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Blog Entry: If you browse some of the internet listings for Guild Electric Guitar , you can find some amazing offerings. For example, a new 2003 Guild Starfire V has been in storage since its manufacture. Never sold, it is in brand new condition. In addition, it has a label from the closed Westerly RI plant, something that adds to its collectability. Customers were offered any option in designing their very own Soloist. Having custom made features means that there are many examples of Soloist which have other design traits than outlined above. Often, such alternate features included different fretboards or binding on the Student model. Asking prices for Guild Starfires depend on several factors. First is the model and year manufactured. The next is the condition. Condition of these guitars ranges from the wear you would expect to find in an instrument that has been used to appropriate maintenance and restoration to disastrous breaks, scratches and dings. Also a factor is whether or not the original case and labels are still in existence. If there is any paperwork such as the paid bill or the original users' manual, this can add to the market value of the guitar. For the 1980s custom era, the standard classifications were the Student and Custom model. Student models can be identified by rosewood fretboards and dot inlays. Custom models feature ebony boards, Saxophones , and binding on the headstock and neck. The early designs of the Jackson Soloist included Charvel like features such as vintage tremolos, Explorer-like headstocks and Stratocaster-shaped vintage electric guitars . You could often see premium wood in these designs and often a Floyd Rose double-locking tremolo bridge. The Jackson Soloist was well loved by those in the heavy metal and rock scene, like many of the Jackson company's guitars. Keep applying coats of paint till you are happy with the color you have achieved. This means maybe six coats. Then a clear coat of lacquer. Hang the guitar up to dry for a month so that the lacquer is hardened.