Hanover Fist
Junior Member
Very, very nice!
Hello good people!
Got myself a Bluesbird this Sunday. Had to get rid of some guitars (have 13) so I wanted to sell my Zerberus Hydra for cash, but this guy with braids in his beard insisted on a trade off, for a Guild Bluesbird... and who am I to resist something named Bluesbird. I still have 13 guitars... But what gem of a guitar this is! I changed strings and tried it out on amplifier. Honestly, I didn't think it would be this good.
Now, some questions:
* #CL001720. 1998, Westerly?
* For how long did they make guitars in the Westerly plant?
* The serial numbers suggest there were not many BB:s made every year. Somebody knows?
I'm sorry if someone answered these questions before. I will read all 30 pages of this thread later
Saludos from Sweden
//Erik
Wow how'd I miss this first post, welcome aboard!Hello good people!
Got myself a Bluesbird this Sunday. Had to get rid of some guitars (have 13) so I wanted to sell my Zerberus Hydra for cash, but this guy with braids in his beard insisted on a trade off, for a Guild Bluesbird... and who am I to resist something named Bluesbird. I still have 13 guitars... But what gem of a guitar this is! I changed strings and tried it out on amplifier. Honestly, I didn't think it would be this good.
Now, some questions:
* #CL001720. 1998, Westerly?
From 1967 until mid 2001, and were closing plant down through end of '01 while production was being started in Corona.* For how long did they make guitars in the Westerly plant?
Hans, if anybody, but you're' probably correct, and Guild production was very small compared to Fender and Gibson in any case.* The serial numbers suggest there were not many BB:s made every year. Somebody knows?
Oooh, that's a handsome M80 (looked it up on Reverb). I'm a total sucker for white-gone-cream finishes. If this one is a refin (looks legit to me) it's expertly done.
-Dave-
If that's original as suspected, isn't that a very good price? That is very cool in "yellowed" white!
After much searching i finally found a 1997 transparent red Guild Bluesbird on December 2nd. I previously owned a tobacco sunburst Bluesbird that I sold to purchase another guitar. I have regretted selling that guitar and have been on the lookout for another. Anyway, my good friend comes over to play some blues which we do once a week. So I ask if he would like to try out the Bluesbird. Well he falls in love with the guitar! I mean he couldn't put it down. I own a number of guitars and he has tried them all. He usually plays it for a few minutes and says it is nice and that is it. The next week he phones and asks if he can play the Bluesbird. I have never seen him so enthralled about a guitar. Now I really like the guitar, but to see him play it and say how perfect the guitar is to him I just had to ask if he wanted to buy it. He did buy the guitar and he is thrilled to own it. So now the search is on to find another Bluesbird.
Welcome to LTG and a Happy New Year 2018!Now, some questions:
* #CL001720. 1998, Westerly?
* The serial numbers suggest there were not many BB:s made every year. Somebody knows?
Here is my second AAA Amber Bluesbird I picked up some months back. This one is from 1998 while my other is from 2002. There are quite a few differences between ones from Westerly and ones from Corona based off my experience. Both of mine are killer guitars!
Very nice!
What would you say those differences are?
Here is my second AAA Amber Bluesbird I picked up some months back. This one is from 1998 while my other is from 2002.
and they were at least produced until 2003, I have seen for instance a CM000665 serial number from 2003 but don't know how many more were made in Corona in 2003 and if there were a few made in 2004.
Ralf
The serial number is CL000689.