E-minor7 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 [media]http://youtu.be/c4P9AI_vmfo[/media] Check this amazingly well-kept '62 Hummingbird and get an idea of the vintage flavour – and the instrument as it sounded when it came out. You'll hear more body than from a slope, stronger bass and top – it is louder. Almost a bit too embracing - as if the bigger cubic sets out for slightly more than the physics of the guitar are able to fill. Don't know, may be a little daring in this description, but I notice the same when I compare what I have here. A '63 sq. sh. SJ and a '59 J-45. EuroA asked me to tell about the difference when I got the 45 back from the luthier. Now was time to do it. The demonstrater isn't the biggest performer on earth, but opposed to many Tube-tests (lords bless them) this one does the job okay. He speaks a little too much for us who know what he is talking 'bout already, never mind. You'll hear volume close to a rumble – Just wish he would have fingerpicked the creature. Bet it would have been terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 http://youtu.be/IkbwexL1Zv4 And here something else. . . Marvellous voice - Custom, , , is it maple ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Here is our 1962. We have a couple of recording on our "the way we were in the 60s with 60s guitars" series. We are into reality recording. Irene Flowers Let's pick, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummingbird2000 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 http://youtu.be/IkbwexL1Zv4 And here something else. . . Marvellous voice - Custom, , , is it maple ? It looks to be one of the quilted maple Hummingbirds. Bozeman did two runs of the model, one in bright cherry burst and the other a teaburst finish. Both had gold plated Grover keystone tuners and truss rod covers that said Custom. Curiously, I think both colors also did not have binding that extended over the fret-ends, which has since become standard for non-TV 'Birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Lovelly Hummingbird. I played the samwe chord progression with my 69' CW and I found the tone to be quite similar but the HB had a bit more depth, which Im guessing is from the lighter bracing compared to the CW. Lovelly guitar all the way though ! [media]http://youtu.be/c4P9AI_vmfo[/media] Check this amazingly well-kept '62 Hummingbird and get an idea of the vintage flavour – and the instrument as it sounded when it came out. You'll hear more body than from a slope, stronger bass and top – it is louder. Almost a bit too embracing - as if the bigger cubic sets out for slightly more than the physics of the guitar are able to fill. Don't know, may be a little daring in this description, but I notice the same when I compare what I have here. A '63 sq. sh. SJ and a '59 J-45. EuroA asked me to tell about the difference when I got the 45 back from the luthier. Now was time to do it. The demonstrater isn't the biggest performer on earth, but opposed to many Tube-test (lords bless them) this one does the job okay. He speaks a little too much for us who know what he is talking 'bout already, never mind. You'll hear volume close to a rumble – Just wish he would have fingerpicked the creature. Bet it would have been terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I thought this is an intersting comparisement. A 63's HB and a new HB TV that is its modern twin. Which do you prefer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Here is our 1962. We have a couple of recording on our "the way we were in the 60s with 60s guitars" series. We are into reality recording. Irene Flowers Let's pick, -Tom Nothing like suddenly meeting Santa in June. Apart from that I'm a big fan of these guitars. Yours sounds goood – warm and deep with lots of projection. And it is in top-form. Think I've seen your clips before when I was first researching on the square shoulders - groovy. See/hear you feature the rosewood saddle opposed to ceramic in the first demonstration video. The guitar can bear it. I had a mixed bone/rosewood made for mine - the trebs got too sharp. Yeah let's imagine a transatlantic jam, , , I'm right behind Pete Seeger. . . Btw.Tom – Could you explain your personal reason for choosing r-wood, not porcelain ? Did you just keep it the way it was or have you tried alternatives. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 This German guy is a serious ornithologist. Seen him a couple of times. The 2 guitars here are clearly in family – from these clips anyway (he has a third from '97 and it is within the same vein as well). EuroA – you should do yourself a favour and actually compare a light/heavy braced square shoulder in real life – think the line is drawn between 1967 and '68. I won't talk pro/contra, but they are different. Let me know when the experiment is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Would love the Em7 but the chance of finding a vintage Gibson square sholdered acoustics in this neck of the woods is about possibly as Czechs giving up beer ... the CW was bought in NYC. This German guy is a serious ornithologist. Seen him a couple of times. The 2 guitars here are clearly in family – from these clips anyway (he has a third from '97 and it is within the same vein as well). EuroA – you should do yourself a favour and actually compare a light/heavy braced square shoulder in real life – think the line is drawn between 1967 and '68. I won't talk pro/contra, but they are different. Let me know when the experiment is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 , , , but the chance of finding a vintage Gibson square sholdered acoustics in this neck of the woods is about possibly as Czechs giving up beer ... I understand. A bit strange when you think about it. There ought to an audience for those. Anyway - sooner or later one will emerge and you'll get your chance. 17 years ago or so I came down the pavement and a door to an old store that was now an apartment stood open. Inside an acoustic Gibson leaned against the wall. The door had some kind of 1 meter barricade sat up so the dog wouldn't run out. It was in the middle of the day and the sun was playing. Everybody was in good spirit so I knocked the frame and a lady appeared. Asked her if I could try the rare guitar and she said yes. Next moment I was sitting on a chair strumming the G. with a little dog in front of me. Can't recall which model – neither dog or Gibson - but it was severely burned (the Gibson). After 5 minutes I thanked the kind lady and - like a Zorro figure - disappeared in a flash. A tiny slice of the ideal world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Guess this 1 belongs in this thread - It's on the Bay right now. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph1050 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Wow Em7..... That '62 sounds fantastic! Thats why I love guitars today, especially Gibsons. Grew up in a house where a 60s Hummingbird ruled the roost. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 In post 1 I made a wish for some vintage Hummingbird fingerpicking – Found this today. It gives you a fair picture of what the guitar is capable of. Notice what I begin to see as a general tendency for these almost 50 year old sq. shoulders : A deeep warm bass and a sometimes too sharp treb. This is 1964. Enjoy. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishoaknc Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Nice '62' Hummingbird and great shape,tone and all / I have a '63' Hummingbird Custom with great tone and a joy to play / 48 years old but shows its age more / My main Guitar for years / The tone gets better over time / Don't know why it is called a custom, maybe the ajustable bridge or the mahogany back,sides & neck? I use 13-56 strings and thats my baby for Life Wow~enjoy that '62' Bird it Only gets better / Enjoy that Gibson ~ from: North Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Btw.Tom – Could you explain your personal reason for choosing r-wood, not porcelain ? Did you just keep it the way it was or have you tried alternatives. . We just left it original. At one point, we (my wife and I) were folk revival musicians, but a bit over 30 years ago we went over to the dark side and formed a bluegrass band. We still play folk some -- mostly local "coffee houses" -- and our folk era instruments do get some use. We know we could non-evasively upgrade the bridge/saddle, but nothing in our use of the instrument would warrant the risk, trouble, and cost. Best, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 this bird has got to be 50 or at least 45 years old ( probably a 64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Nothing like suddenly meeting Santa in June. Apart from that I'm a big fan of these guitars. Yours sounds goood – warm and deep with lots of projection. And it is in top-form. Think I've seen your clips before when I was first researching on the square shoulders - groovy. See/hear you feature the rosewood saddle opposed to ceramic in the first demonstration video. The guitar can bear it. I had a mixed bone/rosewood made for mine - the trebs got too sharp. Yeah let's imagine a transatlantic jam, , , I'm right behind Pete Seeger. . . Btw.Tom – Could you explain your personal reason for choosing r-wood, not porcelain ? Did you just keep it the way it was or have you tried alternatives. . . man I almost shat my pants when I heard that bird being played :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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