Somebody needs to jump on this bass. I have a couple of these Pilots and they are vastly underrated basses IMHO- if you're into a slim Jazz type neck and Active EMG P/J it doesn't get much better than this. First time I noticed one of these was back in the late 1980's, watching a late night Rockpalast broadcast of Mountain live in Paris, 1985... Mark Clarke was playing bass for them at the time and he was jamming a black one (see pic)-- I had no idea what bass it was, but it looked very long, and very cool, with that maple fretboard and the full face pickguard-- so it stuck in my mind... year or so later I saw a print ad for the Pilot 602 and immediately thought, "I never would have guessed that bass was a Guild!"
I'm thinking at some point we need to start a "Guild Basses" thread- After all, they were one of the GREAT american builders- and unlike that "other" great american builder whose name starts with a "G", they DID DO LEFTIES
.... I'd love to see what everybody here has, in one thread. (On the other hand, I see that no one else reacted to jersey's post, so... good idea- or waste of time?)
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