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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2009, 07:30:22 PM »
Nice score! I like the old Guilds. I have a '73 JS II which is the same bass, but with a solid SG style body. I like it the way it is - bone stock. Massive lows, and nice thumpy thump with a pic. I string it with TI flats.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2009, 01:25:14 AM »
Great score, Rob! I'm officially jealous, but I know I can hold her once:) Great man!!
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2009, 06:17:26 AM »
i don't have a Guild but ihave those "Sludgebucker" pups in my Gibson Ripper. they rule.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2009, 09:00:33 AM »
Funny... I never heard the term sludgebuckers until this thread. Just googled it and the only references are by Chromium and Skate Rat on other forums. Way to go, guys!  ;D
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2009, 11:01:42 AM »
wow rob that's one heck of a wonderfull bass, I'm jealous
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2009, 11:28:29 AM »
Quote from: Dave W on August 07, 2009, 04:46:28 PM
IIRC Fred called them ho-humbuckers. To each his own, I'm not a huge fan but I do like the sound of them better than Dark Stars. YMMV.

Ho-humbuckers is funny  ;D  I forgot about that.  They're far from ho-hum, but the DSs are a lot more responsive to dynamics in your playing - so that's probably why they called them that.  DSs are not better, IMO, just completely different.

I remember the Guild pickups being nice and punchy thru the svt cabs.. like a medicine ball to the chest.  For the rock/r&b live stuff, I usually go for a darker/warmer kinda grit - and those Guild pickups had it in spades.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2009, 07:42:09 PM »
those pups are dirty,dirty dogs! they distort any amp! super powerful! but great thick dirty distortion, when you turn down they're way deep.dooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!  my plan is to get put a Peavey T-40 pup i have in the neck and put the other Sludgebucker in another ebony board Ripper along with a Mudbucker. the Toxic bass Sludge+Mud. but now i'm thinkin' Model G's in Bird covers.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2009, 11:00:37 PM »
Can't wait to hear yours, Rob!

And sorry I don't visit this forum that often the last couple of weeks. I am very, very busy until the end of this month.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2009, 01:23:42 AM »
Can't wait to hear it too myself.
But till this day it hasn't even been shipped... >:(
(I paid with PayPal the very same day I won the auction, six days ago now)
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2009, 02:13:19 AM »
Great looking bass Rob, congrats!
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2009, 02:53:01 PM »
I had a Hagstrom one years ago, and it was a lot of fun.  I like yours, and hope the neck issues are nuthin.

I like Sludgebucker.  Kind of unfair, as the 70s ones sounded ok to me, but I am game.  So, lets call the 70s Tele Bass one the Dudbucker.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2009, 04:52:30 PM »
The first time I saw the term mudbucker was from Steve Barr years ago and he was talking about the Tele Bass II, not the Gibson.
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2009, 07:24:04 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on August 08, 2009, 09:00:33 AM
Funny... I never heard the term sludgebuckers until this thread. Just googled it and the only references are by Chromium and Skate Rat on other forums. Way to go, guys!  ;D
we're trend setters. what,you didn't know?
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2009, 08:03:36 AM »
Quote from: Basvarken on August 12, 2009, 01:23:42 AM
Can't wait to hear it too myself.
But till this day it hasn't even been shipped... >:(
(I paid with PayPal the very same day I won the auction, six days ago now)

Is it here yet? ???
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Re: Guild M-85 II
« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2009, 08:07:40 AM »
No. Still no bass...

But it is on it's way.
It is now in process at Dutch Customs.
I bet it is going to arrive ten minutes after I've left for my belated summer holiday...
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