mavuser
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very heavy coat of the very dark walnut we have seen on other instruments from this time period. In most light from any distance away, the body looks black. But it is dark brown.
the volume knob for the bridge pickup and tone knob for the neck pickup need to be swapped. How does one remove those? just turn it back past zero? i'm a little scared to touch it, has probably been that way a long time.
The Bisonic and mini-humbucker sound fantastic. i'd like to switch to flat strings though. Not sure If I should switch to the original-type rosewood saddles. but i'd like to. I think the bridge is original. If not, it's close enough to original for my purposes.
There is a little piece of plastic missing from the bottom of the briidge pickup mounting ring, this is barely noticable. There is also a small piece of plastic missing from the back cavity cover, and a small area of scotch tape/residue that needs to be cleaned in this area.
The neck appears to me to be a one-piece mahogany neck. If it is a 3-peice, it is matched so well that I can't even tell. It is round and chunky (for a Guild bass), and the neck joint area is completley different than my JS1 w/mahogany-maple-mahogany neck and/or my SF2 w/3-piece mahogany neck. This 1970 JS does not have the "maple stripe," and there is an extra piece at the neck joint where it all joins together, it definetly looks stock. It is basically impossible to show this neck joint area details in online pictures, but it's different than any Guild bass i've ever seen.
The body of the bass has a few stories to tell but the neck and frets are in amazing shape.
The bass came to me in a vinyl gig bag that to me, is undoubtebly the original gig bag for a 1966 4-in-line headstock Jetstar bass...I have every confidence in the world it was sold as new with this 1970 JS bass, as a set, but it really does not fit perfectly, and at this point I am quite confident it is for a 66 4-in-line...
If Mgod or anyone else with the 66 4-in-line headstock Jetstar bass wants the gig bag, please send me a message. Today is your lucky day!
the volume knob for the bridge pickup and tone knob for the neck pickup need to be swapped. How does one remove those? just turn it back past zero? i'm a little scared to touch it, has probably been that way a long time.
The Bisonic and mini-humbucker sound fantastic. i'd like to switch to flat strings though. Not sure If I should switch to the original-type rosewood saddles. but i'd like to. I think the bridge is original. If not, it's close enough to original for my purposes.
There is a little piece of plastic missing from the bottom of the briidge pickup mounting ring, this is barely noticable. There is also a small piece of plastic missing from the back cavity cover, and a small area of scotch tape/residue that needs to be cleaned in this area.
The neck appears to me to be a one-piece mahogany neck. If it is a 3-peice, it is matched so well that I can't even tell. It is round and chunky (for a Guild bass), and the neck joint area is completley different than my JS1 w/mahogany-maple-mahogany neck and/or my SF2 w/3-piece mahogany neck. This 1970 JS does not have the "maple stripe," and there is an extra piece at the neck joint where it all joins together, it definetly looks stock. It is basically impossible to show this neck joint area details in online pictures, but it's different than any Guild bass i've ever seen.
The body of the bass has a few stories to tell but the neck and frets are in amazing shape.
The bass came to me in a vinyl gig bag that to me, is undoubtebly the original gig bag for a 1966 4-in-line headstock Jetstar bass...I have every confidence in the world it was sold as new with this 1970 JS bass, as a set, but it really does not fit perfectly, and at this point I am quite confident it is for a 66 4-in-line...
If Mgod or anyone else with the 66 4-in-line headstock Jetstar bass wants the gig bag, please send me a message. Today is your lucky day!
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