Stars Guitars – Brian May signature guitar
There was a period in time about 12 months before the official birth of Eastwood Guitars, where www.myrareguitars.com was selling more NEW guitars than Vintage Guitars. From 1999-2002, MRG was a dealer for Dipinto Guitars, Burns UK, EKO, Italia, Tokai and many others. One of the brands at that time was STARS. STARS? I know, never heard of it. Maybe it lasted for only 18 months at best, but they put out a Brian May copy that was WAY better than most people expected, at a price that was unbeatable, around $599.
Here are a bunch of photos of one model – perfect finish, excellent quality bridge, saddles and tremolo, beautiful fretboard – they had everything. Everything except licensing rights, so after some nicely worded lawyers letters, it seems the STARS brand disappeared into the night….
I have this awesome guitar in TV Yellow. It is rare, indeed.
Any idea on its current worth? I have one like the one in the picture.