Gibson - Hummingbird Special - Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Satin Wine Red - w/ Premium Softshell Case - x5047

Gibson - Hummingbird Special - Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Satin Wine Red - w/ Premium Softshell Case

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. The Hummingbird Special is finished in satin nitrocellulose lacquer in your choice of Satin Vintage Cherry Sunburst and Satin Wine Red. 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.

In House Serial: 20765047

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
• Premium Soft Shell Case

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: Premium Soft Shell