… at least I couldn’t. I swapped it off a guitarist pal here. It’s a Starfield battery-powered self-amplified guitar. An internet search throws up plenty of Starfield guitars, but apparently this model doesn’t exist, or is the only one. The serial number on the back of the headstock (F207711) tells me it was made by Fujigen Japan in 1992. Fujigen has some connection with Ibanez, and In spite of the Jetsons styling it’s a beautifully made (and surprisingly heavy) little guitar, quality woods and finish, with an absolutely true neck and perfect intonation all the way up to that 22nd fret. The body is curved to fit under the arm and into the hip, and it’s well-balanced on the strap. It’s also playable through an amp, but I haven’t tried that. The whammy bar is missing (isn’t it always?), and the upper pot switch (a weird on/off and two position pickup tone control) looks like a replacement. Going by the three (count ’em!) positions, it might have been a blade switch rather than a pot. The lower aluminium pot is volume, and lifting it up a notch kicks you right into heavy gain mode, with screaming pinched harmonics and crunchy » Continue Reading.
