Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

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Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

Post by zhivago » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:11 am

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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

Post by skip » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:25 am

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Post by chrisjedijane » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:28 am

Lovely! Our guitarist has one that looks identical, but it's a Columbus copy. Sounds great though!
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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:29 am

For once I beg to differ.....

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Post by zhivago » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:30 am

oh my!

that one is SWEET!!!!  8) 8) 8) 8)
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Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:58 am

Hehehe. I thought you might like that.
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Post by zhivago » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:13 am

it looks totally amazing!!!  8)
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Post by jop » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:22 am

Now I'm even more certain that a Hummingbird will definitely find it's way to my living room in... eh...10 years?  ;D
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Post by andy » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:25 pm

wow.... that second one is amazing...
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Post by 1946dodge » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:48 pm

An old friend of mine has one. She paid 400 for it in the early 70's.
I think I'll call her and tell her how much her old guitar is admired here.
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Post by bdm » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:21 pm

PorkyPrimeCut wrote: For once I beg to differ.....
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sorry zhivago, i'm gunna have to side with porky on this one. can't hang with the SUPER HEAVY cherry burst.
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

Post by zhivago » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:57 am

it's all good, I'm diggin' the one Porky posted more as well!!  8)
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

Post by Haddock » Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:14 am

That's ok, I'll take the burst if no one wants it. ;)
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:11 am

Haddock wrote: That's ok, I'll take the burst if no one wants it. ;)
You'll have to fight me for it!! I saw it first!!!  :D

I wouldn't normally hijack these threads as pretty much all of Zhivago's Vintage Hotties have been, well, hot.

I had to make an exception here as this guitar ('65 I think) is my dream acoustic.

I was actually going off the bird & flowers design on the guard but this one has re-ignited the flames. It ticks all the boxes -

Nice subdued colours on the guard.
A burst that's almost completely faded.
Loads of nice laquer checking & dinks.
Dark back & sides.
Correct tuners.
Split block inlays.
Good, solid, period hardcase.
Hell, even the bridge pins are gorgeous.

I only wish there were a few more pictures of it. I found it on flickr. There are more 3 shots of the guard from slightly different angles (boring) & these.....

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I can't look anymore as it hurts too much. One day this will be mine damn it!!!
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Re: Zhivago's Vintage Hotties - 1968 Gibson Hummingbird (ADJ)

Post by chrisjedijane » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:30 am

With the headstock blurred, you might not even notice the difference :D

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