2022 Gibson Custom Shop Hummingbird Acoustic Electric Guitar Viper Blue Quilted Maple, Near-Mint w/ Case

Up for sale, a 2022 Gibson Custom Shop Hummingbird in near-mint, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case. Produced in limited quantities as a dealer exclusive model for Sweetwater, this Hummingbird features quilted maple back/sides, a custom color Viper Blue nitro lacquer finish, and an L.R. Baggs Element VTC pickup.

With the distinctive heavily figured maple back and sides, this square shoulder dreadnought has much in common with Gibson’s Dove, with a Sitka spruce top with hand-scalloped X-bracing, a mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fingerboard. This Hummingbird is smooth and round-sounding, with plenty of dreadnought muscle and projection. The lows are broad and rich, taking full advantage of the warmth and midrange focus inherent in walnut as a tonewood. The plain strings yield great treble chime and sparkle with a percussive chop, and this Hummingbird is a rewarding strummer, yielding great overall balance. The factory-installed L.R. Baggs Element VTC pickup provides the option of amplification for on-stage functionality via an active undersaddle transducer. Weighing 4lbs 15oz, this Hummingbird has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-54 bronze strings and easy-playing action.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Mahogany
• Shape: Medium C, measuring .845” 1st fret, .905” 9th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood, split parallelogram inlays
• Frets: Slender, no wear
• Scale Length: 24 3/4”
• Nut: 1 11/16”, TUSQ
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics
• Serialization: Eight-digit stamp dates to 2022

Body Specs:

• Wood: Spruce, Quilted Maple
• Bracing: X, hand-scalloped
• Bridge: Rosewood Belly-Up, compensated bone saddle
• Electronics: L.R. Baggs Element VTC undersaddle transducer (active 9V)
• Controls: Volume, Tone
• Pickguard: Tortoise with silkscreened graphics
• Marquetry: Multi-ply purling, simple rosette
• Label: Orange oval, Bozeman Custom Shop

The gloss Viper Blue nitro lacquer finish highlights the dynamic figuring in the quilted maple back and sides, with just one small ding on top central to the lower bout edge and a couple faint finish scratches on the back. The nitro gloss on the neck profile is flawless.

The original hardshell case is included.