Gibson Hummingbird

[Groberts]

Originally Posted by CMEkneurauter

Cherry burst all the way - that's the only historically accurate color they offer currently.

Montana is making the best guitars today than they ever have. At CME - we go through all of them upon arrival and in the rare event one's a dud - it gets sent back to Montana.

Good to know about the consistency. That has not bee the consensus around this forum lately. I recently got a J-45 cutaway and it is very good. But I did invest in my guitar tech doing some final fret leveling. The rosewood FB grain is not the best I've seen, but the guitar plays and sounds great. So fun that I am looking into Southern Jumbo's or maybe trying to find a cutaway J-185.

[cuthbert]

Originally Posted by CMEkneurauter

Cherry burst all the way - that's the only historically accurate color they offer currently.

Pretty sure in the 60s they offered Hummingbirds in natural finish.

[Hurricane Ramon]

¿ Can one get a cutaway ?

EZ :

HR

[ilikeguitar90]

Like most Gibsons, play before you buy. But a good Hummingbird is worth every penny and hard to beat. Heck any good Gibson is hard to beat.

As others said check out the Sigma Hummingbird copy over the Epi. I have a Martin 00-15m Sigma copy (Sigma 00m-15) and it is a stellar guitar for what you pay, especially if you can snag one used.

[Tony Burns]

Their quite a few posts about the comparison of a real gibson and a Epiphone .
They look alike but thats about it.
Gibsons are hit and miss , if you get a good one its a treasure ,
but theirs alot of dog with fleas out their -so dont buy one without first trying it -
Buying one online can be disasterous -

[Mr Bojangles]

Originally Posted by cuthbert

Pretty sure in the 60s they offered Hummingbirds in natural finish.

I own a 1968 Hummingbird with a natural top, cherry back and sides.

[Rosewood99]

Originally Posted by thomasinaz

Like most Gibsons, try before you buy. They all seem to sound quite different from one to the other.

That is a myth that keeps getting perpetuated on this forum. Gibsons differ no more or nor less than Martin, Taylor or any other manufacturer. Every Gibson I have owned or played has sounded fantastic.

[thomasinaz]

Originally Posted by thomasinaz

Like most Gibsons, try before you buy. They all seem to sound quite different from one to the other.

Originally Posted by paulzoom

That is a myth that keeps getting perpetuated on this forum. Gibsons differ no more or nor less than Martin, Taylor or any other manufacturer. Every Gibson I have owned or played has sounded fantastic.

I wasn't trying to perpetuate a myth. I just gave an account of my recent experiences in playing a bunch of new Gibsons, over the past month or so. In my quote above I said "They all seem to sound quite different from one to the other." One person may think an instrument sounds great, while another person may not be as impressed. Each one will sound different, even within the same model line. That's why I said try before you buy. I own a Songwriter Studio DLX and a J-45, that play and sound beautiful to me. I played 5 or 6 J-45s before I found the one that sounded the best to me. Someone else might have picked another one that sounded best to them...

[Steadfastly]

Originally Posted by ylekot

Can anybody shed any light on the Epiphone vs Gibson Hummingbirds?


I know they won't be the same......but is it even close?

Only to a deaf person.

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by thomasinaz

I wasn't trying to perpetuate a myth. I just gave an account of my recent experiences in playing a bunch of new Gibsons, over the past month or so. In my quote above I said "They all seem to sound quite different from one to the other." One person may think an instrument sounds great, while another person may not be as impressed. Each one will sound different, even within the same model line. That's why I said try before you buy. I own a Songwriter Studio DLX and a J-45, that play and sound beautiful to me. I played 5 or 6 J-45s before I found the one that sounded the best to me. Someone else might have picked another one that sounded best to them...

Originally Posted by Tony Burns

Buying one online can be disastrous.

...Really?

[D280818]

Sometimes I worry about buying online also.

[cuthbert]

Originally Posted by thomasinaz

I wasn't trying to perpetuate a myth. I just gave an account of my recent experiences in playing a bunch of new Gibsons, over the past month or so. In my quote above I said "They all seem to sound quite different from one to the other." One person may think an instrument sounds great, while another person may not be as impressed. Each one will sound different, even within the same model line. That's why I said try before you buy. I own a Songwriter Studio DLX and a J-45, that play and sound beautiful to me. I played 5 or 6 J-45s before I found the one that sounded the best to me. Someone else might have picked another one that sounded best to them...

This is true, but also for other brands: I played two FG180s, even the shop clerk informed me one was better. And he was right, one had a more open tone. I also had for a certain time two Guild CV2Cs and one had more magic and the other. For Martins, I also noticed a certain variance among different guitars and same model.

Guitars are made of wood, an organic material, and therefore they cannot be as consistent as something made of metal like a saxophone for instance.

[gmr]

Both my Gibson’s were gifts from my wife, and both are great sounding guitars. My J45tv is excellent. My favorite guitar. Both were purchased from an online source.