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Surprise Panda!

Surprise Panda!

Mar 18, 2008
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Los Angeles, CA
#1
Hi,

Right now I'm painfully GASing for a B301/JS II. Show your Guild, show any videos you might have and put info (How you got it, when, what it sounds like, etc.)

And just general information on Guild basses

I've heard good/bad things about the B301, opinions? Also, are there replacement bridges for the 301?
 
#2
Here's my '92 Guild Pilot. Got it direct from the factory in Westerly. My band used to play all their Christmas parties but we had to use Guild guitars. We'd go to the factory to pick what we wanted to play from their demo stock.

This one caught my eye one year and I really enjoyed playing it. My wife surprised me with it a few weeks later for a Christmas present..........:cool:

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#3
Meet the family!:hyper:

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I was a Guild dealer from 1977-1988 and we sold a lot of Pilots (never had anything but a couple of used Starfires during that period, and two of the SG shaped basses- one with the acorn/oak leaves carvings!). I had always wanted a Pilot so years after I got out of retail music (and therefore had money!) I finally got my Pilot.

The Pilots were about the first high quality US made basses with EMG's in them. Excellent build (Guild necks are the most stable guitar necks I've ever encountered), and a very nice balance to the sound, and most have light weight bodies too. EMG PUPS, either their own (labeled Mueller) bridge or the Schaller roller bridge, good pots and jacks, Schaller enclosed tuning machines, and excellent craftsmanship to boot.

Guild has always suffered at the hands of their marketing people, no matter who owns them. They've been owned by five companies besides the Dronge family, and no one has been able to really get these great instruments out there to the public.:(

jte
 
#4
I happen to have a B301 (no good pics at the moment) that I have been wanting to sell for a while now. I just never got around to it and wasnt sure of the interest. I played this bass for 20+ years as my main bass.

The pros are: great tone. I went more for a mid rangey tone but you can get thump easily. I use alot of harmonics in my playing (playing melodies while fretting the root note) and this bass rings for days.

The cons are: neck dive. Its a heavy bass for the size (not ridiculous, but heavier than my Ric and Jazzes)

My B301 is pretty well scuffed up, all strictly cosmetic, no major damage, just seen its share of use. If you are really in the market, shoot me a PM here.
 
#9
Suprise Panda! said:
Hi,

Right now I'm painfully GASing for a B301/JS II. Show your Guild, show any videos you might have and put info (How you got it, when, what it sounds like, etc.)

And just general information on Guild basses

I've heard good/bad things about the B301, opinions? Also, are there replacement bridges for the 301?
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Well, this is the only video clip on YouTube that has a Guild B-300 series bass that has minimal modifications plus is well recorded:



The Guild B-300 series Bass uses the BT-4 bridge which is also found on these other Guild basses: B-400 series, SB-200 series, SB-502E, and the X-700 series. The BT-4 bridge is interesting in that you can adjust the string spacing but you cannot adjust the strings to match the crown of the fretboard. Typically, the A and D strings will always have lower action that the E and G strings.

The Guild B-300 and B-400 series basses use either a 9.5" or 10" radius fretboard (my "TuneMyBass.com" cutout radius gauges cannot tell the difference between 9.5" and 10".

The single coil pickups used in the B-300 series are also used in the B-400s, SB-200s, SB-502E, and the X-700s. These single-coil pickups are Fred Hammon's second favorite single-coil pickups behind the Hagstrom Bi-sonics (ignoring his own Dark Star creations).

Dirk McQuickley
 
#14
Anyone got any JS's?
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Yup. I've got a '74 JSII with the oak leaf and acorn carving on the body. I don't have any pix, but it's out at the luthier's getting fitted for a pair of Dark Stars and an Alembic-style brass bridge (it came with a BA and I couldn't find an original Guild bridge anywhere - when I saw the Alembic I couldn't resist). It should be done in a week or two. I'll post pix once it's back. :bassist:
 
#19
This is a 1967 Stafire I that originally had only a neck pickup, and someone added the bridge pickup probably in the '70s. Strung with TI Jazz flats. Sounds and feels unlike any other bass I've played.

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