Guild Bluesbird P90

This a Les Paul shaped guitar with 2 P90 pickups. It is hard to find the exact date of manufactuer but I think it was made in 1993. It has a mahogany body with a carved top and a rosewood neck with 22 frets. What makes this guitar stand out is that the body has cavities built in the body. This does two things, 1. makes the guitar have a 'hollow-like' resonance and 2. it makes the guitar super-light. Excellent Grover tuners, tunomatic-type bridge and individual volume and tone controls make this guitar an extremely versatile instrument.

This guitar simply sounds superb. Used through a Marshall JCM 800 this guitar howls, screams and sounds just fabulous. The P90 pickups really do add a bluesy feel and are have a very high output. As ever you sacrifice some background noise but who cares ! Used through a JCM 900 on its High Gain setting you get instant Santana meets Satriani tone. This guitar makes you want to keep playing from dusk till dawn.

Everything on this guitar is superb. The neck is a rosewood finished smaller scale with simple dot inlays. What makes it so good is its playability and excellent fit an finish. All frets are finished to a very high standard and the guitar simply stays in tune. The body is a glossy red maple top and there are no complaints at all. Only gripe was noisy pick-up switch but really that is nit-picking.

It has lasted this far and I can see it going on for many years to go. After 15 years the fit and finish are excellent.

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I have been playing for 35 years and have owned guitars including a Rickenbacker 330, Musicman EVH, Ibanez JS, Peavey Wolfgang, Fender Strat. My main amp is a JCM 900 Hi Gain combo. This guitar really is a great mesh of so many guitars and sounds kind of in between a Les Paul, 135 and an SG. Its great virtue is its light weight and fabulous playablity.