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The least expensive Historic Les Paul I’ve owned was a 1958 plain-top (R8), and in my opinion this Guild Bluesbird crushes it in just about every way. The Bluesbird isn’t over-the-top luxurious like the Nightbird, but it’s every bit the guitar any of my Historic Les Pauls has been. The Nightbird has a ridiculously nice ebony fretboard with superb inlays, top-shelf purfling, and a host of other features that just scream luxury.
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Functionally, it’s a cut out in the body of the guitar that lets your fingers access the upper frets, which it does. The Les Paul has a more curved cutout that tends to look “right” to anyone who’s stared at posters of Jimmy Page or Slash for too long in their youth. I should point out that the cutout on a Bluesbird is quite different than that of a Les Paul, a fact which Les Paul owners immediately notice and complain about. The Guild Bluesbird from the ’90s is probably more accurately compared with a Les Paul Standard, but I’ll be honest and say that I’ve never played a modern Les Paul Standard that I’ve liked. I think they’re much nicer than a “regular” Gibson Les Paul, and on-par with the Historics from Gibson’s custom shop, but to be fair the Historics are trying to replicate a guitar from the 1950s, so they’re not built for the same purpose, if you will. In comparing the Bluesbird build quality to a Les Paul, I think they’re as well-made as any Historic I’ve owned (I’ve owned three). This one is no exception, and seeing as how this is basically a 20 year old instrument, it has held up marvelously. When cascading with other dirt pedals, the dual buffer stages of the LOVE DRIVE will ensure that your tone soars without collapsing into itself due to mismatches in circuitry.I’ve owned a lot of Guild guitars, and I’ve never been disappointed with any of them. The output buffer means the LOVE DRIVE will drive longer cable runs while keeping your tone intact. This ensures that the two gain stages and 3-band EQ will sound their absolute best. When active, the input buffer ensures your signal will enter the FET circuitry under optimal conditions. The true-bypass, buffered input, and output (when active) allow you to place the Love Drive at the beginning, middle, or end of your chain. The goal then was to remedy the negatives original units were expensive, hard to find, and costly to re-house in order to sturdy them up for road use. The original Roosevelt Drive was inspired by the venerable Ibanez Mostortion pedal, a soft-clipping overdrive pedal that became incredibly popular with players everywhere. Street Price Ranging from $649.99-$1099.99ģrd Power and the Christy Lynn Mitchell Foundation team up to introduce the Love Drive Pedal, a hand-built, clean-boost/preamp/drive pedal designed to create, optimize and refine your guitar signal with immersive wave-shaping 3 band EQ. Today, Guild continues to uphold the same standards and goals. Guild’s Westerly Rhode Island era is known as a golden period in the brand’s history for its innovations and commitment to quality.
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At $799 MAP, it also includes all solid woods, Fishman Sonitone Bass pickup and a lightweight polyfoam case.
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The B-140E is based on several Guild acoustic basses of the past, which are known for their jumbo body and big acoustic sound. The M-140 brings a spruce top option to the hugely successful M-120, and is offered with a Fishman Sonitone as well. Body shapes include Guild’s traditional small body Concert (M), Orchestra (OM), Dreadnought (D), and of course, Guild’s famous Jumbo 6 and 12 string (F).Īmong others, three new models include the M-140, M-140E, and B-140E acoustic bass. The 120 level signifies mahogany top, back, sides the 140 level indicates a spruce top with mahogany back and sides and the 150 level signifies the ever-popular spruce and rosewood combination. The Westerly Collection uses an improved naming system to indicate the guitar’s shape and woods. With design input from players, artists, dealers and Ren Ferguson, Guild’s new VP of R&D and Manufacturing, the Westerly guitars all have a 1 3/4” nut width on a vintage shaped Guild neck, iconic Chesterfield headstock emblem reminiscent of 1960s Guilds, period correct tortoiseshell pickguard, and Guild’s new lightweight polyfoam case. “We had three things in mind when developing The Westerly Collection: give players an incredible all solid wood acoustic guitar between $649-$1099 MAP, offer dealers great margins, and capture Guild’s iconic design and styling that has made it one of great brands in guitars for so long,” says Guild President, Jonathan Thomas.
#GUILD WESTERLY GUITARS REVIEWS SERIES#
Santa Monica, CA (May 15, 2015) - Guild Guitars is excited to announce the launch of the Westerly Collection, a new series of all solid acoustic guitars that pays homage to Guild's Westerly, Rhode Island era (1960s-1990s).