![]() After doing most of my plugged-in playing on guitars equipped with K&K Pure Minis over the last couple of years, I took my trusty 1990 D25 (which I believe has the same factory pickup as the Songbird of the era) to the open mic tonight, and I was immediately struck by how artificial and quacky it sounded. There's no question, though, that methods for amplifying acoustic guitars have made enormous strides in the intervening decades. In : Britain's Birds in 1990-91 : The Conservation and Monitoring Review. In its day, the Songbird was excellent for what it was: a small, thin-bodied acoustic electric that played easily and sounded reasonably good by the standards of the time. ![]() Guitar was professionally setup, electronics fixed (replaced. The pickup is an active piezo-electric pickup with onboard pre-amp and dual band EQ. It has been played and shows considerable wear from play, dings and dents all over. This acoustic-electric guitar has a routed mahogany body, solid spruce top, a one-piece mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard. It says something about the Songbird's quality that Clapton, after playing a natural-topped version for a bit (see the clip I posted on the first page), thought highly enough of the Songbird to get a custom one. This Guild Songbird was made in the USA in 1990. In other words, I could easily turn around two guitars in a week, though publishing the review will take longer. In fairness to GuildFS54612CE, this relatively short thread started out about the Songbird generally and turned to artists who had played the model only a few of the posts were about Barry Gibb specifically. While I still have a huge review pile, I have something line 10 reviews just about ready to go, because it's amazing what you find editing something you haven't looked at in a couple of weeks. ![]() McCurdy: Data curation, Investigation, Writing - review & editing. They play like an electric.nicest Guild neck ever.the first version is quite heavy with the hog carved out body.but it's very well balanced and hangs nicely on a strap.the smaller body is great for me.fret access with the cutaway is nice.acoustically they sound like a thin bodied instrument.which they are.plugged in, as meant to be, they are a lot better.the quacky goes with the territory.the UST's are plus 20 years old.everything from that era sounds like that.they came in two versions, not counting the namesake, which seemed to be more of a color designation.Hans would know better than I.the early version had the control knobs in a location on the lower bout, let's just say, 'what were they thinking?' or maybe it was Pepsi Friday.I have seen a few pics of one's that had it on the upper bout.both likely Fishman AGP 2.the later versions had the body depth increased to accommodate new Fishman electronics with the rectangular control panel.all electronics would benefit from a modern update.and, yes, the tops on the natural ones mellow with age beautifully.I have seen white and black ones as well as the blue, green, and maybe it was red.this should be Eva playing hers: EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Get Out star Bradley Whitford and Jane the Virgins Jenna Ortega have boarded the pandemic thriller Songbird, which begins principal photography today. guild communities and how these characteristics compare among guilds. ![]()
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