Gibson Acoustic Guitars

[BlueBowman]

don't give up on Martin William.  while embarrassing the binding issue has long been resolved and never impacted wood bound guitars.  To my ear, Martin is still the quintessential acoustic sound.

Standing by my original comment but to each his own

I've been consistently impressed with their standard line over the last couple years. While I've moved away from dreads for the most part, the newer D-18s I've played have been the most consistent of all the standard models. Excellent guitars for a lot of players. 

[William2]

Great topic and some good replies I will come back and read when I have a little more time.

I have a Gibson Hummingbird that is currently my favourite guitar.  A lot of people say dreadnoughts or the slightly narrower nut width or bridge spacing is not good for fingerstyle but my hands and body learned to adapt where it is a non issue for me.  Gibson has the most distinctive designs in acoustic and electric.

My gripe has always been that they shoehorn the under saddle pickup in all of their guitars.  I changed mine out for a K&K pure.  I was wanting to add an L-00 to my collection but didnt want to have to remove electronics from an expensive brand new guitar...then I saw the century series come out.  No electronics and a hardcase.  NOW we're talkin'!

Everytime gibson tries a new line, all the reviews say the same thing...its always a stripped down version with a softcase designed to give players a USA guitar for less money.  I think the century series they marketed it as a homage or celebration of Gibson design that in my opinion makes it more appealing than cost cutting to get something USA made.

The gibson acoustic sound for me was a bit of an acquired taste because when I was getting into steel string and I'd pick them up in the store, they always seemed to have a mellow or darker, maybe even muted sound, especially compared with a balanced and crisp sound of my Larrivee...after a while I came to appreciate the tone of Gibsons, and of course they are the nicest looking to my eyes.

I agree with you on the Hummingbird. I love the looks of them. As far as acoustic guitars go, I wish they were offered without pickups that could be added. My dealer plays Gibson and told me the first things he does is take out what Gibson has in there. I think the Century models attract me because there is no electronics, they are all lightly built, and I love the looks of that case that they come in.