Ibanez Starfield Cabriolet 1994

Starfield guitars are a bit of a quiet legend.  Made by the Ibanez Custom shop while the Yoshino family owned them, the grandson in the family wanted his own line of guitars. With the help of Ibanez Custom Shop luthier Mike Lipe, the Starfield guitars were launched in the mid-ninties. This guitar was made in Japan. The line didn’t last long: the design blended Telecaster and Les Paul vibes with some stylish beveling, and may have been just too much for the guitar world. David Williams used them on Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” world tour, and Live used them around he early “Throwing Copper” era, and Charlie Sexton (Bob Dylan) was sponsored by Starfield.  

The top is a laminate, with a Birdseye Maple Olive Laqure finish, and solid Mahogany sides and back. The Rosewood fingerboard is in great shape and has cool pearloid dots up the neck located directly under the “A” string, for a cool offset look. Body is in good shape with a few dings and scratches on the back, including a weird circular belt buckle rubbing.  The neck is un-laquered Maple.  The head stock has sealed G-Gotoh tuners and an Ebony nut.