I'm new to this, first guitar was a D-40 Traditional GSR. I was so impressed with it, i started looking at their electric stuff. I narrowly missed out on a vintage Nightbird GG at a show, but I was fortunate enough to be able to play all of the new releases locally, including the T-50 slim, which was pretty cool. Ended up with this M-75 for really good money, practically new, probably grey market. Was reading on here that the Korean factory that produced these sadly recently shut down when they lost the Yamaha contract. It seems to be a highly regarded factory, and I thought it'd be a decent time to jump on it, as it could be the last time ever you can get a decent quality Guild electric under $1K (who knows). Sweetwater is blowing these out for $850 shipped w/ hardcase btw.
I also looked at the Yamaha Revstar RSS02T and really liked it, but it was heavier, no hardcase, indonesian-made vs Korean, and i found the focus/tone knob and switch positions a little gimmicky. With the M-75 I love what the tone knobs do with the sound, and the pickups seem to provide alot more versatility than the P90s in the Revstar. The difference in voicing between neck/bridge on the Guild is more distinct. The tone is incredible, just love the character that the body adds to the output. There's definitely a bit of feedback tho. Fun in small doses.
Like some have reported on here, the neck pickup is a touch louder than the bridge, like 9 on the dial vs 10. I did raise up the neck pickup 2mm on the treble side and 1mm on the bass side with some washers. Neck relief was about right out of the box, but I still can't get the action as low as i'd like. Maybe a nicer bridge would help?
I also looked at the Yamaha Revstar RSS02T and really liked it, but it was heavier, no hardcase, indonesian-made vs Korean, and i found the focus/tone knob and switch positions a little gimmicky. With the M-75 I love what the tone knobs do with the sound, and the pickups seem to provide alot more versatility than the P90s in the Revstar. The difference in voicing between neck/bridge on the Guild is more distinct. The tone is incredible, just love the character that the body adds to the output. There's definitely a bit of feedback tho. Fun in small doses.
Like some have reported on here, the neck pickup is a touch louder than the bridge, like 9 on the dial vs 10. I did raise up the neck pickup 2mm on the treble side and 1mm on the bass side with some washers. Neck relief was about right out of the box, but I still can't get the action as low as i'd like. Maybe a nicer bridge would help?








