Guild serial number charts are notorious for containing errors and those errors are often stated as fact. Please take any and all “only xx ever made” claims with a grain of salt – even the ones on this page.Sadly, this also make it even more confusing when trying to figure out what you’re looking at. The Nightbird, Nightbird II, and Nightbird Custom (CU) all share the same serial number prefix of BL1xxxxx making it appear that they’re all of the same type, which they certainly appear to be.The serial number information appears to be the same as for the Nightbird X2000, though that is me extrapolating from the data at hand – we’ll have to wait for Hans’ next book for verification.Įdit – The blue X3000 Nightingale is now mine! Miscellaneous Notes There’s not much I can add here aside from me begging for you to sell me your Nightingale. These are fabulously rare instruments that are always breathtaking and reportedly just stunning in person. Put simply, the X3000 Nightingale is more or less a Nightbird X2000 with F-holes. While strictly speaking not a Nightbird, it’s close enough that I figured it warranted inclusion. The X2000 is a fabulous and relatively rare addition to the Nightbird family, If you’ve got one or know where one is, please do let me know! Nightingale X-3000 The serial number prefix for the X2000/X3000 (I believe) models is CL000000 and the range reported on the charts indicates the following dates of manufacture:ġ993: CL000054 – CL000054 (Only one – don’t know which) Note that these are also the first high-end Nightbirds to change the serial number prefix which had always been BL1xxxxxx. Meanwhile, the X3000 Nightingales (see below) I’ve seen have serial number prefixes of CLxxxxxx leading me to think that it the X3000 shares its prefix with the X2000 either instead of or in addition to the X2000.īecause the X2000 and X3000 (I assume) shared the serial number prefix, there is no way for me to know how many X2000s were built, but even combined there appear to be only about 54 of both ever made.
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The Guild serial number chart shows that the X2000 and X4000 share serial number prefixes, but I can’t confirm this because the few X4000s I’ve seen have serial numbers with the prefix FFxxxxxx which the Guild chart lists as Prototype. Compiling information in this way is kind of like writing the recipe for a cake by watching 50 other people bake a cake the recipe will probably be good, but since you didn’t have access to the original 50 recipes, it might be a bit off here and there.Īlso, many Nightbirds seem to have been either custom ordered or altered over time, so just because the catalog says something like “EMG Pickups” doesn’t necessarily mean that the model in question will only be found with EMG pickups. Any mistakes in this page are mine, and some of the information is based solely on observations and therefore cannot be considered fact. The information in here has been collected by me over many years as well as from the sources listed at the end of the article. Having gone through this pain myself and having collected a fair bit of information, I have put it all into a hopefully easy to digest article that should help you if you find yourself considering the purchase of one of these fine instruments. Nightbirds come in a dizzying array of colors, configurations, and models, and it can be quite difficult to discern the difference between a Nightbird, a Nightbird I, a Nightbird II, and so-on. I own more than my fair share of them, and since I have a pile of Nightbird reviews pending I thought I would consolidate some of the repeating information I had into a single article. Guild Nightbirds are some of the best electric guitars every produced at the Westerly Guild plant.
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