Guild® B-301, Walnut - Vintage

The B-series Guild bass guitars were the replacement for the JS-1 and JS-2 basses which Guild had been producing since 1970. The Guild B-series (the only basses Guild were making at the time) had a number of changes, both stylistically (moving away from the derivative instruments of the previous 5 years), and with respect to hardware and fittings. The Guild B-301, and its two-pickup sibling, the B-302 bass, were companion models to the S-300 guitar (and S-60, S-70). The B-301 first appeared on Guild price lists in late 1976 (mahogany version). The model was a very solidly built bass with a unique shape.

The tone is smooth, with a good deal of bottom end. It falls somewhere between a Fender Precison bass and a Gibson EBO, working well as a passive instrument, there being plenty of top before the tone control is rolled off. The combination of set-neck, mahogany wood, and fat single coil pickup provide some of the best attributes of Gibson and Fender basses and avoids some of their shortcomings. As you will see from the pictures, this one, from 1978, is extremely clean. An all-round great vintage instrument.

Sale Price: $1 400.00

Freight cost (contiguous USA): $35.00

Reference #: 3845

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