Guild Pilot bass club? - Page 20

rarebasses · #**381** 09-11-2012, 02:37 AM

Here is the infamous "Custom Made For Alec John Such" Guild Pilot. It's a '87 also. Not sure what the body was made of on this one, it was a custom bass given to Alec. It was a heavy bass so I doubt it was poplar. It has green L.E.D.'s in the neck! I owned this for 7 years till I sold it to pay the house payment. It appraised at $3500.00 by Gruhn. I am planning on getting her back soon!

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edumamare · #**382** 09-19-2012, 08:22 PM

Guild Pilot Pro 1994, with aguilar OBP-3:

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ggvicviper · #**383** 09-20-2012, 10:01 AM

Can I have a number? Mine is an SB605 from 1988. Modified for all passive operation with DiMarzio Ultra Jazz 5 and new pots.

TRichardsbass · #**384** 12-03-2012, 03:18 PM

Just practiced my 80s cover band audition songs and noticed Ben Orr played a Pilot like mine in 1985. So I took mine out. Man these were sweet. Making me reconsider everything. Just perfect to play and the neck is great!

TRichardsbass · #**385** 12-03-2012, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ggvicviper

Actually, I'm not interested in joining this club anymore. Retracting.

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ggvicviper · #**386** 12-03-2012, 03:28 PM

I've decided to keep my Pilot and donate another instrument. I really like the tone.

nalapit13 · #**387** 12-03-2012, 04:05 PM

Pickguard pilots sound awesome.

As far as handing out numbers. I don't think I've done that in about 5 years. Weird this thread has stuck around this long. I'm a sucker for pilots I love them all!!

Peepaleep · #**388** 12-03-2012, 04:48 PM

I'm always on the lookout for a Pilot at a good price. Not that I need any more basses, but I just love how these basses feel and play.

nalapit13 · #**389** 12-03-2012, 06:28 PM

Agreed peep. I currently have 3. My first ever owned pilot. An 88 602. The unicorn in the pilot world the advanced 905. And I just picked up one of the last pilots ever made. The serial number is higher than the last one on the Guild site it also has a sweet mahoghany body. Ill post a family pic once I can get them all in one place.

Peepaleep · #**390** 12-03-2012, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nalapit13

Agreed peep. I currently have 3. My first ever owned pilot. An 88 602. The unicorn in the pilot world the advanced 905. And I just picked up one of the last pilots ever made. The serial number is higher than the last one on the Guild site it also has a sweet mahoghany body. Ill post a family pic once I can get them all in one place.

You know the rules - no pics, no pilots

nalapit13 · #**391** 12-04-2012, 04:04 AM

There might be some pics of the 905 in this thread somewhere. It's currently at my friends house getting a face lift, new hardware and electronics. Ill have the mahoghany beast tonight hopefully if my other friend drops it off. Ill get a few pics of that up later.

nalapit13 · #**392** 12-04-2012, 06:01 PM

Pics as promised

Peepaleep · #**393** 12-04-2012, 09:06 PM

the brown one in the lower left is beautiful. Is that the original headstock or was it cut?

nalapit13 · #**394** 12-05-2012, 07:10 AM

It's a crossover pilot. It looks like a guild pro4 which is what fender turned the pilots into when they bought guild. It has a serial number 30 numbers past what the guild site had for their last pilot number. It has aero pickups and a Nordstrand pre in her.

Peepaleep · #**395** 12-05-2012, 07:50 AM

How do you like the aero's? How do they differ from the EMG's?

nalapit13 · #**396** 12-05-2012, 03:05 PM

All my p/j basses have aeros. I love them. They r very clear sounding. They pick up every little thing u do to the strings. I never really liked the way the old emg's sounded in the pilots. They didn't have enough articulation for me.

Peepaleep · #**397** 12-05-2012, 03:32 PM

Thanks. I have always heard good things about them

nalapit13 · #**398** 12-07-2012, 05:30 AM

Larry from aero is an awesome guy to deal with. I usually have great talks with him when I call to place an order.

tildeslash · #**399** 12-13-2012, 08:05 AM

Just bought a Guild Pilot and it came with EMG looking pickups but no battery inside.
Did they ever make one without active EMGs. Serial # is BE104215

Flashback Bass · #**400** 12-13-2012, 09:33 AM

Hey tildeslash,

I just answered this question for you over on the "Let's Talk Guild" forum but I'll answer it here again for all the Guild Talkbass fans.

Guild made a model SB-600 Pilot bass with passive DiMarzio pick-ups that look just like the EMG's minus the logo and also as you noted, there's no battery. If you pull out one of the "P" pick-ups and pry the plastic cover off the coil, inside the cover it should say "DiMarzio".

I have one that I gig with since it's nice and thumpy for the classic rock we play and I never have to worry about remembering to unplug it between sets so I don't kill the battery!