New Member – Old Jetstar
Hello! I’m new here, and looking forward to participating. I have a Guild Jetstar, which I purchased it in the summer of 1979. I’ve been refurbishing it for a while now, and am hoping to get some good advice. Are there any Jetstar experts around?
Based on the “dating your Guild” website, mine was built in 1967. Somedoby from Guild told me long ago that mine was from 1968. I’m deducing it may have been manufactured in late 1967, but not shipped until 1968?
It has a single Bi-Sonic pickup, the Hagstrom style bridge and the 4-in-line headstock. Sadly, it is pretty far from “mint”. When I purchased it, the bass bad been stripped and stained, but not varnished. Like the stupid kid I was at the time, I proceeded to paint over the stain with enamel spray paint. Over the next several years, it suffered through several colors of poorly applied paint. I also replaced the tuning pegs (because it wouldn’t hold a tune). At some point I replaced the wiring/electronics, but I’m not even sure when. I do have the original hard-shell case.
Over the years, I got away from playing, and the bass more or less went into storage. I’ve gotten back into playing, and have been trying to refurbish / restore the Jeststar in my spare time. I know that I’ll never be able to make it perfect, but I’m hoping to get it looking as good as possible, and to where I can play it out occasionally. Currently it has been refinished (by somebody who knew what they were doing). Now I'm trying to work through reassembling it.
I don't have many photos of me actually playing the Jetstar, but here's one 1981(ish), practicing in my apartment.
And the new finish:
LarryL
Hello! I’m new here, and looking forward to participating. I have a Guild Jetstar, which I purchased it in the summer of 1979. I’ve been refurbishing it for a while now, and am hoping to get some good advice. Are there any Jetstar experts around?
Based on the “dating your Guild” website, mine was built in 1967. Somedoby from Guild told me long ago that mine was from 1968. I’m deducing it may have been manufactured in late 1967, but not shipped until 1968?
It has a single Bi-Sonic pickup, the Hagstrom style bridge and the 4-in-line headstock. Sadly, it is pretty far from “mint”. When I purchased it, the bass bad been stripped and stained, but not varnished. Like the stupid kid I was at the time, I proceeded to paint over the stain with enamel spray paint. Over the next several years, it suffered through several colors of poorly applied paint. I also replaced the tuning pegs (because it wouldn’t hold a tune). At some point I replaced the wiring/electronics, but I’m not even sure when. I do have the original hard-shell case.
Over the years, I got away from playing, and the bass more or less went into storage. I’ve gotten back into playing, and have been trying to refurbish / restore the Jeststar in my spare time. I know that I’ll never be able to make it perfect, but I’m hoping to get it looking as good as possible, and to where I can play it out occasionally. Currently it has been refinished (by somebody who knew what they were doing). Now I'm trying to work through reassembling it.
I don't have many photos of me actually playing the Jetstar, but here's one 1981(ish), practicing in my apartment.
And the new finish:
LarryL