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The prodigal returns. Or does it?

Bard2dbone

Bard2dbone

Aug 4, 2002
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#1
So I go into GC today for my fairly regular visit to see if they have anything that I absolutely must have and can somehow actually afford. And I had a moment of shock. :eek: :eek: :eek:

There, on a stand in the 'Look! We have used quality basses, too!' section, was my old Guild Pilot.

Not one like my old bass...my actual former bass. The one I traded in to GC after I got my current fretted. I think I traded it in about five years ago. Whoever had it last traded it in this month.

It's a MIA Guild Pilot NOT a DeArmond. They couldn't sell it for a long time becasue the DeArmonds came out after I had traded it in. Teenaged customers would see several Pilots hanging together and say "Why would I pay that much for that used orangey-yellow one, when this black one is new and costs half as much?"

It has a two piece maple body, kind of flamey, slight spalt lines too. Amber finish. Very flamey maple neck. Black hardware, EMG PJ set. Weighs about half of what my Fender weighs, Fastest neck I ever owned.

It's one of only two basses I used to have that I really miss. And the other one was destroyed by American Airlines, so it's the only former bass I miss, that I could actually have again.

I'm considering trading my Spector in on it. It's a great bass, but I miss that Pilot. And my wife would object to me having two fretted fours. I can generally get away with having one good example of everything, but not multiples, apparently.

So, should I give in to reminiscence and sentiment, and get it?

Or should I assume that I had a reason for trading it when I did, and that I'm just looking back though rose-colored frontal lobes, and not get it?
 
#4
Peter Squire said:
I'd get it.

If you have such fond memories of it, it obviously has some value to you. And the fact that you can remember all the specs, the feel of the neck and the weight etc etc.

And, hey, if nothing else - its a great story to tell the grandkids!

win win IMHO
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You mean you've had basses that you don't remember the specs? :confused:

How very odd.:eyebrow:

I remember it becasue it was the replacement for my Schecter when Fuzzy Logic was still doing well. When I got out of the Navy, I bought a Schecter Jazz that was my main bass for seven or eight years. My fretless was the backup to the Schecter.

Then I swapped the Schecter for the Guild in about '95, and it was my main bass until after the band was no longer really a happening thing. I traded it in in about 2000 or 2001. Surely you would recognize a bass you played regularly for five years, too. Wouldn't you?
 
#6
Bard2dbone said:
You mean you've had basses that you don't remember the specs? :confused:

How very odd.:eyebrow:

I remember it becasue it was the replacement for my Schecter when Fuzzy Logic was still doing well. When I got out of the Navy, I bought a Schecter Jazz that was my main bass for seven or eight years. My fretless was the backup to the Schecter.

Then I swapped the Schecter for the Guild in about '95, and it was my main bass until after the band was no longer really a happening thing. I traded it in in about 2000 or 2001. Surely you would recognize a bass you played regularly for five years, too. Wouldn't you?
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Sure I remember all my basses, but I've only had five in twenty years and I still have two of them!

Sorry, what I meant was that you speak so fondly of it.
 
#9
Holy crap man! Get it A.S.A.P, your wife will understand if you tell this story to her. Rip out a nose hair or two before you start telling her, she will notice you going blank in your eyes and urge you to go get the bass. :D
 

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