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BTW: if, like me, you're a fan of the tone Jack Casady got OD-ing his SFs through a Versatone PanoFlex Bi-Amp with Jefferson Airplane and early Hot Tuna, you might want to test drive some bass-dedicated distortion pedals. I have a Darkglass Vintage Microtubes. While it won't have you replicating his Versatone sound exactly (his touch/skills/musical sensibilities and Alembic mods of his basses are other important factors) that pedal can be finessed to get you into the territory without adding excessive wooliness.
New question for you all.... The specs say that the bass came with D'Addario Chromes ECB81 flats light gauge (.045-.100) which are long scale strings. Neither suffix, M for medium scale, nor S for short scale, is included in the specs. From the ball end of the string to the tuning peg, there really isn't a lot of excess left over with the long scale set. So then, back to my question, what's everybody using?
Enjoy your second childhood and that SWEET bass! I've had two basses with twin Hammon Darkstars. They do growl nicely. 
New question for you.... If you got the certificate with your Chris Hillman Starfire bass, did it have an issue number that identified it with the 70 pieces that were manufactured? If so, is there anything that links it to the serial number on the back of the headstock? Mine did not come with it, so I'm curious what it looks like and whether any of the number combinations within the serial number reveal that. I can't seem to get the factory to help. Thanks!
Here's a pic of my certificate... I've blocked out my serial, but there is nothing in it that would indicate my bass is #67.
Congrats, she looks real nice!
A friend of mine and I once rescued and brought back to life a 1968 maple sunburst Starfire, which had a nitro finish of course, but the color composition of the burst looked almost identical.
I've played a few NS Starfires and enjoyed them quite a bit. What I haven't seen in person is the hardshell case that comes with them, but I'm very interested... in your photos they look like they're good quality and would provide better protection for my vintage Starfires than their very worn old original cases.
On a side-note, I do know that the Epiphone Casady case fits a vintage Starfire perfectly as well, but it would be kinda nice to find one that said "Guild" on it
A friend of mine and I once rescued and brought back to life a 1968 maple sunburst Starfire, which had a nitro finish of course, but the color composition of the burst looked almost identical.
I've played a few NS Starfires and enjoyed them quite a bit. What I haven't seen in person is the hardshell case that comes with them, but I'm very interested... in your photos they look like they're good quality and would provide better protection for my vintage Starfires than their very worn old original cases.
On a side-note, I do know that the Epiphone Casady case fits a vintage Starfire perfectly as well, but it would be kinda nice to find one that said "Guild" on it
That's good info...thank you! You're right that the serial number doesn't indicate which number in the series the bass is, but I would have thought the factory could cross-reference it. I love the bass so I guess it's not all that important.
