First introduced in 1960, the Gibson Hummingbird™ is one of the most distinctive and well-loved acoustic guitars ever made. Handcrafted with care in Bozeman, Montana, by Gibson’s expert acoustic luthiers, the new Gibson Hummingbird Special offers players a USA-built Gibson Hummingbird model at a very attractive price. The Hummingbird Special has a traditional square-shouldered body constructed using genuine solid mahogany for the back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top that is reinforced with our traditional scalloped X-bracing. This combination of tonewoods delivers a warm, balanced tone with excellent dynamic range that is perfect for any style of music. The “concert depth” body is slightly thinner than the body on a Hummingbird Standard, giving it a leaner and tighter bass response that sits perfectly in the mix and also makes it easier to hold. The utile neck is attached to the body with a compound dovetail neck-to-body joint, and like all Gibson acoustic guitars, it is affixed with hot hide glue. The neck has a comfortable Round profile, and the rosewood fretboard has a 12” radius and features pearloid parallelogram inlays, which is one of the visual hallmarks that makes the Hummingbird easily recognizable. The fretboard is fitted with 20 standard frets. The traditional belly-up rosewood bridge is equipped with a TUSQ® saddle, and the nut and bridge pins are also TUSQ. High-quality Grover® Rotomatic® tuners ensure rock-solid tuning stability. The pickguard features a simplified version of the world-famous Hummingbird pickguard graphics. It comes equipped with an L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze under-saddle piezo pickup and active preamp with an easily accessible soundhole-mounted volume control, so it’s stage and studio-ready from the moment you take it out of the included premium soft shell case.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Body Style: Square Shoulder
- Body Shape: Hummingbird
- Body Material: Solid Mahogany
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back: Solid Mahogany
- Side: Solid Mahogany
- Bracing: Traditional Scalloped X-bracing
- Binding: Single Ply Cream, Top and Back
- Body Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Profile: Round
- Scale Length: 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 304.8 mm / 12 in
- Neck Material: Utile
- Fret Count: 20
- Frets: Standard
- Nut Material: TUSQ
- Nut Width: 43.815 mm / 1.725 in
- Inlays: Pearloid Parallelogram
- Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue
- Bridge: Traditional Belly Up, Rosewood
- Saddle Material: TUSQ
- Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic
- Pickguard: Hummingbird with Simplified Stamped Graphics; Tortoise
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: 2-ply Black
- Bridge Pins: TUSQ
- Under Saddle Pickup: L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
- Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume
- Output Jack: 1/4” Endpin
- Preamp: L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
- Strings Gauge: .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
- Case: Premium Soft Shell
