I know there is some awsome Guild Pilot basses out there. Lets SEE them

I know that Lokire has one... He brought it to the Portland GTG in April... "Well Loved" is how I would describe it... Hopefully, he'll see the thread and post pics...

-robert

 

Very cool! I didn't even know these basses existed! This is a great reason for a forum like this!

 

Guild forum here...

http://www.vintagebass.com/thedudepit/forumdisplay.php?f=50

 

Yep. It's not the Guild version but a later DeArmond Pilot Deluxe. It was my first bass, bought it new about 8 years ago. Strung with TI Jazz flats now and it still gets plenty of play time. Love this bass!





At the GTG:

 

I concur Lokire - fabulous bass for the pitiful amount of money i paid

 

well, I sold the one that I had to someone here at talkbass, (don't remember who) Anyway, they are real nice basses. very comfortable to play.

 

I remember Jerry playing these back in his Steve Morse days. Jerry, care to weigh in? Do you still have any Guilds?

 

I have a 'pointy' headstock Pilot. My headstock does the same thing. I believe this is the reason they went with the 'Butterknife'(?) headstock in later years. In having that headstock, I'm sure yours is an early model.

The pics below show my Pilot. Solid flame maple body. Factory active EMGs. It plays and sounds nice.

 

that looks sooo good!!!

I had a 1987? Pilot w/EMG's P & J. I wish I had a pic. It was a beautiful quilt top maroon (or reddish) in color. A great playing & sounding bass. I got rid of it cause it wasn't cool enough. Got a Spector instead & regretted it.

 

I don't know if I'd drill one of these. It's up in the air right now whether they become more collectible. You can put an external pre if you need to.

BTW - I like the pic you included with the block / bound neck. I've never seen one like that.

 

Nice bass...and nice photo too. How did you handle the lighting for that shot?