Guild Pilot bass club?

[Yeshuarocks]

I'm trying to convince myself I do not need one with a maple fretboard. I can't believe I slept on these for so long! They weigh so little and feel & play great!! WAY above their price point. Vintage USA made for well under a grand. Mine plays better than my Kubicki and Jazz!!

 

[EWH]

The price is fine, @krysh - it's the shipping costs (and risks these days) and import taxes & tarrifs that make it (them) economically challenging for us here in Europa...If I lived over there, I'd probably have a collection of about 40 or so Pilots by now...

 

[krysh]

I paid less than that incl. customs and shipping for mine a few years ago.

 

[EWH]

I'm trying to convince myself I do not need one with a maple fretboard.

Yes, yes you do need one and here's your chance to get a really nice one for a really nice price - don't blow it...

 

[krysh]

And the maple fretboard sounds more funky….

 

[EWH]

I paid less than that incl. customs and shipping for mine a few years ago.

You were lucky - that was pre-Trump, pre-Covid 19 and pre-Putin's war...

 

[FRoss6788]

Oof!! careful now...

 

[EWH]

Oof!! careful now...

What...?
Those 3 factors have had negative effects on worldwide goods pricing and shipping times and costs, that's all...

 

[EWH]

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What does the "I" mean under the serial number?

I was thinking and I have another theory...

Perhaps - as the "I" resembles the Snr. in it's depth and coloring - this neck is a factory replacement neck with a re-stamped original Snr. instead of a new Snr. and the "I" is a factory marking denoting this...

I mean, if I damaged a neck beyond repair on one of my Pilots and had the option to get a new one from the factory with the same Snr. as the damaged one, I'd prefer that to a new Snr...

So in order to "document" this replacement neck, the factory imprints a "I" under the re-stamped original Snr.

It is certainly a viable possibility.

 

[krysh]

I was thinking and I have another theory...

Perhaps - as the "I" resembles the Snr. in it's depth and coloring - this neck is a factory replacement neck with a re-stamped original Snr. instead of a new Snr. and the "I" is a factory marking denoting this...

I mean, if I damaged a neck beyond repair on one of my Pilots and had the option to get a new one from the factory with the same Snr. as the damaged one, I'd prefer that to a new Snr...

So in order to "document" this replacement neck, the factory imprints a "I" under the re-stamped original Snr.

It is certainly a viable possibility.

Or somebody just slipped with a screwdriver…

 

[EWH]

Or somebody just slipped with a screwdriver…

Genau - it's this or that...

 

[FRoss6788]

Anyone ever install a Hipshot A bridge on there Pilot?

I really prefer the quick release feature now and have been switching out bridges on my other basses and have not touched my Pilots but would really like to have that feature on them?

Anyone know if they're direct replacements?

 

[InkCow]

Anyone ever install a Hipshot A bridge on there Pilot?

I really prefer the quick release feature now and have been switching out bridges on my other basses and have not touched my Pilots but would really like to have that feature on them?

Anyone know if they're direct replacements?

Schallers only have three holes, so not direct, no.

 

[InkCow]

The solution, of course, is “put flatwounds on your Pilot”. Then you don’t have to worry about how long it takes to change strings.

 

[EWH]

The solution, of course, is “put flatwounds on your Pilot”.

THAT'S CRAZY TALK...!!!
- Mr. Roundwound.

 

[FRoss6788]

Actually. it's a Mueller bridge, 4 holes @ 3/4" C-C spacing, I think a Hipshot A might work.

Schallers only have three holes, so not direct, no.

 

[FRoss6788]

THAT'S CRAZY TALK...!!!
- Mr. Roundwound.

Neither of my Pilots will EVER see a set of flats anywhere near them...

 

[InkCow]

Actually. it's a Mueller bridge, 4 holes @ 3/4" C-C spacing, I think a Hipshot A might work.

Well in that case, give it a shot!

I realize I have a SB603, so it's the clichéd "p-bass with flats", but I ain't never going back to rounds.

 

[Yeshuarocks]

Flats sounds like a valid reason to buy another Pilot.

 

[EWH]

A teaser...