It was really nice to do a search for Bluesbird info and find you folks here. I'm 53, living in CA and have been teaching guitar here for the last 10 years. I'm trying to save what hearing I have left so I don't gig anymore, but I'm having a good time showing people how to play - passing the torch so to speak. I have about 35 students each week and teach everything from Bach to Metallica.
I got a flame maple natural finish Bluesbird, S.N. CL002130, back around 2002, though I think it was made in 2000. It's not bookmatched, but when you stare down at it you feel like you are looking at something in 3D. There' a depth to the finish that is just amazing. It had been hanging in the local music store for a long time. After trying it a few times, the feel of thing just stuck in my mind. The neck profile reminded of my best friend's 1968 Les Paul Goldtop re-issue, which to my hand was the finest feeling guitar I have ever had the pleasure to play. I could tell in playing it acoustically that it would probably sound really good thru an amp, and it did. It's similar to an LP, but with different mids. It can leave you thinking it's not quite as loud as a LP, though it is, because the top and bottom ends are awsome and it has this super fine presence. So I sold a bunch of stuff and bought it. But what really got me was the first time I recorded direct. I did a solo break direct for a tune on a local artist's demo and got this unique tone somewhere between a LP and a Strat. It's hard to describe cuz I have never gotten a tone like that before. I got really nice feedback from people that heard it and feel like I got a signature tone for meself.
Such a fine instrument and sad that Fender discontinued them. When I let Les Paul and PRS players have a go at it they freak.
And speaking of freaks, Happy Halloween! I got to go. Nice to meetcha.
TEX
I got a flame maple natural finish Bluesbird, S.N. CL002130, back around 2002, though I think it was made in 2000. It's not bookmatched, but when you stare down at it you feel like you are looking at something in 3D. There' a depth to the finish that is just amazing. It had been hanging in the local music store for a long time. After trying it a few times, the feel of thing just stuck in my mind. The neck profile reminded of my best friend's 1968 Les Paul Goldtop re-issue, which to my hand was the finest feeling guitar I have ever had the pleasure to play. I could tell in playing it acoustically that it would probably sound really good thru an amp, and it did. It's similar to an LP, but with different mids. It can leave you thinking it's not quite as loud as a LP, though it is, because the top and bottom ends are awsome and it has this super fine presence. So I sold a bunch of stuff and bought it. But what really got me was the first time I recorded direct. I did a solo break direct for a tune on a local artist's demo and got this unique tone somewhere between a LP and a Strat. It's hard to describe cuz I have never gotten a tone like that before. I got really nice feedback from people that heard it and feel like I got a signature tone for meself.
Such a fine instrument and sad that Fender discontinued them. When I let Les Paul and PRS players have a go at it they freak.
And speaking of freaks, Happy Halloween! I got to go. Nice to meetcha.
TEX