Description: Up for sale, a 1966 Gibson Hummingbird in collector-grade condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case, hangtag, and bill of sale. 100% original save for a bone nut, the Hummingbird is an upscale model featuring a square-shoulder design, with appointments including gold-plated hardware and split-parallelogram inlay. Tonewoods include a solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, a one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fretboard. This Hummingbird is warm and round-sounding, with plenty of dreadnought muscle and projection. The lows are broad and smooth, offering the growl inherent in mahogany as a tonewood, and the plain strings yield treble chime and sparkle with a dry percussive chop, making this Hummingbird a rewarding strummer with a balanced, true voice ideal for recording. Weighing 4lbs 8oz, this Hummingbird has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings, low action, and accurate intonation. Neck Specs: -Wood: Mahogany -Shape: Medium C, full shoulders, measuring .860” 1st fret, .980” 9th fret -Fretboard: Rosewood, split parallelogram inlay, light finger wear behind frets 1-5 -Frets: Medium jumbo, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-4 -Scale Length: 25 1/2” -Nut: 1 9/16”, bone (upgraded) -Tuners: Kluson Deluxe double-line, gold-plated -Serialization: 853-prefix six-digit serial dates to 1966 Body Specs: -Wood: Spruce, Mahogany -Bracing: X -Hardware: Rosewood bridge, adjustable saddle -Plastics: Red tortoise pickguard -Label: Orange oval, Kalamazoo -Marquetry: Multi-ply binding Crack-free and well-kept, the gloss nitro lacquer finish exhibits broad checking, particularly on top, and cosmetic wear is limited to a handful of faint scratches on the back (lower bout), well short of “buckle rash," and just a few faint marks on the body as a whole consistent with decades of very careful usage. The smooth nitro gloss on the neck profile also exhibits horizontal checking, with a few shallow dings central to the carve behind frets 2-5 that are not distracting to the palm while fretting. The original black tolex hardshell case is included, along with the hangtag and original bill of sale (dated to ‘67).
Price: 10499.99 USD
Location: Seattle, Washington
End Time: 2024-10-09T10:51:50.000Z
Shipping Cost: 350 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Gibson
Model: Hummingbird
Type: Acoustic Guitar
Body Color: Natural
Body Type: Dreadnought
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Model Year: 1966
