A collection

[dadglasser]

Beautiful looking instrument. I'm sticking to bass though.

 

[lungimsam]

Nice collection, dadglasser!
Which one sounds best?

 

[fronobulax]

Veer removed from FS/FT

 

[lungimsam]

Modulated by moderator!!

 

[chazmo]

Yes, welcome back, dadglasser!

 

[fronobulax]

So does the M85 have two Bisonics or was one "upgraded"? The neck looks like a Guild humbucker but 1968 is too early.

 

[dadglasser]

The M-85 has two humbuckers. It appears that I'm wrong (yet again) about the year. According to Guild, it is a 1974. I thought I had looked it up before.

 

[fronobulax]

The M-85 has two humbuckers. It appears that I'm wrong (yet again) about the year. According to Guild, it is a 1974. I thought I had looked it up before.

Thanks. What about the bridge? The metal saddles are almost certainly not original. The bridge looks like the bridge used on a 90's reissue Starfire but it could be that what looks big screws to adjust intonation could just be slots and shadows.

 

[dadglasser]

Thanks. What about the bridge? The metal saddles are almost certainly not original. The bridge looks like the bridge used on a 90's reissue Starfire but it could be that what looks big screws to adjust intonation could just be slots and shadows.

No clue. It was that way when I bought it. It plays and sounds beautifully.

 

[hieronymous]

The M-85 has two humbuckers. It appears that I'm wrong (yet again) about the year. According to Guild, it is a 1974. I thought I had looked it up before.

That thing is bee-yoo-tee-ful! And I say that as a fellow M-85 owner. I really like that color - mine is just "red" (it's a 1971) - but I have a couple of non-Guilds in a similar color palette, but yours is classier looking!

 

[dadglasser]

That thing is bee-yoo-tee-ful! And I say that as a fellow M-85 owner. I really like that color - mine is just "red" (it's a 1971) - but I have a couple of non-Guilds in a similar color palette, but yours is classier looking!

Thank you. I don't think I've ever seen another M-85 with that finish, even in a picture.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Ooh, ooh, ooh! Can I play?

Here are my basses corresponding to your line-up.

 

[fronobulax]

From catalogs and flyers, the M-85-2 was available in Sunburst, Cherry, Black, Walnut and Natural through most of it's run as a solid body bass. An undocumented Walnut Burst? We have seen undocumented finishes before that were unquestionably from the factory.