Guild Nightbird
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Am I misremembering or did Guild also do a Nightbird around that time with white (or cream) plastic cover pu's (I am assuming Armstrongs) gold hardware and Grover Rotomatics. I recall seeing one back in the day (80's) at Cintioli's Music in Philly.
mavuser
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maybe u are thinking about the Crossroads? (tele-looking chambered electric w acoustic bridge, etc)
it had a white plastic covered EMG pickup.
Yep, never seen white covered humbuckers, other than some really old EMGs. Anything that came stock on a Nightbird was either totally black plastic cover (EMG/Armstrong) or double black exposed bobbins (Duncans). Of course, nothing is absolute, as they did a fair amount of custom stuff, but nothing standard was white.
SFIV1967
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But they came out in 1994, 9 years after the first Nightbirds in 1985. GAD has such a CR-1 Crossroads with the white EMG 89, I'm re-posting his picture:
Another one:
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mavuser
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also there are the black plastic covered humbuckers that say "Guild" instead of "EMG" which I believe are DiMarzios, on early/spruce top Nightingale, and possibly on same era Nightbird. There is a chance I am remembering wrong and they are passive EMG's, but I believe they are actually Dimarzios. I post this at the risk of being heavily Hans'd, however maybe he will have mercy if only the confirmation is saved for Volume 2. possibly i will be GAD'd instead, or as well.
SFIV1967
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I don't think so, nothing white on them:
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One thing I am sure of it was not Tele shaped. Maybe the pu's did have a black covers after all....it was a long time ago. I also recall one of the sales guys saying it was a Les Paul killer and a really great deal.
The "Guild" labeled pickups must be fairly rare, and likely OEMed from somebody. I can't imagine Guild would have done the tooling for something like that. Either Armstrongs, or EMG's, or possibly OBL, which was also around at the time.
Passive EMG's, aka EMG selects, I don't think came around until the 90's.
Passive EMG's, aka EMG selects, I don't think came around until the 90's.
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Hi , I have reveived my guild nightbird 1985 .The guitar is almost new , no fretwear ,no damage .....the only thing I can see is a little dent (+-0.5mm deep) in the body frontside.........someone knows the best methode how to fix that or ......just let it as it is ? I have played some evenings and the guitar is fabulous,fast arm , light weight , pickups KA are ok ,guitar is overall well made , etc.....thanks to everyone who send me some info !
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SFIV1967
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I would just leave that dent as it is. Any guitar that is played will get little dents and bruises over time, that's just the way it is. It adds character.
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I agree. Leave as is.
the Nightbird is one of the greatest IMO.
As long as you can see the old dent making a new dent will hurt much less …
markus
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Love it! Congratulations!
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