The compact Aristocrat™-style hollow body has a single cutaway and a laminated spruce arched top with parallel tone bar bracing, mahogany back and sides and stately blackand- white binding. The unbound three-piece mahogany-maple-mahogany neck has a comfortable profile and a 9.5”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 21 medium jumbo frets and mother-of-pearl dot inlays. Other premium features of this distinctive bass include volume and tone control knobs for each pickup, upperbout three-way toggle pickup selector switch, two-way mini-toggle switch on lower bout for low-end roll-off, bone nut, combo bridge/ tailpiece with rosewood saddles, headstock with two-on-a-side Gotoh® tuners and vintagestyle “Chesterfield” inlay, nickel hardware, and nitrocellulose lacquer finish in classic Cherry Red. Hard-shell case included.
Body Shape: Guild® M-85 Bass Body Top: Arched Laminated Spruce Back and Sides: Mahogany Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Depth: 2" (50.8 mm) Bracing: Parallel Tone Bars Headstock: Vintage 2x2 with Chesterfield Inlay Neck: 3-Piece Mahogany/Maple/Mahogany Body Binding: White/Black/White/Black String Nut: Bone, 1.50" (38.1 mm) Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5" (241 mm) Radius Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Position Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Dots Scale Length: 30.75" (781 mm) Hardware: Nickel-Plated Bridge: Guild® Combo Bridge-Tailpiece with Rosewood String Saddles Tuning Machines: Gotoh® Die-Cast Strings: Nickel-Plated Steel, .045-.105 Gauges Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup) Pickups: Guild® "Bi-Sonic" Bass (Bridge) Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup Other Features: Chesterfield Headstock Inlay, 2-Position Mini-Toggle Switch for Low-End Rolloff
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