The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: dadagoboi on January 15, 2015, 02:12:18 PM
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Trading my Cataldo Eighter to an early customer for this:
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/IMG_0361_zpsc7cde013.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/IMG_0361_zpsc7cde013.jpg.html)
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/IMG_0362_zps7c579d74.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/IMG_0362_zps7c579d74.jpg.html)
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/IMG_0364_zps61aa407a.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/IMG_0364_zps61aa407a.jpg.html)
I'd prefer a blonde mahogany, been looking for a while but none has turned up. I'm sure they'll start coming out of the woodwork now...
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Looks to be in very nice shape. The ash seems to be much less common than the brown stained mahogany finish. I've never seen one in a blond finish mahogany.
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It does seem to be in good shape except for the less yellowing on the back where stickers were removed. I'm a little concerned about weight, late 70s ash bodies are generally heavy IME. The cherry mahogany one I had for a few days was very light but balanced great. Everything is original except for the TRC...WTF?
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/IMG_0363_zpsbb148dd3.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/IMG_0363_zpsbb148dd3.jpg.html)
I guess technically the mahogany ones were white:
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/guild-b301-bass-630-80_zps80813ee7.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/guild-b301-bass-630-80_zps80813ee7.jpg.html)
They're out there but more than I want to pay for the condition they're in.
While searching I did see a blonde ash one pictured. It was really sharp but I can't find it again.
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I had two thoughts looking at it:
1) Purty!
2) Bet it's heavy.
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I had the stained Mahogany and the bass was light overall but unbalanced because of the heavy tuners and large headstock combined with location of the strap pin. I would think the heavier ash body might be a better compliment to the neck for balance. If anyone's looking for my old B301 it should be up on the GC used listings in the Nashua NH store.
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You were saying one would show up:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1977-Guild-B-301-Bass-Guitar-W-Original-Case-Fantastic-Pro-Set-Up-/301490220358?pt=Guitar&hash=item463237ad46
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I have seen the white ones before. Ali McMordie played a white B-302 in Stiff Little Fingers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiP_mOMMe_g
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I saw that one last week, Andy. I thought it was a little too expensive for the condition. I'm trying to enforce a 'one in one out' bass acquisition program this year, so a straight trade is ideal.
Thanks for the video, Dave.
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Arrived about 10 days ago, I've had other pressing matters including meeting my grandson and celebrating his first birthday (same day as my mom's 93rd) down south with family.
Here's a first look. Weight is 9.8 lbs, body is 1.5 inches thick, balance is perfect. The single coil DiMarzio really provides a wide range of tone. I'm thinking of getting ThunderBucker to clone it for my builds. I think DiMarzio only did it for Guild. It 's sort of Jazz pole magnets in a fat short P-90 coil, goes from ultra trebly to very deep. I'm digging it!
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/P1070330P_zps3aecc6c3.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/P1070330P_zps3aecc6c3.jpg.html)
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Ah, so many basses, so little cash. I would love a mahogany 302. Hell, I could tell people the B stands for BOSS. ;D But then I'd have to paint it orange...
I did not know DiMarzio made those pickups.
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Looks minty...
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That has a layer of cool applied all over it.
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Ah, so many basses, so little cash. I would love a mahogany 302. Hell, I could tell people the B stands for BOSS. ;D But then I'd have to paint it orange...
I did not know DiMarzio made those pickups.
Luckily(?) my event horizon is sooner than yours so I have less restraint with buying what I want when I want it. I hope you come across one when the time is right, Tom.
According to Guild literature Dimarzio made the pups. Just a little taller than a 60s TBird humbucker, less than 5/8". It threads into a brass plate, mahogany shimmed on the bridge side to keep the angle correct.
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/P1070331P_zps25f77990.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/P1070331P_zps25f77990.jpg.html)
(http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae241/cata1d0/02/P1070333P_zps1ccf304d.jpg) (http://s976.photobucket.com/user/cata1d0/media/02/P1070333P_zps1ccf304d.jpg.html)
Looks minty...
Very close. Just stripped it to do a general detailing and fret dress. Pickguard is more bakelite-like than on any other bass I own. Really polishes up nicely.
That has a layer of cool applied all over it.
As well as a residue of tobacco goo from living in North Carolina most of its life!
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They're nice pickups and definitely unique. I felt like they sounded best when clean. The overdriven characteristic seemed more harsh in a similar way to the split coil mfd pickup I experienced with G&L. Glad to hear the bass balances well, guess my hunch about the ash body was right. My hog B-301 was even lighter than yours overall but much more imbalanced. I'd rather have a heavier bass with better balance. Will you be keeping the chobester on there?
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I didn't have a problem with the mahogany one I had. I wear basses very low and that helps counter neckdive IMO. 'Chobester', whatever it means, is staying until I find a correct B-301A cover or make one.
Micromeshed it, dressed the frets and put it back together with $5 flats. Sounds good so far through 5 watt 'BluesMaster' and 1-15 cab. Need to intonate it and dial in the setup.
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$5 flats? Where?
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Allparts, $10 list. I have them on all my personal basses that have flats. Recently sent a bass with them to a customer who usually uses TIs, he loves them. Black silk at both ends.
http://www.allparts.com/ST-9046-000-45-105-Flat-Wound-Bass-Strings_p_3519.html
They seem too flexible to be 45-105s but I haven't measured. Anyway, they work for for me compared to Chromes, Fenders, and LaBella 760FS. They definitely match the 'Pilgrim Criterion'- CHEAP! ;D
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Thanks for the tip!
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You're welcome, Dave!
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Joseph from Pallbearer plays one of these. Thought it sounded great, but when I saw them he was having some noise issues- crazy, noisy humming anytime he wasn't hands on with it! He's playing it here, for anyone into their music heavy and slow:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCI4kmRmZA