jphilly77 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 So I snagged this Gibson Hummingbird from the original owner the other day. It is a 2020 Heritage Cherry 1960 Custom Shop that was originally purchased from Sweetwater. While I was installing a pickup I noticed this strange little sticker on the underside of the soundboard, in the upper bout area. Original owner never saw it or knew of it at all. Sweetwater has also told me they didn't leave this mark either and they'd never seen anything like this. I'm still waiting to hear back from the Custom Shop but this is a strange one. Killer guitar though! Weird sticker inside Hummingbird.jp2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 This is too strannnnge - you are now entering a secret cult from where it will be very hard if not impossible to ever leave. Talking about the Bird-lovers society : The Golden Voliere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 It wont let me open the link so I have no clue how strange this sticker is. Apparently is has something to do with birds and cults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphilly77 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 So I've been looking at symbols on the google machine. It looks like this may be some kind of pagan or Wicca symbol. Depending on the orientation of the image it might have something to do with "air" or "earth". But who really knows?! Except the person that drew it. But if the sole owner has no idea about it, Sweetwater either then it is hard to determine why it's there and who actually put it in there in the first place. Doesn't seem like something the Gibson Custom Shop would do?! Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 45 minutes ago, Dave F said: Before they perfected the cover for The Dark Side Of The Moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 If it wasn't for the risk of ruining the whole scene I would claim to see a swastika in there. But yes wicca og pagan symbols play in. Maybe the former owner's own inspired by contribution. Things like that take place - and it seems it was done by a rather secure hand. I'm honestly quite interested in what you find out - and if you keep it there. Ooooo, superstitious or not. Many years ago I posted a terrific picture of a guy who freaked totally out over his Dove. One day later he was in the thread from out of nowhere - "Hey that's me ! . . ." Could happen happen here who knows. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Show it to a tattoo artist. I bet he would know. I think the triangle with a line is a symbol for air. The upside 'W' ???? Maybe mountain? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dave F said: The upside 'W' ???? Maybe mountain? I just saw the M meaning a woman's body fluids - Wicca related. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 It is indeed a pagen rune that roughly translated reads: "Help. I'm being held prisoner in a guitar factory." RBSinTo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Montana - Big Sky State - and Mountains. nothing more than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 It could be/would be kind of creepy if it wasn't WRITTEN WITH A FREAKIN CRAYON ! Sheeze... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratherbwalkn Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Somebodies kid was using the green crayon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I got it... It's a valley and a mountain, but the mountain is taller than the valley. Wait... "The highs are higher than the lows are low". Yep, that's it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 50 minutes ago, Murph said: I got it... It's a valley and a mountain, but the mountain is taller than the valley. Wait... "The highs are higher than the lows are low". Yep, that's it. Ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Let me try : According to the Wicca-alphabet an up-pointing triangle crossed by a horizontal line symbolizes air. The M sign means body fluids from a woman. Now if nectar from the trumpet-flowers can be seen as fluids of Mother Nature what will we then have hovering in the air right in front of it = A Hummingbird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, E-minor7 said: The M sign means body fluids from a woman. Pee is a body fluid, if I remember correctly from Biology. Or have we thrown that discipline of science out the window now that many boys that what to be girls, and girls who what to be boys, or be called some random number divided by the square root of Pii? Non-Binary I think is the new Lib name for it. So this guitar was made by some Wiccan High Priestess. When did Stevie Nicks work at the Gibson acoustic plant? Edited August 4, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 25 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Pee is a body fluid, if I remember correctly from Biology. Or have we thrown that discipline of science out the window now that many boys that what to be girls, and girls who what to be boys, or be called some random number divided by the square root of Pii? Non-Binary I think is the new Lib name for it. So this guitar was made by some Wiccan High Priestess. When did Stevie Nicks work at the Gibson acoustic plant? Maybe translate that into English for those of us here who speak and read English? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwlsky Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Maybe somebody let their kid hang out with them at the Gibson factory and the kid got bored, drew that and stuck it on some wood with the glue hanging around. Then the worker then used the wood for the Hummingbird thinking, "No one will ever see it, so who cares?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 42 minutes ago, Kwlsky said: Maybe somebody let their kid hang out with them at the Gibson factory and the kid got bored, drew that and stuck it on some wood with the glue hanging around Yes, kids do things like that. Here's a sticker I placed in my grandparents summer cottage around 1970 - and not saw again until 11 years ago. A birdnest on spruce. . . Unfortunately blurred ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Well, it is pretty Floydian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovadelic Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Looks like some kind of Freemason - Illuminati symbol. Creepy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, groovadelic said: Looks like some kind of Freemason - Illuminati symbol. Creepy! 🧐 And what was the former owner's name again. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Sketch for some bracing? Stylised initials? Band logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvrDxn Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Is that the new pride flag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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