An Early Solid Body BluesBIrd M-75

Weighs 8.60 lbs. and has a nut width of 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with arched top, mahogany neck, and ebony fretboard with 22 frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. The body is triple-bound (white/black/white) and the neck is single-bound. Headstock with inlaid pearl "Guild" logo and pearl "Chesterfield" inlay. Individual Schaller M-6 tuners with "Guild" on the back and hexagonal metal buttons. Two second-style Guild humbucker (HB-1) pickups with black plastic surrounds and outputs of 6.91k and 7.00k. Transparent acrylic (or Lucite) stairstep pickguard painted black from the back after "Guild" was silk-screened in gold. Four controls (two volume, two tone), plus a three-way selector switch on the upper bass bout. Black plastic knobs with G-logo on a gold disc. Guild AdjustoMatic bridge and stopbar tailpiece mounted at an angle. All hardware gold-plated. A few tiny marks on the top of the guitar, a little bit of edgewear, some belt buckle scarring, and, on the bottom of the side where the jack input is, there is a 4 1/2-inch-long crack that has been neatly repaired. In addition, there are three small oval-shaped areas on the back of the guitar where the surface has been rubbed down to the wood by a belt buckle, and there is a mark on the back of the guitar from lying on the cable in the case. An exceptional example of this very early, very rare guitar. The serial number is "67639." This guitar is the only one we've seen without the additional phase switch and the master volume control! Housed in the original Guild black hardshell case with purple plush lining (8.50).

"In 1970 the BluesBird M-75, which had been reissued in 1967, became available in a solidbody version also. In fact there were two versions: the M-75 GS with gold hardware and an ebony fingerboard and the M-75 CS that had chrome hardware and a rosewood fingerboard. The overall looks of the instrument stayed the same, but it did get the new Müller-made AdjustoMatic bridge and a stop tailpiece. On earlier models the stop tailpiece was mounted further away from the bridge. Around 1976 the tailpiece was moved towards the bridge to increase down-pressure at that point" (Hans Moust, The Guild Guitar Book, p. 159).