Guild B301 Volume and Tone knobs

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Take a closer look at the literature you posted!

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Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl


Would you look at that.

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I never even noticed the knobs. I've never seen one like that. Happy new knowledge day!

Thanks, Hans!
 

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If your knobs look like these, then they are original to the instrument:

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Hans Moust
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Mr. Moust: I just bought a 1978 x-175 blond with these exact knobs on it -- I began to wonder if they were original to my newly acquired guitar. I've never seen any of these on a Guild archtop. Could you help me on this? Thanks!
 

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Was offered on ebay by a seller "loreto1000" in Waukesha, Wisconsin in Sept 2019.
Ralf
Thanks Ralf: Could be the same guitar -- just bought mine last week from a seller on Reverb in Des Moines Iowa. All the pics he sent me did not include the one you've posted. Same exact case candy with both guitars -- not surprising, I guess. Just looked spookily familiar. If the photo you posted is in fact of a different guitar than mine, then it's good visual documentation of what I'll call the "plain Jane" knobs. Thanks for your help!
 

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Could be the same guitar
Actually it is the same guitar indeed!

By the way, the Truss Rod cover was mounted upside down on it, hope you corrected this.

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Compare the wood pattern, it's a 100% match:

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And it came with the same case candy like in 2019:

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And there are plenty of other examples with those knobs:

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Well, now we really veered in the Bass section !!!

Ralf
 
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Actually it is the same guitar indeed! By the way, the Truss Rod cover was mounted upside down on your's...

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Compare:

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Ralf
You are good at this -- quite the detective. As you have probably discovered the seller (Lawman's Guitars) did a refret on it. I don't really know anything about refretting a guitar, but if one has to adjust the truss rod I'd bet "Mr. Lawman" put the TR cover back on upside down. Thanks for pointing that out -- I think I can take care of that adjustment. I just discovered something else (that you may already know). Waukesha Wisconsin has a bedroom community/town named New Berlin. New Berlin was the headquarters of Faas Corporation (U.S. Music Corporation), owners of Guild from 1989-1995. Ironic. Thanks again.
 

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Correct, New Berlin, 53151 in WI! Maybe the previous owner worked there. This would explain the good condition!
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One I sold from my buddy's estate, a B301 Ash lefty, it has the same knobs as Kurt's '79.

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