Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird 12 String, Aged Cherry Sunburst

Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird 12 String, Aged Cherry Sunburst Overview

The Gibson Hummingbird could be the most immediately-identifiable acoustic guitar ever made. The Hummingbird is an iconic guitar, lusted after by guitar players across the world. Its popularity has been validated by sitting on the bellies of some of the biggest artists in the world. It’s a symbol of washed-out early 70s slacker-cool, Keith Richards in his Exile On Main Street period - headbands, ripped denim and all!

Quality Tonewoods

The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird is constructed with a solid Sitka Spruce top and Solid Mahogany Back and Sides. Sitka spruce is good for volume and will age nicely over the first four or five years of the guitar’s life, improving with time. Mahogany is the undersung hero of tonewoods.

Tonally mahogany is sweet-sounding in the midrange, like its cousin Sapele, and naturally compresses whether you play chords or single notes. A nice byproduct of this is that it seems to mesh really well with other instruments rather than challenge them. While a guitar gets a certain amount of volume and sustain from its solid top, a solid back and sides will impart a great deal of character to a guitar.

Easy Playability

The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird has a Short Scale Length, measuring at 24.724". Short scale lengths cause the strings to be held under a lower tension at concert pitch, which means slightly less volume but the strings are more forgiving. The fundamental note rings very clearly with fewer overtones.

Durable Hardware

The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird is fitted with a bone nut and saddle, which offers a better sound and is far more durable than a plastic-made one, gold Epiphone Deluxe tuners, top and back multi-ply binding, a Kalamazoo style headstock and a Fishman Sonicore under-saddle pickup and Sonitone preamp.

Various Finishes

The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird is available in Aged Antique Natural Gloss and Aged Heritage Cherry Sunburst Gloss and there is even a 12-string version.

Lush Chorused Tone

12-string guitars feature double courses of paired strings. The plain strings are tuned in unison and the wound strings are partnered with strings one octave higher in pitch. Paired strings create volume and a ‘chiming’ sound that sounds like a chorus pedal. Or maybe it’s better to say that a chorus pedal artificially creates a 12-string-like sound. Notable 12-string players in history include Doc Watson, Roger McGuinn and even David Bowie.

An optional hardshell case is sold separately, which is the Epiphone Case for Dreadnought.

In order to continually improve the design, quality and performance of our products and instruments and to make use of the best materials at all times, Epiphone reserves the right to change specifications without notice.