Filbert Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Yes, I know, I have already posted about this in the 'Blueshawk Club' thread but I felt I had to share my experience today in a new thread. I was fiddling with my Marshall DSL15C, basically just knob twiddling really, trying to get to that sweet spot without perforating my eardrums or aggravating my neighbours. Well, anyway, today must have been one of those days when everything cosmically aligns and turns out perfectly. The amp settings seemed to be spot on and the Blueshawk really sang. It was unbelievable, such a great tone. I'm not a good guitar player, far from it, but even with my lumpen hands of clay, it just sounded so, so sweet! I still cannot get over the tone that comes out of this thing! Anyway, sorry for raving, just wanted to share! As an aside, I also gave it a quick wipe-down, a set of new Hybrid Slinkys and a pic in the sun: Whoever owned this guitar prior to me really took care of it - just the most superficial of dings and blemishes and only very light evidence of fingerboard wear. I don't think it was used much, certainly not gigged, unless the guy (or gal!) had a feather touch anyway. I suspect it spent most of its time hanging or on a stand. It's weird - my Blueshawk and my Nighthawk, despite being roughly the same age, are like the yin and yang of guitars; the Nighthawk looks every one of its 26 years - it has been well-played, well-used and shows it whereas the Blueshawk, well, as you can see, it's nearly factory fresh bar the odd mark here and there. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcticsg Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Sweeeet! I love it when a plan comes together 😉 Nice pics! 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Forrest Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Yes, indeed. That's good news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 @Filbert, you can rave about this guitar whenever you like as far as I'm concerned. Pretty BH you got there. Thank you for sharing with us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Beautiful guitar.. I am glad to see a renewed interesrest in Blues Hawks, I love mine. I wish they would make a Gibson Blues Hawk again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Very nice!! Love the P90s!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbert Posted September 26, 2019 Author Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, mihcmac said: Beautiful guitar.. I am glad to see a renewed interesrest in Blues Hawks, I love mine. I wish they would make a Gibson Blues Hawk again... It's all very 'Sliding Doors' and stems from me buying a Fender Blues Junior a few months ago. I went to the guy's house who was selling it and he happened to have a lovely Nighthawk. "What's that?", I asked him - it looked like a Les Paul-ish but much thinner and with Fender-like slanted pickups and a selector switch. Well, he told me, I had a go on it to demo the amp and later that day when I got home, ended up doing some research into them. Following that, I ended up buying a Nighthawk of my own and once I had that, I then ended up finding out about the similarly shaped Blueshawks so of course, I had to get one of those too and we are where we are now! Edited September 26, 2019 by Filbert 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Those are pretty cool. I'd love to play one sometime. Don't they have a long scale, like a Fender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbert Posted September 26, 2019 Author Share Posted September 26, 2019 Yes, 25.5 inches, Wikipedia reliably informs me. What this actually means in practical terms, I don't know - I'm not enough of a musician to know the difference. Although I know is it plays beautifully and sounds wonderful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filbert Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 As an addendum to this, for those of you, like me, who are curious as to what practical difference scale length actually makes, apparently guitars with shorter scale lengths require less tension to bring a string to pitch. This, in turn, makes things like bending strings slightly easier. I tested this theory on both my Fenders and Gibsons and can confirm the Gibsons are ever so slightly easier to bend strings. Not much of a difference, granted and it isn't something I had noticed independently either. If I hadn't been told, I probably wouldn't have noticed but it isn't a negligible difference either, certainly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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