Will a Blues 90 case fit a 70's Bluesbird?

[MojoTooth]

Any one able to confirm this? Looking at a 73-74 Bluesbird but not sure if it comes with a case, might have to find one for shipping. Will a Blues 90 case fit a bluesbird?

 

[matsickma]

Yes but the guitar will be a little undersized and slide around a little bit. I noticed that the cases from the Westerly Bluesbird/Blues90 days fit a bit more tightly than the Corona days. Westerly used TKL's. Corona cases didn't have the TKL logo on the compartment lid.

M

 

[adorshki]

Yes but the guitar will be a little undersized and slide around a little bit. I noticed that the cases from the Westerly Bluesbird/Blues90 days fit a bit more tightly than the Corona days. Westerly used TKL's. Corona cases didn't have the TKL logo on the compartment lid.
M

That's interesting. I bet that was only for electrics. Maybe due to Fender's plans to drop the electric part of the line?. My Havens D40 case has the TKL tag..I bet Mojo's D25 would too.

 

[MojoTooth]

Yes but the guitar will be a little undersized and slide around a little bit. I noticed that the cases from the Westerly Bluesbird/Blues90 days fit a bit more tightly than the Corona days. Westerly used TKL's. Corona cases didn't have the TKL logo on the compartment lid.
M

That's interesting. I bet that was only for electrics. Maybe due to Fender's plans to drop the electric part of the line?. My Havens D40 case has the TKL tag..I bet Mojo's D25 would too.

yessir, mine has the TKL tag on it

 

[coastie99]

W,TMTATACMB !!

I've never noticed the TKL tag on my Bluesbird ( Westerly ) case !

But ! My Westerly ( 2000 ) Blues 90 has a different case and no TKL tag.

Whassup ??

 

[matsickma]

I almost forgot about this detail. A while back I had a early 1970's solid body M75. the guy I bought it from shipped it in a beat up Gibson Les Paul case. It fit perfectly. I owned a 1968 M75 Bluesbird and a late 1950's M65 Freshman at the time and I did an experiment and found the Freshman and Bluesbird would not fit in the Gibson Les Paul case. If I recall correctly the main reason the solid body M75 fit the Gibson Les Paul case was related to the location of the neck joint and fret where they attach to the guitar. So you may find it a Les Paul case will do the job for you. However it was quite a while ago when I did this experiment so it is possible I misseed some point. Hopefully you can try the case before buying.

M

 

[MojoTooth]

I almost forgot about this detail. A while back I had a early 1970's solid body M75. the guy I bought it from shipped it in a beat up Gibson Les Paul case. It fit perfectly. I owned a 1968 M75 Bluesbird and a late 1950's M65 Freshman at the time and I did an experiment and found the Freshman and Bluesbird would not fit in the Gibson Les Paul case. If I recall correctly the main reason the solid body M75 fit the Gibson Les Paul case was related to the location of the neck joint and fret where they attach to the guitar. So you may find it a Les Paul case will do the job for you. However it was quite a while ago when I did this experiment so it is possible I misseed some point. Hopefully you can try the case before buying.

M

Thanks for the info, I need to figure something out soon because my 74 M75 will be on it's way in the next few days and I want to find a suitable case for it.