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1978 Guild B302F fretless bass
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 The B302F is the fretless version of the Guild B302, which, along with the B301 were Guilds new bass offerings for the late 1970s. Guild hadn't really came up with a innovative bass design since the low-selling Jetstar of the mid-1960s. This is not to say they didn't make fantastic basses; far from it, but the Starfire, JS and Bluesbird (M-85) basses of the late 1960s - mid 1970s could all be said to be derivatives of designs by Gibson (the EB2, EB0/3 and Les Paul bass respectively). So the B301/302 series was something new, not just in looks; it had a new design bridge and pickups too, although the actual construction (mahogany body, set mahogany neck) was traditional Guild. This bass paved the way for many new bass designs into the 1980s, some very unusual indeed. Have a listen to this bass here.
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1967 Guild Capri CE-100
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 A closer look at a 1967 Guild CE-100. The Capri was a full-depth archtop, and Guild's first guitar with a Florentine cutaway - and a very sucessful model too; staying in the Guild catalogue in one form or another from 1958 until 1984. Stylistic similarities between models such as the ES-125C and ES-175 can be made, but this guitar is every bit as good quality as the better known Gibsons.
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Guild M-75 Aristocrat / Bluesbird
Solid, and semi-solid bodied electric guitars
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Guild M-75 - Guild single cutaway solid bodies
The Guild M-75 or Bluesbird, as it was known, initially featured a chambered body design, but by the time of this advertisement in 1975, it had a fully solid mahogany body. It had also been upgraded with a master volume control and phase switch, making a very playable, and now highly saught electric guitar. The mid 1970s Bluesbird came with chrome (M-75CS) or gold (M-75GS hardware), Guild HB-1 humbucker pickups and the Muller adjustable bridge. | 
Guild M-75 - Guild Electrics. Are you trying to make it without one
Advert for the S-90, S-100 SF-V (starfire) and M75 Guild six strings | 
Guild M-75 - New Anti-Hum Pick-Ups on All Guild Guitars and Basses
This advert from December 1971 doesn't say much; letting the guitars do the talking. From Top to bottom: M75, S-50, S-90, S-100, JS bass II and JS-bass II fretless | 
Guild M-75 - Guild Quantum Amplifier
Features the Guild Quantum amplifier M85 bass guitar, M75 electric guitar and electric organ with rotoverb
The Total Amplifier - for Bass, Organ and Guitar. 200 watts of clean undistorted power to cut through everything indoors or outdoors | 
Guild M-75 - New Solid Bodies From Guild
Early seventies Guild advert for their solid body range - featuring the new S-100, the JS basses, and the solid-body version of the BluesBird. The guitars pictured are the early versions - old style humbuckers on the six strings, Hagstrom Bi-sonic pickups on the bass, and old-style tailpiece and pickguards |
The Guild M-75 electric guitar. Above: 1969 M-75, 1972 M-75GS and 1975 M-75CS versions. Notice the pickup, scratchplate, and switch differences.
The Guild M-75 was first manufactured in 1952, and was known as the Aristocrat. This was the same year as the Gibson Les Paul, with which it had obvious similarities. It was widely used by blues musicians and gained the name Bluesbird. Production stopped in 1963, only to start up again in 1968 (also like the Les Paul). Looks aside, the first Bluesbirds were unlike the solid-body Les Paul; they were actually a hollow-body instrument - spruce-topped mahogany, but without f-holes.
The late-sixties reissue M-75s were officially dubbed Bluesbirds. They too were hollow-body, but from around 1970 they were offered with an optional solid body. This was the case until around 1973, when all hollow M-75s were withdrawn
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| Dan Comment left 27th September 2012 07:07:18
I have one of these!
It is a black M-75sc with the 42-P hard shell case.
Built in 1979.
Am looking for a collector who will give it the love it deserves to make me an offer. |
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