1971 Bluesbird with maple top

[chazmo]

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The mahogany is mostly hollow, though. Here's my Corona Bluesbird-90's slightly out of focus top:

Hey, GAD, is that incorrectly spelled "tobacco burst" in the bridge pickup cavity? That's pretty funny. Beautiful top, though, right?

 

[GAD]

Hey, GAD, is that incorrectly spelled "tobacco burst" in the bridge pickup cavity? That's pretty funny. Beautiful top, though, right?

That’s the guitar that was on the inside fold of the catalog. It’s gorgeous, but you’d never know it was mispelled unless you took the pickup out.

 

[F44:876]

Yup. Note that they can be crazy heavy.

'75 M80:

Guild 1975 M-80 CS | GAD's Ramblings

This odd-looking guitar came to me at the right price so I couldn’t pass up the chance to own, play, and write about the seemingly not very popular Guild M-80-CS. This example is from 1975, and is in pretty darn good condition for an almost 40-year-old guitar. Let’s take a close-up look at this...

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'81 M80:

Guild 1981 M-80 | GAD's Ramblings

After buying, playing, and testing a 1975 M-80 CS, I decided to see about scoring an early ’80s model to see how it differed. I managed to score this tobacco burst beauty for a great price and sat down to play it, eagerly anticipating my first outing with not only a 1980’s Guild, but my …

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I have not owned the one on the right of Grot's fabulous pic, but if memory served they're the heaviest of them all.

if anyone ever sees a lefty 81 hit me up! i can’t even find a picture online. :/