Bluesbirds: Owners & Long Time Borrowers List

[laverda]

I'm late posting, but here's my Blues 90:

It's surprisingly hefty for a chambered body. I love the neck, but the pickups need to be swapped out. I need to recover from an acoustic spending spree before I take care of that, though.

What's wrong with the pickups? If they are OK and you just don't like them, I'll be happy to take them off your hands
Cheers
Mick

 

[jeffcoop]

What's wrong with the pickups? If they are OK and you just don't like them, I'll be happy to take them off your hands
Cheers
Mick

No, they work fine, they're just not to my taste: I find the bridge too hot and the neck a bit soupy.

I'll send you a PM.

Edit: can't send a PM--your box is full.

 

[laverda]

Hi Jeff, I've cleared my inbox...
Mick

 

[2nevets]

[/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG]

[/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG]

[/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG]Here are three more for the list- m75gs walnut- bluesbird with p90's- proto blues 90-I sold the 1997 cherry and the 2002 if you want to remove them-sorry about all the extra work

 

[parsox]

70's M75

Add one more to the roster please.

 

[StanBlues]

Hey all!
Just got back to the good old USA and apologize for not posting in a while. I have been in transit from Afghanistan for a while.
It is great to be home, see my wife and kids and just try to relax a little bit after a year long tour which took me through 3 continents and over 7 countries.
I haven't had time to digest it all quite yet and coming home after being away for so long is a bit overwhelming.
I will comb through the posts soon and get all the new birds listed asap.
Good to be back!
rock on!
dennis

 

[2nevets]

Hey all!
Just got back to the good old USA and apologize for not posting in a while. I have been in transit from Afghanistan for a while.
It is great to be home, see my wife and kids and just try to relax a little bit after a year long tour which took me through 3 continents and over 7 countries.
I haven't had time to digest it all quite yet and coming home after being away for so long is a bit overwhelming.
I will comb through the posts soon and get all the new birds listed asap.
Good to be back!
rock on!
dennis

excellent that your back home safe and sound-enjoy your family

 

[RussB]

Welcome back, Dennis!

 

[adorshki]

excellent that your back home safe and sound-enjoy your family

+10
Well shoot, "plus 10" again, I just got that "message too short" box, LOL!!

 

[southernGuild]

Yep, Welcome Back, and Welcome Home.
Well done!

 

[SFIV1967]

Great to hear you are safe and back home Dennis !
Ralf

 

[SFIV1967]

Alright, so I am the one with the 'Amber AAA' Bluesbird. I am quite the explorer and took out the pickups for the hell of it and noticed some writing in the neck pickup cavity. It says "C/S". Does anyone have any idea what that would be for?

Here's the picture what is written in my year 2000 Bluesbird in the chamber for the 4 pots. (so a different location).
You see a 6-19-2000 date (not sure exactly which date, I guess the date when the neck was married to the body) and a "JT". The same "JT" is also written in the TRC cavity!
I have seen multiple pictures of the JT written under the TRC.
Those are the initials of Jeff T., who was a neck fitter in Westerly and worked there from 1986 to 2001.

I don't know what C/S is, have you checked the Truss Rod Cover chamber (I mean remove the TRC) what's written there? Also have you checked the potentiometer chamber?
I don't think anything is written under the pickups in my guitar.



Ralf

 

[Bennybob]

Hello all,

I am a new member here and a new Bluesbird owner as well. I believe mine is a 2002 Bluesbird AAA with an amber finish. Serial #CM 000185. I actually have a few questions I hope can get answered as well. First, Strap Locks? Can you use them on these guitars? I noticed the the button on the bottom has a big tapered thing going on with it. Second question is, does anyone know where I might be able to find a case for these? I would prefer a Guild one, but I can't be too picky.

Brand new member here. Just found this forum today. I've had my Bluesbird at least 5 years. Bought it used from a Guitar Center on the North side of Houston. The Serial is CM000220 so I'm guessing it must be a 2002 since it's 35 after Hobbesickles? Don't know how to post pics since I don't have a web page to place them at a URL. It's a AAA quilted top, cherry sunburst. Came with the original HSC. Plays great!

 

[Hobbesickles]

Brand new member here. Just found this forum today. I've had my Bluesbird at least 5 years. Bought it used from a Guitar Center on the North side of Houston. The Serial is CM000220 so I'm guessing it must be a 2002 since it's 35 after Hobbesickles? Don't know how to post pics since I don't have a web page to place them at a URL. It's a AAA quilted top, cherry sunburst. Came with the original HSC. Plays great!

Interesting. Do you have any pics? My guitar is a Texas guitar as well (Nacogdoches)!

 

[Hobbesickles]

Here's the picture what is written in my year 2000 Bluesbird in the chamber for the 4 pots. (so a different location).
You see a 6-19-2000 date (not sure exactly which date, I guess the date when the neck was married to the body) and a "JT". The same "JT" is also written in the TRC cavity!
I have seen multiple pictures of the JT written under the TRC.
Those are the initials of Jeff T., who was a neck fitter in Westerly and worked there from 1986 to 2001.

I don't know what C/S is, have you checked the Truss Rod Cover chamber (I mean remove the TRC) what's written there? Also have you checked the potentiometer chamber?
I don't think anything is written under the pickups in my guitar.

Ralf

Alright so I finally got the time to investigate everything. Nothing is written in my potentiometer chamber or under the truss rod cover. The only place I had writing was under the neck pickup. You can also see the fading where the pickup rings cover as well. I am not to sure how to date pots or anything. Can anyone say for sure if CM 000185 is a 2002 model?

 

[hansmoust]

Can anyone say for sure if CM 000185 is a 2002 model?

Yes, it's a model from 2002.

By the way, at some point earlier in this thread (posting # 79), it was suggested that your guitar had ser. # CM000285. Was that a typo?

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Hobbesickles]

Yes, it's a model from 2002.

By the way, at some point earlier in this thread (posting # 79), it was suggested that your guitar had ser. # CM000285. Was that a typo?

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Thank you! Yes, CM000285 was a typo.

 

[gilded]

Dennis, haven't kept up with the thread, but wow, I'm glad you are back! What's next?

 

[SFIV1967]

@Hans: From the picture of the neck P/U chamber it is clear that Hobbesickles Corona made Bluesbird has a different chambering inside compared to my Westerly made one. Was that change done later during Corona times or immediately when Corona started producing them? I know that is probably something you don't want to answer in public before Volume II is not published, so I am fine if you don't want to answer yet. Just asking.
Ralf

 

[StanBlues]

Guys I am working on the update to the spreadsheet tonight and will post.....
Sorry I have been a slacker! Just getting back to the world has been a bit more overwhelming than I had anticipated.
All is well and I am finally getting back into the swing of things. I have not been able to play as much as I would have liked, but I am spending some quality time with my family.
On a side note I received a PM and was wondering if anyone could help this person out. I don't have a picture yet, but will post when I can. Here is what he wrote:
"I have ,what I think is a 1967 guild bluesbird.Hollow body,gold humbuckers,gold grover tuners.I'ts black.I have never seen another like it.The serial is #dd250.I cant find a match. I will tell you the story of this guitar if you want it in your article. I will try to post a pix if I can figure this site out! Thanks in advance..."

Of course we would love to see the pictures!!

Posting the spreadsheet hopefully later tonight.....
Great to be back!

rock on
dennis