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Go for a 70s M80 with HB1s. If you can deal with the weight it's one of the finest guitars you'll ever lay your hands on. Here us mine being put through it's paces by a mate a few weeks ago (and he hadn't even seen it before we played this.) https://youtu.be/Sy2WMnO9KEs

The recording was done on a smartphone, and the amp is a Blues Junior.

Take a listen to my mate putting my M80 through it's paces last week. We had a party at home for my wife's 60th, and 3 of us borrowed the bands back line and drummer and did this Neil Young song. This guy had never picked this guitar up before. Everyone was blown away by it's sound (and his...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4bf1jll3wp9in56/IMG_6775.jpg?dl=0 Guitar all fixed up - thanks guys - and got an outing Sunday. Nice picture I think

Thanks for the info, it didn't look like a difficult to get vintage switch to me, unlike the pickup selector which is a lovely aged nickel. A couple of questions now I have had the guitar for a few days. These all seem to have a yellow finish over the black, the binding is cream where it has...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gmmpjhmyc2xkpdk/2018-05-08%2023.41.51.jpg?dl=0 Hi don't know if you can access the photo, if so I will post some more. Picked the guitar up last night and it's lovely. It has HB1s on it. So far sorted out the buzzing, the action was ridiculously low, and the neck had...

Don't think this has been posted before. Having recently bought, almost on impulse, an M80, I have been doing some research and there is not a lot about them. Here is Tim Pierce taking home a very nice example. Any other pictures of people playing them? https://youtu.be/SkmvcBbsgXA

Hi all, not been on here for a while, but have maintained a keen interest in Guilds. During one of my many eBay perusals a black 1976 M80 came up here in the UK. I did a quick check here to see if anyone had put dibs on it and put a bid in on it, and won. The owner has been honest about the...

Thanks Guys, I spoke to one of the UK dealers who gave me a direct mail address to one of their guys, and now the response could not be better. Will have it fixed in no time

Thanks TX I already found this one, and was expecting it to be similar but it's not. The arrangement of the input falls down straight away, there must be a capacitor on the input line to pin 7 of V1 (I've got a cable plugged in to take out the grounding resistor) And there seems to be some...

Hi Guys Wonder if anyone there can help out, the fact that most of you sit in a different continent to me is an advantage straight off. (I'm in the UK) I've got a Rivera Venus 3 amp that's developed a fault (no sound since you ask, although the power amp drives with a lead in the effects loop...

Having received a copy of the above book for my birthday, I note that it is very light on the Guild side. The guitars seem to be chosen mainly for their unusual looks or rarity rather than their playing qualities. It sems as if the write ups are gathered from several contributors, as they are...

Hi Guys I've managed to work out a version of the electric solo that I posted (on acoustic). I don't have anywhere like the skill to get the bends and phrasing right, but if anyone wants me to do a slow version on youtube to pass it on, and perhaps even better, to critique to see where ive gone...

Thanks for posting that Walrus. As an extension to that solo have a look at this one from the Jools Holland show in the uk. https://youtu.be/B49YDR6OMIE Then listen to us all hanging up our guitars........

http://www.simontownshend.com/ Petes baby brother. He's going to be busy next weekend with Hyde Park and Glastonbury as he backs up the band www.simontownshend.com/ Came across this as I have just bought a secondhand JJ hand built guitar (sorry guys), which Simon endorses, but at 10 years old...

Not to my taste either. He has some very good ideas though, even though perhaps a little complicated. I think we all like Telecasters mainly because they are not really very good guitars, and perfect for rock and roll. These are not rock and roll guitars. I was really looking at the site because...

http://www.ricktoone.com/2010/09/neutral-tension-bridge-patent.html Saw this and thought it would be worth a share. Apart from having a perfect name for a luthier, I was interested in his concept. However in my experience, if you do not have enough pressure on the sound board then the tone is...

Most rosewood archtop bridges have this, that the bass and treble feet sit alone with a higher arch to miss the curve of the body. Thats not to say that the bridge cannot have contact all the way across, but the sound will be different, and probably not so bright. I'm sure someone with more...

Happy to post youtube clip if anyone interested.

I was looking for a cheap guitar to take up and down the motorway as I'm playing in a band about 200 miles from home. (At our works head office, got together with a group of lads), and didn't want to risk the Bluesbird every week in the car. I played all of the guitars at our local centre and...