Guild Starfire restoration

[MPU]

Here's my latest project finished. A 60's Starfire with Alembic inspired bridge. I refinished the bass, leveled the fretboard and fretted the bass, made a new headstock veneer and MOP inlay and mounted my own custom made brass bridge. Pup is a Dark Star of course, tuners are Schaller M4.
The pics from the progress are at
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/Marko70/Starfire/
Marko

 

[Greenman]

You make some real nice bridges. Nice job.

 

[scottyd]

Very nice! So you made that bridge?

 

[superbassman2000]

Awesome!!

i bet that sounds great!!

 

[bassksun]

Here's my atest project finished. A 60's Starfire with Alembic inspired bridge. I refinished the bass, leveled the fretboard and fretted the bass, made a new headstock veneer and MOP inlay and mounted a custom made brass bridge. Pup is a Dark Star of course, tuners Schaller M4.
The pics from the progress are at
http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/Marko70/Starfire/
Marko

Niiice. Thx for the pics.

 

[Volk]

That sure is a beauty!

 

[JSPguitars]

Exquisite!

 

[MPU]

Very nice! So you made that bridge?

Thanks,
yes, I made the bridge myself.
Marko

 

[lousybassist]

You never cease to impress me Marko! That Starfire looks fantastic now.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Marko, could you elaborate on how you built that bridge? Raw materials etc?

 

[MPU]

A friend made the round parts, I made the rest out of brass bars. Find a good pic of Alembic bridge, measure it and make something similar.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Beautiful metalwork on the bridge, amazing restoration overall. Nice to see that old honey restored.

 

[MPU]

About the bridge; I remembered it was like Alembic bridges. However after looking the pics the bridge is like the old bridges Alembic made for customizing. It's made of brass angle bar. Two pieces are brazed together, sadlles are made of thicker brass bar. Tailpiece is made of thick brass bar as well.