Provides a First-class Vintage Playing Experience
This Gibson Acoustic 1960 Hummingbird Murphy Lab is a lightly aged re-creation of a vintage '60s-era classic. This exquisite square-shoulder dreadnought boasts a thermally aged red spruce top, yielding a punchy, direct sound with near-limitless headroom, along with a hyper-resonant mahogany back and sides. This Hummingbird's period-accurate mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard provide you with an authentic vintage playing experience. You also get multi-ply binding, a multi-ply rosette, mother-of-pearl parallelogram fingerboard inlays, and a casted Hummingbird pickguard. To top it off, the nitrocellulose lacquer finish on this 1960 Hummingbird replica was treated in Gibson Acoustic's Bozeman, Montana-based shop using the same aging techniques used on Gibson Custom Murphy Lab guitars.
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Thermally aged red spruce top
If you've ever had the opportunity to play a great vintage acoustic guitar, you know how magical an experience it can be. And if you've ever had a chance to strum an actual 1960s Gibson Hummingbird, you know it takes that experience to a whole new level. Now, you can get that same inspiring tone out of your new Gibson Acoustic 1960 Hummingbird Murphy Lab. Gibson thermally ages the solid red spruce top on the instrument down to a cellular level. Strum a chord, and you'll be greeted with the voice only found on truly classic vintage acoustic guitars.
Hand-scalloped top bracing
Another feature of this Gibson Acoustic 1960 Hummingbird replica is the company's weight-relieved hand-scalloped top bracing, which provides strength while allowing the top to vibrate with a piston-like action, which is another one of Gibson's secrets to exceptional tone. For over 100 years, the Gibson artisans have known the truth: the top of an instrument is not just a vibrating wall. Gibson carefully scallops and arches each top brace to focus the sound in the center of the guitar top. This technique is one of the reasons why artists, sound engineers, and listeners have acclaimed the sound of a Gibson as among the world's finest.
Classic Gibson craftsmanship
From humble beginnings in Kalamazoo, Michigan, back in the late 1800s to present-day Bozeman, Montana, Gibson Acoustic has been making some of the finest acoustic instruments on the planet for generations. When you pick up this 1960 Hummingbird Murphy Lab, you know you're getting the finest tonewoods, quality hardware, and incredible attention to detail. Scores of guitarists here at Sweetwater are Gibson devotees, and like all of the quality instruments Gibson builds, this 1960 Hummingbird was made to sound great and stand the test of time.
Gibson Acoustic 1960 Hummingbird Murphy Lab Light Aged Features:
- A lightly aged re-creation of a vintage '60s-era square-shoulder dreadnought
- Thermally aged red spruce top yields a punchy, direct sound with near-limitless headroom
- Mahogany back and sides are chock-full of resonance and projection
- Hand-scalloped bracing ensures exceptional tone
- Period-accurate mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard provide an authentic vintage playing experience
- Multi-ply binding, a multi-ply rosette, mother-of-pearl parallelogram fingerboard inlays, and a casted Hummingbird pickguard
- Nitrocellulose lacquer finish treated to the Murphy Lab aging process
- Includes a period-accurate replica hard case
