Jim__H

I have a confession to make - my BluesHawk is no longer my favorite guitar, bought an ES-339 Studio last March and love it. Still play the BH a fair amount though...

Does anyone know (or do we have any way of knowing) many Blueshawks were produced? BTW, daveinspain, your guitars are gorgeous. I can't believe the protective film is still attached to the back panels on the black one!

I think daveinspain makes some good points. I tried to set mine up myself and I was never able to get it quite right. Then I took it in to a good guitar tech and he was able to find just the right compromise, so now it sounds and plays quite nicely. The action could be a bit lower but with .009s it is very playable and string bending is easy - I guess the longer scale length has something to do with that. Might be a little pricey though for a starter guitar imho, weren't these things around $600 new? Another thing about the Blueshawk is its uniqueness, it is a bit different and it never fails to generate interest. That's my $.02, Jim

Doug; Thanks for starting this. I am glad to contribute to the BluesHawk Club, and as a newbie no less - how about that timing? So I looked back into my records and I see that it has been ten years and about a month since I bought my '97 ebony BluesHawk S/N 93437501 in a used guitar store in San Jose, CA. Time sure flies, it seems like yesterday. I paid $475 for it so it looks like it has been a good investment for me over time but its real value is in the playing. I am not a musician, I just love guitars, I play for fun and for the neighbors whether they like it or not. The guitar is nice, far from perfect as it looks like it got some heavy use from the PO. Some minor buckle rash and a couple of small dings but overall it is in pretty good shape. I sometimes have to wiggle the pickup switch as it cuts out in some varitone positions but that doesn't happen too often. And lastly the frets were dressed not too long ago by a guy who knew what he was doing and that took care of some buzz in the 5th and 6th strings between the 4th and 6th frets, it plays great. I run it through a fairly new Vox Pathfinder 15R. I think that about covers it, I hope my photo comes through. Anyone else out there?