Gibson Acoustic Guitars

From their early origins in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to their current home in Bozeman, Montana, Gibson acoustic guitars have been a mainstay with musicians and collectors for over a century. The Music Zoo is proud to be an online dealer of Gibson guitars, amplifiers, and accessories, and our staff is ready to help you find just what you're looking for. Gibson offers classic models like the ubiquitous J-45, Hummingbird, and SJ-200, new innovations like the Traveling Songwriter EC, along with unique signature models from artists like Keb' Mo', Elvis Costello, and Sheryl Crow.

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Gibson Acoustic SJ-200 TV Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst View

We can't decide what we like more about this guitar, the looks or the tone. This instrument is built of a sitka spruce top with an AAA-grade eastern curly maple back and sides (as well as neck), Indian rosewood fretboard, and high-class cosmetics such as multi-ply body binding, mother of pearl inlays, and a traditional tortoise shell pickguard. We're really digging the back on this guitar, with lots of thick flames creating interesting patterns throughout the maple.

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Gibson Custom 50th Anniversary Rosewood Hummingbird Acoustic Guitar Heritage Dark Cherry Sunburst View

Introduced in 1960 to immediate raves from country, folk, blues and rock'n'roll players alike, the Gibson Hummingbird has remained an iconic acoustic for five decades. To celebrate this legendary guitar's 50th anniversary in style, Gibson is releasing three Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Hummingbirds for the end of 2010, and all are certain to be instant collector's items.

This Custom Shop Rosewood Hummingbird is part of an incredibly exclusive run of only 50 instruments. The top of the guitar has a Heritage Dark Cherry Sunburst finish. The back and sides of the guitar are made from highly figured exotic virgin rosewood hand selected by Master Luthier Ren Ferguson, and the figuring in them is beautiful, especially on the back of the guitar where there are lots of interesting patterns going on.

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Gibson Custom Shop L7-C Archtop Guitar Antique Natural View

This is a truly gorgeous instrument, a Gibson L7-C archtop guitar with an antique natural finish and nickel hardware. Based on the classic L-7 of the 1940's, the guitar has that classic archtop feel and tone with a unique finish. The AAA-grade flame maple back and sides have tons of well defined figuring to be seen through the finish, not to mention the mother of pearl inlays and multi-ply body binding which adds a touch of class to this archtop.

This L7-C is a real winner. Everything about this guitar; looks, playability, and tone are absolutely flawless. The bookmatching to the maple back matches the figuring up just right, and the chords and licks ring out of the guitar with such volume and clarity you could swear it was plugged into an amplifier.

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Gibson Custom Shop Mando-Cello Cremona Sunburst View

This is a truly amazing instrument, work of art, and a piece of Gibson history all in one. From Gibson Master Luthier David Harvey comes this K-5C Mando-Cello with a cremona sunburst finish. This is the first time Gibson has built a Mando-Cello in over 75 years, and the first Mando-Cello ever built with a 17.5" L5-C based frame. It features late-twenties style L-5 appointments such as a mother of pearl "The Gibson" and flowepot headstock inlays, mother of pearl block fretboard inlays, a period correct patent-stamped height-adjustable ebony bridge, a twenties style K-5 gold plated tailpiece and hand engraved tailpiece cover, and gold Grover tuners with pearl buttons.

This is an instrument we all felt really privileged to just see in person. No detail has been overlooked on it, and lets not forget about the tone. Crystal clear with a great bass that isn't overpowering, the Mando-Cello is an instrument that will inspire you to write music you never thought you would.

There are two labels inside the body of the instrument, one of which is signed by David Harvey with a hand written #1 to signify this special occasion.

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Gibson F-5G Mandolin Custom Faded Tobacco View

The Gibson F-5G is for the serious mandolin player that demands exceptional tone, looks, and playability. Built of a spruce top, figured maple back sides and neck, an ebony fretboard, a 13-29/32" scale length, and nickel hardware, the F-5G is the whole package.

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Gibson F-5G Mandolin Custom Faded Tobacco View

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Gibson F-5G Mandolin Custom Faded Tobacco View

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Gibson F5G Custom One-Off Mandolin Pelham Blue View

This is a one-off instrument from Gibson, something very cool and unique that we've never seen at the Zoo before...a mandolin with a pelham blue finish, not to mention complemented by the beautiful single ply cream binding. The Gibson F-5G is for the serious mandolin player that demands exceptional tone, looks, and playability. Built of a spruce top, maple back sides and neck, an ebony fretboard, a 13-29/32" scale length, and nickel hardware, the F-5G is the whole package.

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Gibson Hummingbird 12-String Acoustic Guitar Vintage Cherry Sunburst View

Produced in very small numbers (only 40 for 2011), this is a version of the illustrious Gibson Hummingbird with wonderful projection and tone, a 12-string Hummingbird! Finished in a beautiful looking vintage cherry sunburst, the guitar has a rich and lush 12-string chorus-like tone, thanks to the sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides. Completing the great looks of the guitar is the pickguard, engraved with its famous Hummingbird artwork.

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Gibson Hummingbird 50th Anniversary Acoustic Guitar Heritage Cherry Sunburst View

Introduced in 1960 to immediate raves from country, folk, blues and rock'n'roll players alike, the Gibson Hummingbird has remained an iconic acoustic for five decades. This big-bodied, square-shouldered dreadnought has been the choice of countless major artists over the years, and has been on the Top 5 Sellers list every year since Gibson launched its acclaimed Montana Division in 1989. To celebrate this legendary guitar's 50th anniversary in style, Gibson is releasing three Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Hummingbirds for the end of 2010, and all are certain to be instant collector's items.

The first of these is the 50th Anniversary 1960 Hummingbird. Built to the period-correct specs of Gibson's Montana Division's True Vintage series, it features a gorgeous Dark Heritage Cherry 1960 sunburst finish, vintage body back bracings, gold keystone kluson tuning machines, a custom mother-of-pearl "50" inlay on the headstock, a gold painted 50th Anniversary pickguard, gloss finish, and a "50th Anniversary" engraved truss-rod cover. Limited to 200 guitars worldwide, it makes a fine way to join in the celebration.

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Gibson Hummingbird Left-Handed Acoustic/Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry Sunburst View

Introduced in 1960 as Gibson’s first square-shouldered dreadnought, the Hummingbird arrived at the dawn of a new era in music, and was rapidly embraced by several prime movers on the scene. In the hands of everyone from Keith Richards to Gram Parsons, it quickly proved itself equally adept at folk, country, and rock, and excelled at many of the crossovers genres in between that helped to set the scene for the ’60s.

Much of the Hummingbird’s appeal lies in its versatility. However you attack this flat-top, it pumps out rich, deep tones, and is equally at home thrumming out first-position chords as it is taking the spotlight for flatpicking leadlines further up the neck. Its spacious mahogany body and sweet, select Sitka spruce top are more than capable of nailing down the rhythm in the hands of a rock and roll sideman, or of accompanying the most nuanced performance under the fingers of today’s alternative singer-songwriter. Made in the image of the original, in Gibson’s acclaimed acoustic facility in Bozeman, MT, today’s Hummingbird lives up to its pedigree, bringing you all of these capabilities and more as, quite simply, one of the finest acoustic guitars available today.

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Gibson J-165 EC Acoustic/Electric Guitar Natural View

The J-165 EC Rosewood has the same body shape as a Jumbo sized acoustic guitar, but with smaller dimensions, making the guitar very comfortable to play sitting down. The tonewoods used in this guitar are a sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, a mahogany neck, and ebony for the fretboard. Rounding out the looks of the natural finish is a double ring abalone soundhole rosette and mother-of-pearl split parallelogram inlays.

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Gibson Jackson Browne Signature Model A Acoustic/Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst View

Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music, and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. To commemorate the achievements and music of this classic American songwriter, Gibson has collaborated with Jackson Brown to create his own signature model acoustic, the first instrument to bear his name on it.

Inspired by a piece in Browne's own collection of vintage Gibsons; a 1930's Roy Smeck model, the Jackson Brown Model A features an Adirondack red spruce top, sustainably-farmed English walnut back and sides, a modified "V" neck shape and vintage sunburst finish. The neck shape is nice and wide, excellent for chord playing on the first few frets. The guitar projects beautifully with a warm tone and even volume between the bass and treble strings. The Model A version of the Jackson Brown Signature includes an internal audiophile-grade Trance Audio Amulet Pickup System and an outboard blue box with a custom low-impedance instrument cable for superior control of your tone.

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Gibson Keb' Mo' Signature Bluesmaster Acoustic/Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst View

Gibson Acoustic honors this three-time Grammy Award winner with the Keb’ Mo’ Bluesmaster, a flat-top acoustic guitar made in the tradition of the great small-bodied Gibson blues boxes, with the added versatility of a built-in L.R. Baggs Element pickup with soundhole-mounted volume control. This Limited Edition hand-crafted instrument is restricted to a total production of 300 guitars.

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Gibson One-Off 1940s J-100 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst View

Just in from Montana comes this gorgeous replica of a 1940's Gibson J-100. The guitar is period-correct, down to the rosewood mustache bridge, mother-of-pearl dot inlays, and Gibson logo on the headstock. The super jumbo sized body projects an excellent and full tone, with more bass than you would hear from a smaller sized acoustic body. The feel of the neck on the J-100 is similar to that of a J-200, but just a hair thinner. We really dig this guitar, it's just so easy to play you won't want to put it down.

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Gibson Robert Johnson L-1 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst View

Gibson Acoustic’s Robert Johnson L-1 guitar captures the haunting, timeless sound of the man whose legacy and contributions to the blues are unmatched. Though he died tragically in 1938 at the age of 27, Johnson’s historic blues recordings have inspired countless generations of blues artists and guitarists. The Robert Johnson L-1 guitar is tribute to his instrument of choice. It features Gibson’s traditional L-1 body design, exactly as it was on the first L-1 in 1926.

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Gibson SJ-200 12-String Acoustic/Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry Sunburst View

We can't decide what we like more about this guitar, the looks or the tone. This instrument is built of a sitka spruce top with a figured maple back and sides (as well as neck), Indian rosewood fretboard, and high-class cosmetics such as multi-ply body binding, mother of pearl inlays, and a traditional tortoise shell pickguard. The guitar also has built-in L.R. Baggs Element electronics, excellent for plugging in. We're really digging the maple back on this guitar, there is a ton of flame to it, and below the figuring is some cool grain patterns in the wood to make it even more interesting to look at.

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Gibson SJ-200 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst Aged View

This lightly aged Gibson SJ-200 absolutely floored us when it came through the doors of the Zoo. Not only did the vintage sunburst finish look great on the sitka spruce top and figured maple body, the light aging given to the finish by the Custom Shop adds a cool vintage vibe by dulling down the lacquer and putting some finish checking around the body. The tone of this SJ-200 rings out clear as a bell, with bass that projects yet isn't overpowering. An excellent instrument with a look unlike any other.

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