Hummingbird Custom, Ebony
The Hummingbird Gets the Custom Treatment The Hummingbird™ was Gibson’s first square-shoulder acoustic model and has been the choice of musical legends across genres for generations. Now, the Gibson Custom Shop is proud to introduce the new Hummingbird Custom. It builds on the classic Hummingbird features that players expect, including a Sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and a 24.75” scale mahogany neck with a round profile, and adds Les Paul™ Custom-inspired cosmetics, including an Ebony nitrocellulose lacquer finish, multi-ply binding on the top and back, a Les Paul-style peghead with a Custom split diamond inlay in mother of pearl, a bound ebony fretboard with mother of pearl Custom Block inlays, and gold Grover® Rotomatic® tuners. It comes equipped with L.R. Baggs™ Session VTC electronics and a hardshell case.
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Specifications
Suggest an edit| Brand | Gibson |
|---|---|
| Type | Acoustic |
| Country | US |
| Body wood | Mahogany |
| Neck wood | Mahogany |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Strings | 6 |
| Frets | 20 |
| Scale length | 24.75" |
| Pickups | L.R. Baggs Session VTC |
| Back | Mahogany |
| Binding | Multi-ply Top, Back, and Headstock, Single-ply Fretboard |
| Body Finish | Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Body shape | Hummingbird |
| Body Styles | Square Shoulder |
| Bracing | Traditional Hand-Scalloped X Bracing |
| Bridge | Traditional Belly Up, Ebony |
| Bridge Pins | Brass |
| Case | Hardshell |
| Controls | Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone |
| Fretboard inlay | Mother of Pearl Graduated Block |
| Fretboard radius | 304.8mm / 12.0in |
| Fret Count | 20 |
| Headstock Inlay | Gibson Logo and Custom Split Diamond in Mother of Pearl |
| Joint | Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue |
| Model | CSSSHCEB |
| Nut | Bone |
| Nut width | 43.82mm / 1.73in |
| Output Jack | 1/4" Endpin Jack |
| Pickguard | Black and White Hummingbird, Plain |
| Preamp | L.R. Baggs Session VTC |
| Profile | Rounded |
| Saddle Material | Bone |
| Side | Mahogany |
| String gauges | .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053 |
| Top wood | Sitka Spruce |
| Truss rod | Adjustable |
| Truss Rod Cover | Custom |
| Tuner Plating | Gold |
| Tuners | Grover Rotomatic |
| Under Saddle Pickup | L.R. Baggs Session VTC |
| Street price | $5,999 |
