Opinions on an early 70's M-75?

[BillDuck]

I have a Guild acoustic and like it very much. But I don't know a thing about their electrics. Saw an early 70's M-75 for sale and need some opinions.

I play mostly blues/old blues rock kind of stuff.

Are these good guitars? Will it suit that style?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[dklsplace]

Well Sir....there's a good reason they call them Bluesbirds! Do you know exactly what year? There were some big changes in the early 70s.

 

[coastie99]

Billduck.

As long as you're not looking for something with p/u's that sound "quacky !!"

 

[BillDuck]

I have quacky covered with a G&L Legacy. My first electric. Would like one less ducklike! :wink:

This is a 71. Good year?

 

[dklsplace]

This is a 71. Good year?

Yessir! I have a '71, fully hollow, all maple laminate construction. Probably the most versatile guitar I've ever played, even with the stock humbuckers!

 

[LeBlaze]

Guild M-75 response

I have one of these from early 70's, mine has the master volume, and phase switch. These are great guitars, and won't kill your shoulder after a full night gigging!
I did some changes to mine, though the original Guild pickups are excellent, mine came with a Seymour Duncan of unknown vintage in the bridge position, one of the coils was open, and the pots were scratchy. I took all the electronics out, and completely re-did everything, pots, wiring, tone caps, everything. I put a Kent Armstrong P90 on the bridge, and a DeArmond goldtone humbucker on the neck, and re-wired the mini-toggle for series or parallel operation for the Dearmond.
Blues spoken here!
This was not a collector grade guitar to begin with, but for sure is now one of the nicest players I own.

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God Bless.
LeBlaze

 

[Mr. Chet]

This was not a collector grade guitar to begin with, but for sure is now one of the nicest players I own.

I have one of these too. I love it. I don't feel a need (GAS) for a LP now! I have a SD Jazz neck and a 59 Bridge. Want to try a Jazz bridge. The Jazz neck is a nice pup in a mahogany body guitar. IMO its a great blues/rock guitar. Haven't tried a hollow body or chambered BB.

 

[proffrog]

I like the M75 too - on mine the pickups have been swapped for Seymour Duncan Fat Cat p90s to give more bite. The only problem I have with the M75 is that I play with fingers not a pick, and the string tension on 11-52 strings isn't enough to hold the first and second strings on the roller saddles when i start pulling at the strings. It could be that the tailpiece is too far back to give enough tension - I think later M75s had the tailpiece closer to the bridge to give an acuter angle.

But if you're a picker the M75 is great

 

[matsickma]

That is the same problem I had with my early model solid M75. I replaced it with a mid 1970's M80. The stop is a lot closer to the bridge. I do not have any problems with strings popping out on this guitar. These guitars have very slim necks.

I also highly recommend the hollow model M75 that Don referenced. Excellent guitar-mine is at the top of the list of my players. If you are really lucky you can find one with DeArmond single coils.

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