Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Delivered yesterday, exceeded all expectations.
Ancient strings on it, dirty, the case actually had cat pee on it that had ran down from the original point of impact looking strangely like The Punisher, still very visible after washing as it is etched into the tolex.
The case is an older TKL rectangular case, a gem of a case really, probably infinitely better than the original, especially for trips across the country.
I cleaned it, it shined up real nice. Has some mild checking, lots of tiny boo boos along the edges the lower bouts, otherwise really very clean and unmolested. The headstock has no issues, somehow the really bad pics made it look like it had issues.
Quite a large paddle in relation to the nut width. I can see the potential for fragility there but all still pristine here, save for a couple compression boo boos at the very tip top of the headstock.
Tuners are very interesting, all seem to tighten/loosen completely in the opposite direction from what I would expect. They’re very tight and hold tune perfectly.
The pots, especially the tones feel like they were never spun, they have that feel. The only pot that feels like it saw use is the treble volume.
The suck switch micro switch is as useless to me as t*ts on a boar, I like bass, the more the better, and through a 2x12 cab this bass delivers the goods in a way my P Bass can’t.
Great round McCartney tones with tone rolled back on the neck p’up.
Somehow My Sharona started playing, Guild Bass riffs? ;] Even with dead 20 year old roundwounds it sounds awesome, it has bass to the point of not needing flats to get fat.
Wife even said things like “I like bass way better than guitar, it doesn’t hurt my ears” and then even as far as saying “I could play the bass, I used to have one, etc”. She was a drummer in a Seattle band called Goodhead way back in the grunge days until he guitar player OD’d, and her ears still ring, with kinda ruins it for her being around live music still.
I think I’m going flats on this one. I can’t handle the squeaking sliding up and down the strings.
I think this is a superlative bass.
It blows away my P as well as the EBO I had.
The reasons;
2 pickups, better than one. The p’ups are nicely balanced. I never liked the bridge p’up on Gibby’s EB2/EB3, it’s thin and squawky sounding. I can only imagine what Jack Bruce would have sounded like with a Guild. In fact, Cream with Guilds instead of Gibsons?
I like the asymmetric look. I like the relief on the back. The neck joint is really sweet, and so it the 3 pc neck.
I like the no pick guard thing, the bridge, the pickups, layout, balance, it’s substantial but not a boat anchor.
It was love at first sight, before I ever even tried to play a note on it. It’s a breath of fresh air from the other guys. It’s improved in a good way.
The homemade 1st string saddle doesn't have much impact on tone. I think it's Maple.
The lower strap button is cream plastic like an acoustic?
This must be original?
Ancient strings on it, dirty, the case actually had cat pee on it that had ran down from the original point of impact looking strangely like The Punisher, still very visible after washing as it is etched into the tolex.
The case is an older TKL rectangular case, a gem of a case really, probably infinitely better than the original, especially for trips across the country.
I cleaned it, it shined up real nice. Has some mild checking, lots of tiny boo boos along the edges the lower bouts, otherwise really very clean and unmolested. The headstock has no issues, somehow the really bad pics made it look like it had issues.
Quite a large paddle in relation to the nut width. I can see the potential for fragility there but all still pristine here, save for a couple compression boo boos at the very tip top of the headstock.
Tuners are very interesting, all seem to tighten/loosen completely in the opposite direction from what I would expect. They’re very tight and hold tune perfectly.
The pots, especially the tones feel like they were never spun, they have that feel. The only pot that feels like it saw use is the treble volume.
The suck switch micro switch is as useless to me as t*ts on a boar, I like bass, the more the better, and through a 2x12 cab this bass delivers the goods in a way my P Bass can’t.
Great round McCartney tones with tone rolled back on the neck p’up.
Somehow My Sharona started playing, Guild Bass riffs? ;] Even with dead 20 year old roundwounds it sounds awesome, it has bass to the point of not needing flats to get fat.
Wife even said things like “I like bass way better than guitar, it doesn’t hurt my ears” and then even as far as saying “I could play the bass, I used to have one, etc”. She was a drummer in a Seattle band called Goodhead way back in the grunge days until he guitar player OD’d, and her ears still ring, with kinda ruins it for her being around live music still.
I think I’m going flats on this one. I can’t handle the squeaking sliding up and down the strings.
I think this is a superlative bass.
It blows away my P as well as the EBO I had.
The reasons;
2 pickups, better than one. The p’ups are nicely balanced. I never liked the bridge p’up on Gibby’s EB2/EB3, it’s thin and squawky sounding. I can only imagine what Jack Bruce would have sounded like with a Guild. In fact, Cream with Guilds instead of Gibsons?
I like the asymmetric look. I like the relief on the back. The neck joint is really sweet, and so it the 3 pc neck.
I like the no pick guard thing, the bridge, the pickups, layout, balance, it’s substantial but not a boat anchor.
It was love at first sight, before I ever even tried to play a note on it. It’s a breath of fresh air from the other guys. It’s improved in a good way.
The homemade 1st string saddle doesn't have much impact on tone. I think it's Maple.
The lower strap button is cream plastic like an acoustic?
This must be original?