anzafrank Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 burst finishes on Birds? I'm thinking that most all the music stores in the 70's that I checked out in so. ca. had mostly natural finished Birds. Am I nuts? Don't answer that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 The original finish for Hummingbirds was Cherry Sunburst starting in 1960. I think starting in 63/64 Natural birds started to appear. By the 70’s a lot of birds were natural. A few years ago a 1939 Gibson J 35 w/ factory cherry sunburst appeared in Canada .So Gibson may have been experimenting with that finish way back then. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1960... the year H-birds were introduced...per George Gruhn’s book. Optional natural finishes were introduced in 1963 (also per the Gruhn book.) QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I agree with the above. While I never read Gruhn's book, my experience has been natural top versions of guitars typically available only in a burst such as the HB and B45-12 became standard in 1963. Prior to that they were available only as Custom Shop models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Late 79 ot early 80 or so I got my first Gibson. Hey, better late than never. I am surprised you were not put off by the new Gibson acoustics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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