The Famous Hummingbird, Now With a Cutaway for Even More Expressiveness
The Gibson Hummingbird™ is known for its versatility. It has always been equally well suited for strumming first-position chords and taking the spotlight for picking lead lines. The Hummingbird has become more versatile and expressive than ever with the introduction of the Hummingbird Standard EC. Like the Hummingbird Standard, the Hummingbird Standard EC’s mahogany body and sweet, select Sitka spruce top are more than capable of holding down the rhythm in the hands of a rock and roll sideman or accompanying the most nuanced performance under the fingers of today’s alternative singer-songwriter, but with the addition of the cutaway on the Hummingbird Standard EC, the access to the upper frets is significantly increased, making this the Hummingbird of choice for lead players and others who require increased note range and enhanced expressiveness. The Hummingbird’s mahogany neck has a comfortable Round SlimTaper™ profile and mother-of-pearl parallelogram inlays. This ‘bird has a TUSQ® nut, saddle, and bridge pins, Grover® Rotomatic® tuners, the iconic Hummingbird graphics on the pickguard, and is equipped with Baggs™ VTC electronics, so it’s ready to plug in on stage or in the studio from the moment you take it out of the included hardshell case.
Guitar Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Back Solid Mahogany
Binding 6-ply Top, 4-ply Back, Single Ply Fretboard
Body Finish Gloss
Body Material Solid Mahogany
Body Shape Hummingbird EC
Body Styles Square Shoulder
Side Solid Mahogany
Top Solid Sitka Spruce
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count 20
Frets Standard
Inlays Mother of Pearl Split Parallelogram
Joint Glued In, Set Neck; Tapered Dovetail
Neck Material Mahogany
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 43.0mm / 1.69in
Profile SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Output Jack Combination Battery Box and 1/4" Output Jack
Under Saddle Pickup Baggs VTC
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Belly-up; Rosewood
Bridge Pins Ivory Plastic
finish Nickel
Pickguard Tortoiseshell Hummingbird with Graphics
Saddle Material TUSQ
Strap Buttons 2 - Battery Box/Output Jack and Back of Heel
Truss Rod Dual Action
Truss Rod Cover 2-ply Black Bell
Tuner Plating Gold
Tuning Machines Grover Rotomatic
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Case Hardshell
Model: MCSSHBECHCS
Headstock Inlay Gibson Logo and Crown in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Gibson Hummingbird Standard EC, Heritage Cherry Sunburst
Gibson Hummingbird Standard EC, Heritage Cherry Sunburst
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The Famous Hummingbird, Now With a Cutaway for Even More Expressiveness
The Gibson Hummingbird™ is known for its versatility. It has always been equally well suited for strumming first-position chords and taking the spotlight for picking lead lines. The Hummingbird has become more versatile and expressive than ever with the introduction of the Hummingbird Standard EC. Like the Hummingbird Standard, the Hummingbird Standard EC’s mahogany body and sweet, select Sitka spruce top are more than capable of holding down the rhythm in the hands of a rock and roll sideman or accompanying the most nuanced performance under the fingers of today’s alternative singer-songwriter, but with the addition of the cutaway on the Hummingbird Standard EC, the access to the upper frets is significantly increased, making this the Hummingbird of choice for lead players and others who require increased note range and enhanced expressiveness. The Hummingbird’s mahogany neck has a comfortable Round SlimTaper™ profile and mother-of-pearl parallelogram inlays. This ‘bird has a TUSQ® nut, saddle, and bridge pins, Grover® Rotomatic® tuners, the iconic Hummingbird graphics on the pickguard, and is equipped with Baggs™ VTC electronics, so it’s ready to plug in on stage or in the studio from the moment you take it out of the included hardshell case.
Guitar Specifications
Body Specs
Body Specs
Back Solid Mahogany
Binding 6-ply Top, 4-ply Back, Single Ply Fretboard
Body Finish Gloss
Body Material Solid Mahogany
Body Shape Hummingbird EC
Body Styles Square Shoulder
Side Solid Mahogany
Top Solid Sitka Spruce
Neck Specs
Neck Specs
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count 20
Frets Standard
Inlays Mother of Pearl Split Parallelogram
Joint Glued In, Set Neck; Tapered Dovetail
Neck Material Mahogany
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 43.0mm / 1.69in
Profile SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Electronics Specs
Output Jack Combination Battery Box and 1/4" Output Jack
Under Saddle Pickup Baggs VTC
Hardware Specs
Hardware Specs
Bridge Belly-up; Rosewood
Bridge Pins Ivory Plastic
finish Nickel
Pickguard Tortoiseshell Hummingbird with Graphics
Saddle Material TUSQ
Strap Buttons 2 - Battery Box/Output Jack and Back of Heel
Truss Rod Dual Action
Truss Rod Cover 2-ply Black Bell
Tuner Plating Gold
Tuning Machines Grover Rotomatic
Misc Specs
Misc Specs
Case Hardshell
Model: MCSSHBECHCS
Headstock Inlay Gibson Logo and Crown in Mother of Pearl
Strings Gauge .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
