Guild Bluesbird AAA

Top of the line basic features: 2000 USA made solid-top 2 tone and volume, Seymore Duncan SH-1 (59's) HH configuration, quilted flame top(tobacco sunburst), Gotoh tuneomatic bridge, Grover tuners, and Guild deluxe case. Flame top is one of the nicest I have ever seen!!! Also it has sound chambers that make this baby growl and for that reason and the quilted flame top I will give her a 10!

Best sounding guitar I ever heard and played!!! Awesome crunch and excellent open clean chord sound. I play mostly classic, hard rock, (Sabbath, Rush, Zeppelin) and folk music like Neil Young. I play through a peavey backstage 110 at home and through a Carvin x100b with a digitech RP2000 processor when playing with my band. Guitar is very versatile and is perfect for my style!!!

Perfect!!! The guitar came out of the box perfect!!! The tone and volume knobs are kinda of cheap but no bid deal. Most importantly the nicest quilted flame top I've ever seen!!!

Seems very durable and since it has sound chambers its light so its not going to strain your back or rip out your strap buttons like Les Pauls! I never had any problems.

Since Fender bought Guild you can't get much information but all the times I had to call Fender they were pretty helpful. I have no complaints with them. Guild web site looks good but you can't contact them!!! The best information regarding Guild guitars is this forum dedictated to Guild's/DeArmonds.
http://www.fenderforum.com/fdp.html?message_area_number=9&lastpost=2000-08-2812:24:41

I been playing guitar for about 15-20 years. I played an old Kramer and Aria Pro but never got very serious until I bought my first bluesbird (Black) a couple of years a ago. Since then I play an average of 2 hours a day. My playing has drastically increased because of this guitar. I love this guitar so much I bought another one (AAA Tobacco sunburst). This guitar easily compares to LP Elegant or Heritage and they cost about $3000 list for $6000, but with a little more edge!!!

22 frets, bound fingerboard, mother of pearl inlays all the way to the 17 fret, 24 3/4 scale, the neck is a bit wider than an American
Standard Stratocater, chambered mahogany body, flamed maple top,
a pair of Seymour Duncan SH-1 " '59-classic" humbuckers, Grover tuners, Gotoh "Tune-o-Matic" bridge. Looks like a Les Paul, except
for the less sharp cutaway.

The sound is great. If you are thinking of buying a Les Paul for around $2000 (That's the mediocre one), then check out this baby!
Man, you get better sounds, it's more versatile than a Les Paul, it
sounds tighter, more focused and musical. It has this hollow, scary
tone perfect for any music where you need to scare people. It is
beautiful!

The choice of finishes are better than the aforementioned Les Paul,
the handwork is more detailed, very comfortable back, and the action
was perfect. I just needed to adjust it to my taste.

I use this weapon, I mean guitar, to play all types of gigs. Its
absolutely perfect sounding every time I need to use it. It barely
gets out of tune. It feels like a boulder. Totally reliable. No
real need for a backup.

I have note dealt with Guild, so I can't say.

Everything that you need and almost nothing that you don't. I do wish that it had bigger frets, though. Adding straplock buttons is a must, as the vintage-style buttons can lose your strap.

Counting build quality as a feature, as you SHOULD do, this is one fine guitar! Better than it's rival models from That Other Company and for half the price.

Clean - I can't say enough about the clean sounds you can get with this guitar. "Rich" would be a good way to describe it. Subtle would be another. You know how the Coke in those little glass bottles is just plain better than from a can? This guitar has that untouchable "something" that makes all the difference in the world. It makes even the crappiest amps sound good. Honest. I played mine through a 1957 Tape-O-Matic tape recorder for a while and was awesome! "Leave your acoustic guitar at home next gig," is what I'm saying here

Distorted - The Bluesbird is great for those who like to plug stait into an amp and turn all the way up. Harmonics! Soul! Fire! Ballsy slide licks! Through a mid-power combo you'll get the tone you always wanted but thought was not available from a new guitar. It also responds very well to ditortion pedals, and seems to favor amps that have a single tone control. Show that kid with the LP and a million effects who's boss!

The action was great after I fixed the "professional setup" from the music store. I've used everything from 8's to 13's and, with a few adjustments, it handled everything very well.

Fit and Finish are excellent. Beautiful craftsmanship.

Take care of this guitar and it will take care of you. Pass it on to your grandson or hot punk-rock granddaughter before you die. It will probably last forever. It feels solid because it is solid, and that's why I bought one. Top notch components. If you like having a backup guitar, buy two Bluesbirds. That's the only way your "backup" will ever see any use.

N/A - Never had to contact them.

Can you tell I LOVE this guitar? You will too. The tones are great, it's playability is great, and it looks fantastic.

American made. Chambered mahogany body with carved maple top. 1-Piece Mahogany neck. Rosewood fretboard. 24 3/4" Scale length. Beautiful AAA Amber finish. Cream top body and neck binding. Adjust-o-matic bridge. Stop tailpiece. 2-Seymour Duncan SH-1 Humbucking Pickups.

I play Blues based hard rock (Izzy Stradlin, Ted Nugent, Old Aerosmith, etc) and 80's Eurometal (UFO, MSG, Thin Lizzy, Accept, etc.) I have a 60 watt Carvin X60 Tube Combo Amp and a
15 watt Vox Cambridge small Tube Combo Amp. I use a Proco Vintage Rat
for distortion. Dirty this Guitar sounds: rich, full, sweet and sustains well. Clean this guitar sounds beautiful (sound chambers) and
I feel no need to use "clean effects".

Action and Fret size fit like a glove.
Pickups well adjusted.
Beautiful finish. You could show this Guitar as a piece of American
art.

This guitar is not as solid as Les Paul. However if you treat it like
Ted Nugent treated his Birdlands and ESs you should have no problems !!!
This guitar is so light that I can not imagine someone dropping
it.

I compared this guitar with Gibson's LP Standard, LP Classic, LP Gary Moore, LP Studio, SG Angus Young, SG Standard, Flying V Gothic, DC Studio and Fender's American Standard and American Fat STRATS.
The Bluesbird looked, felt and sounded better than all !!!