Gibson Blueshawk
| Gibson Blueshawk | |
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 Gibson Blueshawk, color Heritage Cherry |
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| General | |
| Type | Electric guitar |
| Manufacturer | Gibson ; United States |
| production | 1999-2006 |
| Construction and materials | |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches (648 mm) |
| Body | Solid body made of poplar with maple - ceiling and milled f-holes |
| neck | Set-in neck made of mahogany |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood , 22 frets |
| Mechanics | 3 × left, 3 × right; capsuled |
| Footbridge / bridge | Fixed, one-piece metal bridge with individual saddles |
| Pickups and Electronics | |
| Pickups |
2 × P-90 - single coils |
| Tone control | passive
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The Gibson Blueshawk is a classic with two F-holes and two "Blues P90" - single-coil -equipped electric guitar , by the American US firm Gibson interlocutory 1996 and 2006 was made with the claim that the Blues a particularly versatile guitar and to give some new timbres.
construction
The body of the Blueshawk consists of a bottom part made of poplar wood with hollow milled chambers and a top made of maple wood with two sound holes in f- shape . The set-in neck from mahogany carries a fingerboard made of rosewood with diamond-shaped "diamond" inlays.
The guitar strings are (as with the Fender Stratocaster and Fender Telecaster out) through the guitar body, what a guitar Fender gives -like sound that also by the specially designed single-coil - Cartridge -type P-90 (here Blues P- 90 , with Alnico poles instead of bar magnets - similar to the Jazzmaster pickups) and provided with a dummy coil (installed on the back), which is only active in the bridge or neck position, since the middle position is humcancelling by the RWRP neck pickup.
In addition, the Blueshawk has a Varitone sound circuit that can be activated by a potentiometer with an additional push-button function ("push-pull potentiometer") and a six-stage rotary switch , in which, depending on the switch position, a certain frequency spectrum of the sound is thinned out Position of the Varitone is a bypass position (no influence on the basic sound) and the other 5 positions thin out the sound more and more.
The "Blueshawk" in music
The Gibson Blueshawk was developed primarily for blues, country and rock'n'roll. In 1996 the rock'n'roller Carl Perkins received a prototype of the "Blueshawk". His Sun Records colleague, rockabilly, blues and country blues musician Billy Lee Riley can be seen on the cover and in the booklet of his 1997 Grammy nominated blues album "hot damn!" With the Gibson "Blueshawk".
A sworn “Blueshawk” guitarist is the blues guitarist Carolyn Wonderland and the American singer-songwriter Annie Gallup , who can be seen not only on the cover of her album Swerve , but also on many concert photos with the “Blueshawk”, who has been Decade is her favorite electric guitar.
In the official Gibson catalog, the "Blueshawk" was advertised with a photo of Joe Walsh ( Eagles ), who casually relies on a "Blueshawk". But also Robin Finck, the lead guitarist of the American band Guns N 'Roses , has a "blueshawk" in his guitar arsenal.
The "Blueshawk" was also unanimously praised by the specialist critics:
“I haven't heard or played a Gibson or Gibson-like guitar in a long time that sounds so fresh. The thinline concept in connection with the glued-in neck and the lively Blues 90 pickups also works thanks to the ingenious 'dummy' circuit; the six-fold Varitone circuit is a more than effective bonus. "
Models
The “Blueshawk” was made in the colors “Ebony” (black), “Heritage Cherry” (cherry red) and “Chicago Blue” (sky blue) and delivered with a gig bag . There is also a "Blueshawk" model that is equipped with a vibrato system. A Gibson guitar case was available as an accessory for the "Blueshawk" .
Epiphone replica
In spring 2015, Epiphone launched the “Blueshawk Deluxe”, its own replica of the “Blueshawk” in the colors “Midnight Sapphire”, “Translucent Black” and “Wine Red”.
Trivia
A worldwide "Blueshawk" congregation soon formed, the virtual center of which is Tony Jones' extensive Blueshawk homepage, which gathers almost all available English-language information about the "Blueshawk" and their immediate relatives. After all, the "Blueshawk" is a further development of the Gibson Nighthawk , while the Gibson Little Lucille advertised by BB King is a more classy, significantly modified variant of the "Blueshawk", in which the strings are not passed through the guitar body, but the familiar Gibson tune -O-Matic bridge with TP6 tailpiece (and fine tuners) is used.
literature
- Gibson Blueshawk. In: "Guitar & Bass". November 1998, pp. 116-117
- Gibson Blueshawk and "Little Lucille". In: "Guitar & Bass". October 1999. pp. 96-98
Web links
- Discussion of the Gibson Blueshawk vibrato variant
- Blueshawk entry in the English language Wikipedia
- Discussion of the Gibson Blueshawk and her sister Gibson "Little Lucille" ( Memento from June 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Billy Lee Riley with his Blueshawk (February 9, 1997 in Bob King's "King of Clubs" in Swifton, Arkansas).
swell
- ^ Press release: Carl Perkin's "Blueshawk" Suede Shoes
- ↑ Photo of Carl Perkins with Blueshawk ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Billy Lee Riley : "hot damn!" Booklet center fold
- ^ Annie Gallup's homepage, Annie's Guitars section
- ↑ Robin Finck's homepage, heading Robin Finck's Equipment ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Heinz Rebellius : Gibson BluesHawk. In: Guitar & Bass . November 1998, pp. 116-117, 177.
- ^ Epiphone: Blueshawk Deluxe.
- ^ Epiphone: Epiphone presents the new Blueshawk Deluxe.
- ↑ Tony Jones: Blueshawk Homepage ( Memento from February 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Gibson , press release: BB King embraces Gibson's "Little Lucille".
