Les Paul Custom Attitude Meets Hummingbird Soul
If you have ever wished your favorite Les Paul Custom could sing like a big square-shoulder acoustic, this is that fantasy brought to life. The Hummingbird Custom in Ebony takes Gibson’s most iconic dreadnaught voice and dresses it up in full Custom Shop regalia with an ebony nitro finish, multi-ply binding, split-diamond headstock inlay, and gold hardware.
Under all that tuxedo swagger is a very serious tone machine. Sitka spruce up top and mahogany back and sides give you that classic warm, naturally compressed Hummingbird sound that flatters your right hand whether you strum hard, play with fingers, or live in that in-between space. Notes blend and bloom into a big, musical chord rather than poking out in a harsh way.
Classic Spruce and Mahogany Hummingbird Voice
This is the square shoulder mahogany dreadnaught tone that players chase for life. Mahogany gives you warmth and that smooth, natural compression that evens out your attack, while the Sitka spruce top brings clarity, projection, and definition so the guitar never gets muddy.
Hit it with a big strum and it responds with a wide, warm wall of sound that supports a band or a vocal without stepping on everything else. Back off and play fingerstyle and you get a focused, articulate response where every note in the chord speaks. Real talk, this is the kind of guitar you can build an entire record around.
Short Scale Comfort With An Electric-Guitar Feel
The 24.75 inch scale length is the same as a Les Paul, which is rare in a big dreadnaught. That shorter scale drops the string tension so the .012 set feels slinkier, bends feel more natural, and long sets are easier on your hands compared to the typical 25.5 inch acoustic scale.
Pair that with a comfortable rounded neck profile and a 12 inch radius ebony fingerboard and you get a playing feel that electric players will feel instantly at home on. Chords up the neck stay smooth, leads feel fast, and the whole guitar just has this relaxed, inviting feel under your fingers.
Les Paul Custom Looks In An Acoustic Body
Cosmetically, this thing is pure Custom Shop flex. The Ebony gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish looks deep and piano-black, set off by multi-ply binding on the top, back, and headstock. The Les Paul style peghead wears the split diamond inlay in mother of pearl, so from across the room it reads like a black-tie Les Paul that happens to be an acoustic.
The bound ebony fretboard with mother of pearl Custom block inlays keeps the theme going, while gold Grover Rotomatic tuners and gold hardware finish the look. It is classy, bold, and unapologetically extra in all the right ways.
Stage-Ready With L.R. Baggs Session VTC
Gibson loaded this Hummingbird Custom with L.R. Baggs Session VTC electronics, so it is ready to go straight to stage or studio. The undersaddle Session VTC pickup and preamp give you a rich, natural acoustic sound with studio-inspired voicing that sits in a mix without a fight.
Volume and tone controls are tucked inside the soundhole where you can reach them easily but they stay out of the visual way. The 1/4 inch endpin jack keeps the look clean. If you record, a killer trick is to run one channel from the Baggs system and a second from a condenser mic around the 12th fret, then blend to taste. You get detail, warmth, and a super usable track with minimal fuss.
Custom Shop Build, Player-Ready Setup, Actual Guitar
This Hummingbird Custom is light at 4.8 lbs, which you will appreciate on long gigs or long writing sessions. The build quality is what you expect from Gibson Custom Shop, with a compound dovetail neck joint set with hot hide glue, clean fretwork, and all the little details that add up to a guitar you can trust on stage and in the studio.
It ships in a hardshell case and the photos on the listing are of this exact guitar, not a stock image, so what you see is what will show up at your door. Our techs put every guitar through a full Player-Perfect setup before it leaves the shop, so when this one lands in your hands it is ready to make music, not a trip to your local repair bench.
Questions about this Gibson Hummingbird Custom? Call (888) 794-8482 and talk to a real player on our team. We are happy to walk you through how it feels, how it sounds, and whether it is the right fit for you.
