ritch72

Thanks so much for the reply’s, I’m loving the Gibson community vibe! Further to your various comments I’m now embracing the wear as a bond between myself & the bird. I realize it’s about enjoying and playing this beautiful guitar rather than worrying about how it looks. Cheers! Ritch

Thanks for the replies all, really appreciated! You’re right Fortyearspickn it’s worn off mainly where I plant my pinky finger for picking - the middle flower flute with the bird hovering has mostly gone (see pic attached) & also a little on the stem where I strum fingers & plectrum. Finally I want to say I love the guitar but just wanted to establish if this is normal for a modern bird (MissouriPicker, yours looks amazing after 20 years!) rather than waste time swapping it for another that will have the same thing happen. Thanks again all! Peace 🙂

Hi All, I'm new to the forum (thanks for having me!) I bought a Brand New Gibson USA Hummingbird - Original Heritage Cherry Burst (Beautiful Guitar) 3 weeks ago and have already managed to completely wear the paint off areas of the engraved pickguard without a huge amount of play (mainly finger style), is that normal? I love a well played guitar but didn't expect it to happen quite so quickly.....any thoughts?