rare GUILD M85 m1 for sale

[Sid Rainey]

... rare Guild M85 m1 for sale - £2500 - serial no: bb248

Edited May 18, 2011 by Sid Rainey

[EssentialTension]

Out of my price range I'm afraid but interesting to see one of these for sale at all and interesting to see that it has one Hagstrom Bisonic single-coil pickup (MkI) and one Guild humbucker (MkII).

[silverfoxnik]

[quote name='Sid Rainey' post='1235627' date='May 18 2011, 01:05 PM']... rare Guild M85 mII for sale - £3000 ono;[/quote]
Welcome; hello...and you are?

Very interesting bass...

[EssentialTension]

I'm no expert here, but the more I look at it, the more it looks like a MkI with a replacement pickup in the bridge. I don't think MkIIs had the master volume control on the lower horn, did they?

Is the body hollow?

[richardd]

[quote name='Sid Rainey' post='1235627' date='May 18 2011, 01:05 PM']... rare Guild M85 mII for sale - £3000 ono;[/quote]



Not much of an ad for 3Large

[Sid Rainey]

I'm no expert either Dave!!

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1235820' date='May 18 2011, 03:15 PM']I'm no expert here, but the more I look at it, the more it looks like a MkI with a replacement pickup in the bridge. I don't think MkIIs had the master volume control on the lower horn, did they?

Is the body hollow?[/quote]

[Sid Rainey]

It's a beautiful bass - very powerful.


[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='1235809' date='May 18 2011, 03:07 PM']Welcome; hello...and you are?

Very interesting bass...[/quote]

[EssentialTension]

Thick bodied Mark I with Hagstrom Bisonic single-coils and master volume:


The Mark II has a thinner body than the Mark I:


Sheryl Crow with Mark II - Guild Humbuckers and no master volume:


As hinted at already, I think you'll want more pics in your ad (especially at that price).

Where are you based?

[Sid Rainey]

It's a mark one then!! EXACTLY like the first pic.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1235870' date='May 18 2011, 03:43 PM']Thick bodied Mark I with Hagstrom Bisonic single-coils and master volume:


The Mark II has a thinner body than the Mark I:


Sheryl Crow with Mark II - Guild Humbuckers and no master volume:


As hinted at already, I think you'll want more pics in your ad (especially at that price).

Where are you based?[/quote]

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Sid Rainey' post='1235885' date='May 18 2011, 03:52 PM']It's a mark one then!! EXACTLY like the first pic.[/quote]
Well, exact except for the replaced pickup.

[Schnozzalee]

I always wondered what Sheryl played!!!

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Sid Rainey' post='1235627' date='May 18 2011, 01:05 PM']... rare Guild M85 m1 for sale - £2500 - serial no: bb248[/quote]
That serial number doesn't seem to be accounted for in Guild's lists. However, it sounds like 1969-71 period which would make it one of the last Mark Is I think.

Edited May 18, 2011 by EssentialTension

[mancbass]

[quote name='Sid Rainey' post='1235627' date='May 18 2011, 01:05 PM']... rare Guild M85 m1 for sale - £2500 - serial no: bb248[/quote]

Hi there, I suspect yours is a MK2. I have a MK1 (serial number bb198). The MK 1s have just one Hagstrom bisonic pick up at the neck, volume & tone control plus a choke (to cut bass frequencies which I've disabled.

[mmmalmberg]

Looks like a Mk1 with one pickup replaced. Did this ever sell?

I did the same thing on mine, when I bought it (30 yrs ago) the bridge pup wasn't working so I put a humbucker in there. Recently I was going to put a Darkstar in there but discovered that the original pickup (which I'd kept) actually worked and the problem had been simply the wiring. So now putting it back to original configuration...

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='mmmalmberg' timestamp='1321996485' post='1445368']
Looks like a Mk1 with one pickup replaced. Did this ever sell?

I did the same thing on mine, when I bought it (30 yrs ago) the bridge pup wasn't working so I put a humbucker in there. Recently I was going to put a Darkstar in there but discovered that the original pickup (which I'd kept) actually worked and the problem had been simply the wiring. So now putting it back to original configuration...
[/quote]
Got any pics?

[mmmalmberg]

I definitely will have some pics, as I'm going to be selling it, ouch. Putting new pots and caps in hopefully this weekend. I'll put some pics up as soon as it's back together. It's pretty much just like this one, but without the extra vol. & switch, i.e. basic les paul type two vol's two tones and a pickup selector up above the neck.

[Taa]

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1305735854' post='1236005']
I always wondered what Sheryl played!!!
[/quote]

I always wondered that Sheryl

[mmmalmberg]

Pics: [url="http://www.markmalmberg.com/guild"]www.markmalmberg.com/guild[/url] - Just gave it all new innards, sounding better than ever! Wish I'd done this 35 years ago rather than just before selling it!