SFIV1967
Venerated Member
Sounds great Markus! I let Hans say the final word about your S/N but I think it is 1996, I had 110 and 111 in my own serial number "database" under 1996 so far. S/N 111 was a Cherry Sunburst Bluesbird also with black pickguard and black pickup rings and uncovered SD 59's.
Maybe you might find the initials JT inside the Truss Rod cavity and inside the Potentiometer chamber, they are the initials of the person who was the neck fitter (Jeffrey Tougas). Sometimes he also wrote a date in the potentiometer chamber.
And they were simply called Bluesbird.
I don't have 1996 literature but found those two pages from the Guild Gallery Winter '97-'98:
http://musicmansteve.com/paper/images/GuildGalleryWinter97-9d.jpg
http://musicmansteve.com/paper/images/GuildGalleryWinter97-9e.jpg
I really like the early version you got with the pickguard!
Ralf
Maybe you might find the initials JT inside the Truss Rod cavity and inside the Potentiometer chamber, they are the initials of the person who was the neck fitter (Jeffrey Tougas). Sometimes he also wrote a date in the potentiometer chamber.
And they were simply called Bluesbird.
I don't have 1996 literature but found those two pages from the Guild Gallery Winter '97-'98:
http://musicmansteve.com/paper/images/GuildGalleryWinter97-9d.jpg
http://musicmansteve.com/paper/images/GuildGalleryWinter97-9e.jpg
I really like the early version you got with the pickguard!
Ralf
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