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I bought a Guild bass in the late 70's at a pawn shop for $200. Had a loose wire to one pickup. Took it around to different shops and nobody was familiar with the model, couldn't really give a value and there was no interest in it from anyone I talked to other than "weird, never saw one of those...

Probably Tina Weymouth. I never became a real bass player but I enjoyed practicing some of her lines. She and the drummer really created a distinct foundation for the music of Talking Heads... I still keep a bass for occasional multitracking.

That's very funny - I know exactly how you feel! Now I just have to force myself to pack it up and ship it:)

SOLD. That was quick... Yeah it's not a lightweight guitar but I don't know the actual weight - guess I'll find out when I ship it:)

p.s. if it's not obvious, on the image gallery page click the square to the left of the forward/back controls, make your window full-frame and you'll see much bigger pics.

bassgod that's very funny. I suspect we've all had similar experiences. In balance, hopefully we've all found some great deals as wellsomewhere along the way!

In a Guild ad I have it refers to the M85 as a "semi-solid" body, but it's the one generally referred to as the semi-hollow body. Definitely blocked, quite so, ie. probably a good bit more than a Starfire. (though I don't know how much blocking a Starfire has) The solid-bodies are much...

This is an early M85 with dual Hagstroms and the deep body, black with white binding. I just rewired it with new caps, CTS pots, new switch and jack, all of the hot runs are shielded and it sounds better than ever. I was going to say I don't know why I waited 'til now to do this but having just...

Someone at Guild (Fender) tentatively confirmed the Les Paul circuit concept. They don't have the diagrams so he was guessing, suggested 250K pots. Not sure what caps were stock so I guess I'll use .047uF.

Thanks for your reply. The Guild M-85 is a bass from the late 60's -early 70's. The earlier ones like mine have a deep "semi-solid" or "semi-hollow" body somewhat like a Les Paul in shape but nearly 3" deep, and have Hagstrom single-coil pickups, the ones that Darkstars are based on. Mine...

I'm re-wiring my M-85, which I'd previously wired about 30 years ago but without a legit reference, and with a humbucker in place of one of the single-coils. I'd like now to get it back to original as closely as possible. It has two single-coil pickups, 2 vol. & 2 tone pots and a pickup...