Re: Anyone heard of or got a starforce bass
From the website:
1980’S STARFORCE USA 7005 4-STRING BASS GUITAR SCORCHER PICKUPS NO RESERVE
This is a listing for an old 80’s Starforce 7005 CKBK. These were made by Samick in the early 80’s and imported into the USA. Here is the information we have on the company
The Starforce company was started in 1988 and their guitars were produced in Korea for Tropical Music of Miami. Early production models were the 6000 series and did not include the USA sub text. It’s unknown when or why USA was included.
The "USA" models produced were; the 8000, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007, 8008 and 8009. There was also a series of 7005 series bass models.
Body materials varied. Some laminated, some solid and all had maple necks w/rosewood fret boards. Most were bolt-on and few were set and sported a variety of slick headstock designs.
Pickup configurations ran the gamut from s/s/s to h/s/h and were marked SKORCHERZ.
Hardware was either Floyd Rose type bridge/trems or Wilkenson type bridge/trem and Tuners. Ping Tuners appeared on most upper end models. Branding on the headstock ranged from block to script style fonts thruout the production years.
As with all Starforce guitars, it has the “Skorcherz” pickups that just scream, Wilkinson type tremelo bridge and Ping machines. Inlaid “planetary” fret markers were a signature of these guitars.
Tropical Music of Miami is now Tropical Music Export Enterprises, Inc. and still located in Miami. Although the headstock reads Starforce USA, the company only served Central America, South America, the Caribbean, & the B.V.I. so these guitars were never directly sold in the U.S.
