DeArmond Starfire

Purchased this guitar on closeout. Paid 250 american currency,

Clean bright sound replicating a decent ES-335, sturdy semihollow Jazzbox, above average construction for an imported semihollow design guitar, excellent Pickups, great action

solid setneck design, sharp looking guitar, very comparable to the Epiphone Sheriton. Nicer pickups

I've done head-to-heads with the semihollows, imports, as well as american-made models, this is along the top of the line, and given it's low pricetag, a real "bang for the buck"

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Made in the core of starfire MODEL Guild, there is nothing wrong with regard to violin making.
the assembly are raliss, the handle is perfectly al adjusted the woods of good quality varnish the right thickness, the frets well ... nothing wrong RULES!
sticky white threads on the handle and the edge of box, with vents f dcoupes perfectly.
same intonation correctly RULES of silent ... in short a great job.
it sounds divine dj empty sustain Submitted trs.

UTILIZATION

The handle is a classic trs head tilted 3 +3, D-profile, well-cut not too large (even when I have big pognes) but requires a little warming Prior Otherwise it provides the cramp.
22 medium frets with no burrs rsiduelle. The 18th junction box.
Access in acute is not one of ease MODEL (it's not a guitar shredding tapping ...) but for a game jazzy no worries.
it is well balance and can play both standing, sitting sprawled at the bottom of his sofa ... avoid even when the position slash style, the cashier at the knees ... it nievau is not for a body and its dimensions will remind you quickly.
in weight, was not going ... to lumbago.
sound: a sound no problem!

SOUNDS

Two double coils directly made in US animate bte ... and a really warm.
the neck pickup is a velvety delight the ears of all lovers of jazz and whatever personal volume ... I use most often with too much change at the level of acute super ... hot.
the bridge pickup when he possde a potato hell.
Incisive bite frankly wish it, producing a saturation of the most joyous and crisp as long as you send it in a good amp lamp! with the one you can really do anything of crunchy fat dropD well ... so if I do!

rglages: two sets of knobs Volume / Tone + a 3 position toggle (neck, neck / bridge, bridge)
knobs fairly linear overall, noting that position is the middle volume of the bridge that will drive the two microphones simulanment.

OVERALL OPINION

I possde this little gem for the past three years.
This is a guitar that has not had the chance to be well distributed in our counters, a rare quality of a report the quality unbeatable price era (j ' had to pay in the 700 with tui) ...
a mouth and a prsence not possible, a noise footprint indniable.
c'tait short ... if I repeat the same Rasht eyes closed.
it's stupid but it no longer makes her cousin appears in squier under the same name ... but it trs significantly worse in terms of quality ...

550 the argus? parat me a bit ... 900 euros the era, all the same ... and violin pickups US irrprochable ... But hey ... good for buyers

UTILIZATION

Jouabilit honnte +

SOUNDS

Heat, Heat ... The micro serious and shuffled the two makes some sounds a bit like Abbey Road, The Beatles. With a tube screamer, it's hot, round, crunchy ... and also in the treble (which can ... fuser surprising in a fawn dpart). She has a clear orientation of a 335, I think.

Me who loves his fender, the apparatus as a guitar starfire complmentaire perfect

OVERALL OPINION

Particularity the less pleasant? I am used to smaller templates, but ...
I tried also semi-hollow piphone, Ibanez and Aria: ... incomparable ...

report qualitprix exceptionnelllll

bought on ebay not trs CHRE and a little random, and ultimately delighted by this acquisistion

Made in Korea, the handle very playable, very end, as the 335 (real) De Armond pickups humbucker
I got this guitar in 97-98, since sold to pay my GITE
grrr ...

UTILIZATION

to see above the handle.
Weight ha ... c'tait has a serious problem. she was offering heavy .... my god!
and most importantly, dsquilibre, sitting on the right leg for right-handed, she fell, c'tait not unusual to find playing on the fretboard! : /
it was imperatively him even add a strap to play seated.
has less adpter position "classic", the ass between the legs ... not easy.
Sound.
gniallissime! ... good I'll quibble a tiny, tiny, lacking in the bass (These grave found in Fender)
compensated by a sort of natural compression that gave him a blues in his inimitable
the sound of a saturated heat incomparable with Hot Rod (I played the top of the era)

SOUNDS

Sound.
gniallissime! ... good I'll quibble a tiny, tiny, lacking in the bass (These grave found in Fender)
compensated by a sort of natural compression that gave him a blues in his inimitable
the sound of a saturated heat incomparable with Hot Rod (I played the top of the era)
and its clear ... gnial except this slight lack of bass depth strata for example U.S.

OVERALL OPINION

I've used for 2 years. replaced by a home Ibanez AS73 see anything.
I remember having bought Backstage at Pigalle (half exchange against an aria)
I had paid 4,500 francs in the era of 700 to 900 euros! lol. that's why guys who sell 650 euro now .... er ... s'grattent not there eh!
if I saw 400 euro, now the right away, I would send a collector shit!