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60's Guild Jetstar bass

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Sorry van ghent or those mystery tuners:
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I got the bass. It RAWKS!!!!!!! It's the 6th 1960's Guild Jetstar bass I have ever owned!!!!! Without having disassembled anything, i believe it had a Bi-sonic Pickup and that the finish was Cherry red like the one above, also formerly owned by me.
 
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Bionic-Joe said:
I got the bass. It RAWKS!!!!!!! It's the 6th 1960's Guild Jetstar bass I have ever owned!!!!! Without having disassembled anything, i believe it had a Bi-sonic Pickup and that the finish was Cherry red like the one above, also formerly owned by me.
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Hey Joe !! How are ya ? Glad to see you a fellow Jetstar freak grabbed that bass - I was considering it but I still have to restore the one I bought from YOU years and years ago !

But - tell me more about this prior Jetstar with a BiSonic - and send me a PM with your number - I'm about 4 phones past having it saved anymore.

cheers !

Krishna
 
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guitargarage said:
Got some pics of the bass - its a pretty worthwhile restoration project in my opinion, though not sure I want to invest in it at the moment.

Pretty sure the green isn't original - doesn't look like its necessarily even lacquer in the closeup of the front. Though it is very close to what Emerald Green over mahogany looks like in tint. Hard to tell until you look inside the cavities to see if there are traces of a different finish or see it in person and see that theres no checking, etc.

Probably the little bat logo isn't original either ....

The tuners are early 70s Fender full size tuners - so the headstock has been drilled out and so has the black overlay on the headstock as a consequence. Not the end of the world but it will be visible unless new plastic is cut for the overlay and used with the old pearloid logo.

But - apparently has no breaks and has the original bridge and knobs - and Curtis Novak will whip up a nice sounding version of a "Mickey Mouse" pickup for around $100 or so.

Pics attached. Howard at Guru Guitars is very responsive and seems like a nice guy.View attachment 497281View attachment 497283View attachment 497284View attachment 497285
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Now there's a dancing Gumby! I love it! :)
 

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