I finally got a (Newark Street) M-75!!

[Walter Broes]

After a few years of patiently looking for one, I finally found a used M-75 in great shape for a great price, woohoo!! It's a black 2014 in 9/10 condition, with the original case, and I paid 550 Euros for it.

It still has the previous owner's flatwound 12 strings on it, and a matching ebony saddle that's compensated for a wound G. I have ordered an ebony saddle for a plain G for it, and I'll be putting mu usual 11 rounds on the guitar as soon as that gets here.

I'm loving it so far, super happy I found a black one! (I have a black NS X175 and a black 61 SFIII with DeArmonds too)

 

[Default]

Congrats! Out of the NS line, I think that is the one they really got right.

 

[GGJaguar]

Nice, congrats Walter! It might be a good candidate for the Novak Franz pickups.

 

[Walter Broes]

Nice, congrats Walter! It might be a good candidate for the Novak Franz pickups.

That's exactly what I was already thinking....but I tweaked it a little to my own taste this afternoon an annoyed the neighbours some through some tweed and black , and I'm really liking the stock pickups so far!

 

[jp]

Congratulations, Walter! As you may have read in the past, I'm thrilled with my gold top, which was originally GAD's by way of Default. I'm still waiting for the right moment to jump on a black one.

 

[matsickma]

Billy DLite did a comparison of his vintage Aristocrat and the early NS Aristocrat and his demo and opinion said they were very close in tone performance. I don't have the link to that comparison but it can be tracked down.

 

[Walter Broes]

I do have one question for the forum : did the Korean M75's always have pinned "bridge feet"? Mine does : superficially, it looks like it has the vintage model's floating metal "cups" as bridge feet under the height adjustment wheels....but it doesn't.
There's a metal pin underneath that cup that fits into a hole in the guitar's top. Works great, not a problem, but I was under the impression the first couple reissue years (mine is a '14) had the vintage style cups, no pin.

 

[jp]

My 2014 does not have pinned feet and they slide around, which bugs me.

 

[Walter Broes]

Ah, OK, so I didn't dream that, good.

The pinned feet do work of course, but they severely limit my choice of wood bridge saddles - to the extent I'll probably end up having one made with the right compensation for my choice of string gauge and the built-in bridge slant.
And the same post hole spacing and -size as the supplied tune-a-matic.
Oh boy..

The bridge saddle that was on the guitar when I got it turned out to be some kind of synthetic material (!), and it's compensated for a wound G. The original TOM was in the case pocket.

 

[Default]

My 2014 does not have pinned feet and they slide around, which bugs me.

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[matsickma]

I bought a black one new when they first came out and I tend to remember it came with both a wooden and adjustomatic bridge. The "gold feet" were fully floating.

 

[Harp Tail]

Felicitaties, Walter! Very sleek in black.

 

[krysh]

After a few years of patiently looking for one, I finally found a used M-75 in great shape for a great price, woohoo!! It's a black 2014 in 9/10 condition, with the original case, and I paid 550 Euros for it.

It still has the previous owner's flatwound 12 strings on it, and a matching ebony saddle that's compensated for a wound G. I have ordered an ebony saddle for a plain G for it, and I'll be putting mu usual 11 rounds on the guitar as soon as that gets here.

I'm loving it so far, super happy I found a black one! (I have a black NS X175 and a black 61 SFIII with DeArmonds too)

Nice and congrats, that's exactly what I'm looking for, too. I mean, if I was in need.....

 

[Default]

"Need" is an interesting concept...

 

[HeyMikey]

Very nice Walter! Looks sharp. What is it about this model / year that put you on the hunt?

 

[walrus]

Looks great in black! Congratulations!

 

[Walter Broes]

Very nice Walter! Looks sharp. What is it about this model / year that put you on the hunt?

That's pretty simple : a few memorable encounters with 50's aristocrats had me wanting one really bad, and I just plain cannot afford a vintage one. So I went looking for the next best thing - a reissue.
I'm not too crazy about how sunburst looks in supershiny polyester, and I like black guitars, so I was lucky to find this barely used one at a great price.

 

[SFIV1967]

did the Korean M75's always have pinned "bridge feet"? Mine does

The 2015 webpage specs showed: "Pinned Tune-O-Matc Bridge".

Guild Guitars | M-75 Aristocrat in Black

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The 2013 webpage showed "Guild® Floating Adjusto-Matic™"

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Ralf

 

[Walter Broes]

Thanks for confirming I'm not senile (yet) Ralf!

 

[jp]

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I actually did try those at first, but the bridge was still a little skitteryish until I fixed the alignment of the tailpiece. It used to pull a little to the treble side, but I put some felt under one side to relalign it.