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.

1967 Guild Capri CE-100

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 X701
Solid body electric bass guitar

See also the X-702
X-701
manufactured: 1982-84
body: mahogany
neck: set mahogany, with rosewood fingerboard
scale: 34"
overall length: 42"
width at nut: 1 5/8"
electronics/pickups: one Guild single coil bass pickup, volume and tone control
hardware: BT-4 bridge
finishes: White, Sunburst, Candy Apple Red, Black, Black Sparkle, Metalic Blue, Purple