NGD - Rescued 1997 Bluesbird

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CL000727, pulled from a Guitar Center a few months ago, now fresh out of the shop.

Neck and body were in excellent condition, but the hardware was a mess. Replaced pickups with vintage HB-1’s w/ NOS covers. Pulled the bigsby (no holes), and added Graphtech resomax bridge and stoptail. Added the vintage Guild knobs. I’m happy to see it looking like a proper Guild again.
 

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HeyMikey

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That looks fantastic! Where did you find the HB1’s with NOS covers?
 

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That looks fantastic! Where did you find the HB1’s with NOS covers?
These pickups and covers were purchased separately on Reverb. The pickups were used, without covers, but the covers were NOS.
 

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That looks really nice and I bet it sounds great with those HB1s! Great job
 

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Good job on a great restoration. I bet it feels and sounds awesome too!
 

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Great looking return to Guild beauty! Did the vintage HB1's require any routing?
Been thinking of installing HB1's on a Bluesbird.
 

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Great looking return to Guild beauty! Did the vintage HB1's require any routing?
Been thinking of installing HB1's on a Bluesbird.

Search or “bluesbird” on that page.
 

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Black Bluesbird = awesome.


I did sort of like the look of the bigsby on it though?
 

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Image.jpg Any experience with these "Guild" pickup covers ? GAD gets mentionned on their page.
 

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Image.jpg Any experience with these "Guild" pickup covers ? GAD gets mentionned on their page.
Here is the link, but he explains that they don't fit on real HB-1 humbuckers but on standard sized humbuckers.

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