They have adjustable rosewood or ceramic saddles, three-ply maple bridge plates, single X-bracing, engraved hummingbird-butterfly trumpet-flower pickguards with two points on the upper treble bout and one point level with the bridge, as well as bound fretboards with double parallelogram inlays, a crown peghead inlay on the headstock, golden green button tulip tuners, and a cherryburst (a.k.a.

A percentage of Hummingbirds with tobacco sunburst finish were produced and the pickguards were attached with five screws for between one and two years.

They often have AA or AAA-grade solid Sitka spruce tops, with mahogany back and sides.

It also has gold Gotoh green button tulip tuners and a vintage cherryburst finish, which make the guitar resemble its 1960s ancestors.

Also it has the famous, often adored, pickguard wildlife motif engraved and hand-painted, not embedded as the standard.

The Icon '60s Hummingbird is a natural-finished model with block inlays in the fretboard rather than the double parallelograms.

Introduced as the monthly limited edition of December 2016, featuring select Adirondack red spruce top with mahogany back and sides.

[2] In 2010, Gibson introduced the Limited Edition 50th Anniversary 1960 Hummingbird series, including the Standard (Heritage Dark Cherry Sunburst), the Rosewood (Heritage Dark Cherry Sunburst) and the KOA (Gold Honey Burst) models.

The Hummingbird Pro model was released by Guitar Center and Musicians Friend but is available from other dealers, specially in Europe.

It was also made with more affordable woods but featured the same design fretboard inlays, bridge and similar pickguard, but without genuine mother-of-pearl.

In 2021 Epiphone produced a line of acoustics “Inspired by Gibson”, all made in the Samick factory in Indonesia.

The fretboard is made of Indian laurel, the inlays are mother of pearl and both nut and saddle are bone.

In 1964, Keith Richards and Brian Jones brought the Gibson Hummingbird guitar to the UK.

In 1968, Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones both used a Gibson Hummingbird for the initial recordings of the melody for the song "Street Fighting Man".

[6] Remi Matsuo,[7] Eric Church, Thom Yorke, Steve Wariner, Frank Turner, John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller, William Orbit, Tom Petty, Everlast, Shuggie Otis, Gillian Welch, Tom Wolk, Grace Potter, Brian May, Paolo Nutini, Twin Shadow, Børns, Darius Rucker, Justin Bieber, Yungblud, Michelle Branch, Jeff Lynne and Taylor Swift are among other notable Hummingbird players.