Northwest Vintage Guitars presents a rare Gibson Hummingbird Jumbo Acoustic in fetching Wine Red from 1976. This Wine Red variant has been reissued by Gibson recently and lists for $4,000. This particular example was sold new in Japan and includes the original Case, Norlin hang tag, and warranty card with the original owner's info filled out. A very cool piece of kit. They know a good thing when they see it. This Norlin era gem has the nice even and recordable tonality that Gibson is known for. Nice warm highs, present mids and a round low end.
Our luthier performed a much needed neck reset and corrected a factory alignment issue. The neck block, tail block, and pickguard have been reglued. The headstock delamination in the photos was also glued up and is as solid as a rock. The frets are at .035"-.037" and have been leveled, crowned and polished. These came from the factory with low frets (about .040") so there's a lot of life left.
The nut measures 1.73", neck depth is .834"-1.04" at the 1st and 12th frets respectively. It's a Norlin C carve. 24 7/8" scale, 12" radius, 4.76 lbs. Freshly strung and accurately intonated with D'Adarrio Bronze 12-53 roundwounds. The neck is straight, the truss rod turns in both directions, and the relief is currently set for optimum playability. There are a few scratches and dings as pictured. It remains in excellent playable condition with no dead spots.
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