Guild M-85 II

gearHed289 · August 07, 2009, 08:30:22 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.

Chris P. · August 08, 2009, 02:25:14 AM

Great score, Rob! I'm officially jealous, but I know I can hold her once:) Great man!!

SKATE RAT · August 08, 2009, 07:17:26 AM

i don't have a Guild but ihave those "Sludgebucker" pups in my Gibson Ripper. they rule.

Dave W · August 08, 2009, 10:00:33 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!

Saf · August 08, 2009, 12:01:42 PM

wow rob that's one heck of a wonderfull bass, I'm jealous

chromium · August 08, 2009, 12:28:29 PM

Quote from: Dave W on August 07, 2009, 05:46:28 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

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.

SKATE RAT · August 08, 2009, 08:42:09 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.

Chris P. · August 12, 2009, 12:00:37 AM

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.

Basvarken · August 12, 2009, 02:23:42 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)

Bart! · August 12, 2009, 03:13:19 AM

Great looking bass Rob, congrats!

eb2 · August 21, 2009, 03:53:01 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.

Dave W · August 21, 2009, 05:52:30 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.

SKATE RAT · August 21, 2009, 08:24:04 PM

Quote from: Dave W on August 08, 2009, 10:00:33 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!

we're trend setters. what,you didn't know?

Bart! · August 27, 2009, 09:03:36 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on August 12, 2009, 02:23:42 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?

Basvarken · August 27, 2009, 09:07:40 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...