Save big bucks on this modernized "no-bird" 'Bird.

The Gibson Hummingbird Artist is a square shoulder dreadnought acoustic-electric guitar handcrafted in the USA. Featuring a washed heritage cherry finish; solid, premium Sitka spruce top; and mahogany back and sides, this arresting acoustic-electric's tone is as ruby-throated as its namesake! A round mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard gives your fingers the ability to take flight over mother-of-pearl parallelogram inlays.

Plug the Hummingbird guitar in and jam with an L.R. Baggs Element undersaddle transducer and preamp that keeps the look clean with an ingenious soundhole mounted volume control. Binding is 6-ply on top and 4-ply on the back. Gold keystone tuners, a mother-of-pearl crown inlay on the headstock, tortoise pickguard and a traditional Gibson rosewood bridge complete the look. Gibson includes a premium hardshell case with each Hummingbird guitar.

Gibson Hummingbird Artist Acoustic-Electric Guitar Features:

• Handcrafted in: Bozeman, MT
  
  Body
• Body style: square shoulder dreadnought
• Top species: premium Sitka spruce
• Back and sides: mahogany
• Bracing: Hand-scalloped
• Body binding: 6-ply top, 4-ply back
  
  Neck
• Species: mahogany
• Scale: 24-3/4"
• Profile: round
• Joint: Hand-set dovetail
  
  Fingerboard
• Species: rosewood
• Binding: single-ply
• Inlays: Mother-of-pearl parallelograms
• Nut width: 1.725
• Other inlays: mop crown on headstock
  
  Bridge
• Bridge: traditional Gibson rosewood bridge
• Bridge inlay: mop dots
• Pins: white
  
  Hardware
• Tuners: Gold Gotoh keystone with traditional white keys
• Pickguard: modern sculpted
• Active electronics: L.R. Baggs Element undersaddle transducer and preamp with sound hole mounted volume control
  
  Other
• Case: premium hardshell
• Strings: Gibson masterbuilt premium phospor bronze wound

Gibson Hummingbird Artist Acoustic-Electric Guitar Includes:

• hardshell case

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Gibson Hummingbird Artist Acoustic-Electric Guitar

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A guitar's barbaric yawp

Posted by Jim from DC area on Oct 6, 2009

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: semi-proficient amateur

Reviewer's Play Style: various

I've been playing the same cheap but good Seagull for years, borrowing friends' Martin dreads occasionally. I've finally decided that my ego demands a more upscale guitar. So I went to the big store the other day and found a little room in back where a used Hummingbird Artist, a used Larrivee D-O3 and a Martin D-16 all hung on the wall. Though they vary in frilliness level, they're fundamentally similar spruce-mahogany guitars. Now I'd only played a Gibson acoustic once, a Dove years before, and have heard all kinds of internet testimonials about their "dead" sound or "lifeless" tone. But hitting an open g on this thing sounded like the cannons in the 1812 overture. OK, maybe that's an exaggeration, but it was definitely the loudest of the three, with powerful bass, a chiming top end, and serious sustain. Playability of the Larrivee was a little better, and that guitar had a nice resonant feel and very clean and smooth sound. It was easier to play and easier to get in tune. The D-16 pretty much sounded like a Martin, which is to say, good. But nothing about it really caught my ear. I simply had the sense there was more sound coming out of the Gibson all across the frequency spectrum. I'm not saying it's the best sounding guitar I've heard. Frankly the Larrivee suits me better (I'm talking sound alone; the Gibson was the prettiest) and was $600 cheaper used. But when I hear Martin players trashtalking Gibson in the future, I'll think of that guitar, which also seemed quite a bit more explosive than an HD-28 hanging in the same room. I was a bit unnerved by that Gibson, frankly. I don't need people to hear my mistakes that clearly.

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The Perfect Guitar

Posted by Steven Dain from Eldorado IL on May 13, 2009

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: folk

My Gibson Hummingbird Artist Acoustic-Electric Guitar arrived in perfect condition. No set-up necessary. Intonation perfect all the way down the neck. I play the folk/bluegrass music and the deep bottom end on this guitar sets it apart from the others. Plug it in and you get a rich clear sound. This guitar I will keep the rest of my life.

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Gibson Hummingbird

Posted by sirdavidv from Maricopa, Az on Apr 22, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: songwriter and recording artist

Reviewer's Play Style: acoustic instrumentals

This is a well made guitar and one of the best natural sounds I've heard. Typical of Gibson quality. The only thing I would ding it on is the LR Baggs system. Its a fine system, justs that my personal taste is having more control with an onboard eq. So I don't have to fuss with the acousitc amp to make adjustments. Just personal taste thats all. Like any expensive guitar, you should try one first...or even a few. This is the type of guitar you;ll probably keep for a lifetime. Rock on.

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A Well-Balanced Professional Guitar

Posted by Red Dog Music Books from Virginia on Apr 6, 2009

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Professional music educator

Reviewer's Play Style: Roots music

After a bit of a lull in the late sixties and seventies, Gibson is now making some of the finest acoustic guitars available. This version of the Hummingbird is, I think, the best one Gibson has made.

It's easy to set the guitar up to a specific player's specs, and the tone is appealing and extremely well-balanced. Perhaps not a powerhouse flatpicking guitar, but certainly suitable for doing that when "bonecrusher" volume is not needed, and excellent for strumming and fingerpicking.

A very, very good guitar, nice-looking, solidly built. And a good price too.

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Incredible Value On A Quality Guitar

Posted by Michael Plourde from Annapolis, Maryland on Feb 3, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Part time professional, 30 years

Reviewer's Play Style: Acoustic Rock, Pop

I tried about 30 guitars yesterday, comparing Gibson, Martin, Takamine and Taylor. Gibsons have the best tone. The store sales rep adjusted a Jumbo and a Humingbird Artist for me, bringing the action down considerably. The Jumbo is louder and quite nice but the finest sounding guitar I heard all day was the Humminbird Artist. The price makes this a no brainer. Get one. I bought it and it sounds even better plugged into a Fender Acoustisonic amp. Get one of those too. The pain of the purchase will disappear soon and the pure joy of wonderful tone and the pride of owning a classic will be yours for many years.

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