onewilyfool Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 With a maple top???? How do these sound acoustically? I can't imagine that top vibrating well??? http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/msg/2201409447.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I've played a few acoustics with figured maple tops. Acoustically they tend to be tight without much low end. But plugged in they are killer - with a surpisingly fantastic amped sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I've had 3 of them. Common wisdom has them as more electric than acoustic, but mine ( especially the one I have now) have an acoustic mercurial clarity that complements my other more conventional guitars very well. I wouldn't want it as my only guitar, but it is selling it short to diminish its acoustic tonal qualities. ( BTW - Jorma used one for years - the liner notes on Land of Heroes specify Starburst & the Walker-built J-35 as the 2 guitars. The cover of Too Many Years has a drawing of him playing a Starburst - & I stand to be corrected by those in the know, but it sounds to me like the entire recording is Starburst.he had 3 - and currently retains one - the blue one is featured prominently on his Homespun 3-DVD set). Here's my current one - due to the level of ornamentation, I have named it "der Blingle": 94 Starburst Custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentw Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 very nice collection. sort of an odd choice of location...posing them in front of the wood burning fireplace. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 very nice collection. sort of an odd choice of location...posing them in front of the wood burning fireplace. :unsure: I made sure there was no fire burning at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 As they say in Darts....nice grouping!!....lol......how much do these Starbursts go for??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 As they say in Darts....nice grouping!!....lol......how much do these Starbursts go for??? yeah - from left to right - Starburst, Smeck Radio Grande, Nick Lucas (mahogany b&s) & John Walker Clark Fork I thought placing the copy of Quah in the background was a nice touch. Too bad there'll never be a Gibson Jorma Sig ( a J-35 project planned a few years ago, then killed) to add to the grouping! Over the time I've been buying Starbursts, I've seen prices in the 1200 - 3500 range. I THINK the following is correct (but won't dispute any corrections): Only made in 92 & 93. I've heard it described as an all-maple Florentine cutaway J-185,original concept by Ren Ferguson. There were 3 models - in 92, just the Starburst, but mine had the word "Flame" in the model designation as well. In 93: the Studio (maybe only "Star" as opposed to "Starburst" inlays), the Standard & the Elite. The Elite had extra binding & a backstripe & fancier topwood generally - & mine has ebony fretboard - I think all Elites might have . The Elite fetches the most - in 2007 $3k - 3.5k on eBay; now I'm not sure. I sold my Elite for $3200. My current one was apparently commissioned in 1994, one of a pair - had to be Custom since by then the short-lived Starburst had been dropped as a model. It's basically an Elite, but with added abalone purfling &rosette & abalone inlays.very flashy, hence the name "Der Blingle" Added bonus of label sigs by both Ren & John Walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 and here's Jorma in action with his starburst on Rev.Gary's "keep your lamp trimmed and burining" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go_tod450Eg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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