ibanez guitars were made almost exclusively in japan, and the majority of electric models were made at the fujigen gakki manufacturing plant. Basically a book detailing the history of the electric guitar through a broad selection of manufacturers in alphabetical order, complete with an interesting selection. They have won multiple gma canada covenant awards canadas dove awards, received four juno nominations, five vibes, and the prairie music award for best christian album. The th90 hirade concert classic is handcrafted in our. Lawsuit guitars have a headstock that is known as an open book headstock, copied from gibson. Each guitar comes equipped with an on board pickup for ease of use in live venues. This book is about those guitars that created the sounds that we have heard for decades on the radio, on records, cassettes, eight tracks, cds, and the guitarists that pulled those sounds out of these instruments. These price ranges utilize a combination of expert research, external market data, and realtime reverb transactions to estimate the current value of items in used but original condition. Each guitar s woods have been chosen to pronounce delicate and detailed tones, whilst still producing enough volume to have a complete voicing. Weve used solid torrefied adirondack spruce tops as the foundation for the rp116c, our 12fret single 0 cutaway with a dreadnought scale. I own one starfield america, a beautiful green thing. Starfieid logo guitars are identical to ibanez logo models in every way except for the logo see links below.
There are many models, from solid bodies to semi acoustics. Hoshino used starfield name in 1970s on japanese made guitars. Electric guitar pickup tone bleed modification for stratocaster telecaster, humbucker, p90 those who arent familiar with the electric guitar mod, its a treble bleed plus change mod designed for strat or tele singles thats dirt simple easy. The ultimate guitar book is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to guitars, from early acoustics to the latest electrics. Shop from the worlds largest selection and best deals for electric guitars. Over 600 pages of guitar history, playing styles, pictures, and some information on rarely seen makes and models of guitars from all eras. Starfield was the logo used on ibanezhoshinofujigen guitars for the australian market. Two other highly reliable resources for dating guild instruments are the guild guitar book and gruhns guide to vintage guitars, both of which are excellent references that often prove helpful with questions regarding dating, specifications and historical context of many guild instruments. Use this site for a pricing guide and source of information on all guitars. The takamine pro series 3 guitars are designed to have unrivalled performance both on and off the stage. Ive been told its a gibson copy,looks just like the gibson 1950s style j bodyjumbo,even the pickguard mimics the flower and vine pattern. Taken from my previous post about japanese guitar brands.
It was the mahogany bodied, flame maple topped version of the starfield american classic. Starfield album starfield, missouri, a community in the united states. No book has ever brought together so many guitars in such keen detail and rich portrayal, featuring specially commissioned photographs of over 450 famous, rare and vintage guitars. It was a starfield altair custom the us made model which was, i believe, assembled and finished in the us from parts made mostly in japan. If you read i heart guitar regularly youre probably aware of the epic battle that takes place in my mind between my love of ibanez shred. Serial numbers below you will find a list of serial numbers of heartfield guitars. Starfield brand, a brand of guitars by ibanez starfield shopping mall, a south korean shopping mall starfield, an upcoming game by bethesda game studios. The starfield amps, we did not carry these in the usa but bill cummisky signed the starfield logo with his hand writing, i remember this well, when i was at hoshino we had many samples sent to us of the starfield amps, this was probably around 1991 or so when joe hoshino was really into the starfield. Help support jvguitars service today and go ahead and just order your eguitar appraisal now. Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. Welcome to the reverb price guide, the ultimate resource for music gear pricing and information. Ibanez made the starfield altair american custom models alc1220 and alc1225 from 1992 until 1994. Stunning 1970s starfield ibanez howard roberts archtop electric guitar. The group has songs and albums that have charted in canada, the united kingdom, and the united states.
Starfield, missouri, a community in the united states. If you have any serial numbers to add, please feel free to contact me. Fjestad is the author of the blue book of acoustic guitars. A pretty good book if you are wanting to learn a few facts about major guitar brands. A collection of vintage guitars and other instruments. If you read i heart guitar regularly youre probably aware of the epic battle that takes place in my mind between my love of ibanez shred axes and my lust for telecasters and the like. Up for sale we have a preowned rare starfield america guitar. The history and background of japanese lawsuit guitars. Starfield was a guitar brand owned by hoshino gakki. This book is a real bargainanot only is it excellent value at rrp a.
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