What Hummingbird is Mick Jagger Playing?

D280818 · #1 10-18-2018, 10:24 PM

Is this a current production Hummingbird Vintage Vintage Cherry Burst or older standard? The color of this was is beautiful not so bright red like I am youse to seeing. Does the cherry burst tend to darken as it ages?

https://images.equipboard.com/upload...g?v=1429116538

SalFromChatham · #2 10-19-2018, 03:15 AM

This does not look Vintage.

I am going to guess. It’s a 2017 Gibson Hummingbird Vintage with torrified top. The color and bridge seems exactly right. I owned one.

Great guitar.

Silly Moustache · #3 10-19-2018, 03:38 AM

Dunno, but I once bought an Epihone Frontier, that the West end sales guy told me had previously been owned by Mick.

(It was terrible).

Tenzin · #4 10-19-2018, 05:00 AM

If you have a better eye than me, you may spot a similarity or difference in one of the pictures on this site:

http://www.hummingbirdguitar.net/

Good luck!

hiddenmickey · #5 10-19-2018, 05:46 AM

If it is a newer Vintage model, the truss rod cover has been replaced.

rokdog49 · #6 10-19-2018, 05:47 AM

Mick plays guitar?

D280818 · #7 10-19-2018, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by hiddenmickey

If it is a newer Vintage model, the truss rod cover has been replaced.

I noticed this also. Throws me off because the paint looks exactly like a vintage and not a older standard.

Guitarplayer_PR · #8 10-19-2018, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by rokdog49

Mick plays guitar?

Yes, he does. It's not that hard to do when you take classes.

rwmct · #9 10-19-2018, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rokdog49

Mick plays guitar?

Of course. As here on a nice cover of "Bob Wills is still the King."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwEOZtJm8pU

robj144 · #10 10-20-2018, 12:31 AM

Wade Hampton · #11 10-20-2018, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rokdog49

Mick plays guitar?

In recent years he’s taken to playing acoustic guitar on a couple of numbers in their set. In the concert documentary directed by Martin Scorcese a few years back he used an acoustic for two songs, I think it was, though in that film he had a Taylor, not a Gibson.

whm

takamineGD93 · #12 10-20-2018, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Guitarplayer_PR

Yes, he does. It's not that hard to do when you take classes.

I don't think he takes classes. hE PLAYS GUITAR ALREADY in that 60's brittish movie wich name has slipped my mind. He is credited as a guitarplayer on at least one of Harry Nilssons records. Acording to kieth hes a good drummer to.

Bob from Brooklyn · #13 10-20-2018, 11:00 AM

He played the guitar on 'Sway'. Keith played the bass

catfish · #14 10-20-2018, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by takamineGD93

I don't think he takes classes. hE PLAYS GUITAR ALREADY in that 60's brittish movie wich name has slipped my mind. He is credited as a guitarplayer on at least one of Harry Nilssons records. Acording to kieth hes a good drummer to.

You mean probably French movie Sympathy for the Devil by Jean-Luc Godard made in 1968. Yes, he plays Hummingbird in the beginning of the movie. Keith plays Hummingbird, too. And Brian Jones plays J-200.

docwatsonfan · #15 10-20-2018, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rwmct

Of course. As here on a nice cover of "Bob Wills is still the King."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwEOZtJm8pU

love it, thanks!