One of The World’s Most Iconic Acoustic Guitars Gets The Special Treatment

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. 

FEATURES

• Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
  
• Solid Sitka Spruce Top
  
• Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
  
• TUSQ Nut, Saddle, and Bridge Pins
  
• Grover Rotomatics Tuners
  
• L.R Baggs Element Bronze Under-Saddle Pickup and Active Preamp
  
• Soundhole-Mounted Volume Control

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

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

NECK

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

HARDWARE

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

ELECTRONICS

Under Saddle Pickup :  L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
Controls : Soundhole Mounted Volume
Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin
Preamp : L.R. Baggs Element Bronze

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Case : Soft Shell