FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

In 2000, Guild took their popular Bluesbird model, fitted it with a Songbird neck and Seymour Duncan P-90 pickups, and called it the Blues 90. Other than the pickups, the only difference between the Blues 90 and Bluesbird is the 90's bigger neck profile (like a late '50s Gibson) and less fancy appointments (dot markers in stead of blocks, unbound fingerboard). It retained the Bluesbird body which consisted of routed mahogany with a carved maple cap.  The body is essentially semi-hollow with no F-holes. There is a large block of mahogany left under the bridge and stop tailpiece for stability and feedback resistance. The Blues 90 was only made for a two-year period before being discontinued in 2002 and is most often found finished in Transparent Red, Transparent Ebony and Emerald Green. This particular guitar was used by "The Guild Guy", Jay Pilzer, on his all-Guild CD I Think It's Gonna Rain. 

 Body:  Semi-hollow; 1-piece mahogany back and sides with 2-piece carved maple top, single bound top

 Finish:  Transparent Red, polyurethane

 Neck:  1-piece mahogany, set-in

 Fingerboard:  Indian rosewood; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets:  22

 Pickguard:  None

 Bridge:  Gotoh Adjusto-matic with stop tailpiece, chrome

 Nut:  Plastic

 Tuners:  Ping diecast, chrome

 Pickups:  Two, Seymour Duncan P-90 (SP90-3 "Custom" bridge, SP90-2 "Hot" neck)

 Controls:  Tone and volume for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector

 Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  13 7/8 inches

 Body Depth:  1 7/8 inches

 Weight:  8.7 lb