fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
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Not sure whether this belongs in eBay or in Misc. or somewhere else, so it ends up here.
In this eBay listing for a nice looking '67 SF I bass, a person asks for the serial number of the SF I and mentions in passing that he has a "1971 SF85MKII 32inch Medium scale". Does anyone know what he might be talking about?
As far as I know in the early '70's if it was a Guild bass, it was a Starfire, M-85 (aka Bluesbird) or a JS (often incorrectly called a JetStar which is a whole different beast). As far as I know Guild did not make a medium scale bass during this time either. Guild did tend to use Roman numerals I and II to distinguish between one and two pickup models. My best guess is he has some kind of Frankenstein. Maybe someone put a Starfire truss rod cover (since those did have the name) on a M-85 II? Scale length could just be a measurement error since the string for the expected 30.5" scale would be about 32" long. Ideas?
In this eBay listing for a nice looking '67 SF I bass, a person asks for the serial number of the SF I and mentions in passing that he has a "1971 SF85MKII 32inch Medium scale". Does anyone know what he might be talking about?
As far as I know in the early '70's if it was a Guild bass, it was a Starfire, M-85 (aka Bluesbird) or a JS (often incorrectly called a JetStar which is a whole different beast). As far as I know Guild did not make a medium scale bass during this time either. Guild did tend to use Roman numerals I and II to distinguish between one and two pickup models. My best guess is he has some kind of Frankenstein. Maybe someone put a Starfire truss rod cover (since those did have the name) on a M-85 II? Scale length could just be a measurement error since the string for the expected 30.5" scale would be about 32" long. Ideas?