My goodness. No other acoustic sounds like the Hummingbird to me. The best.

Awesome i love my 2023 Hummingbird

Great vid. Thanks for doing this. As a recent owner of the 1960 Fixed Bridge, I really enjoyed hearing the comparison to “the real thing”.

Thank you, Sir - for the demonstration. My spouse and I immediately preferred the 'New Historic line'. My wife said that it just sounded richer. I agree with that, though, the way I think of it - the 1960 has a boomey mid-range without crisp highs. The newer guitar had crisp highs, strong low frequencies, with a gap in the mid-range frequencies that translated to a lot of contrast and space in the sound.

Both amazing guitars. Nice playing.

Hard to beat the Historic. Gibson really knocked it out of the park with new Historic line up

Great comparison! Think I prefer the original.

I agree I couldn’t detect a discernible difference between them. I love the historic line I have the J45 and Sj200 some day I’ll add this to the collection.

I really like the sound of the second in all of the samples. It has that familiar "aha" Gibson compressed sound and it sounds expensive.

The older the violin... the sweeter the music

I like the Historic more; through good IEMs, it clearly has a brighter tone, like it has newer strings. Given that and the wider nut, I would prefer it.

I like the vintage guitar best. It has a deeper sound and the notes are more clear.

I loved the smooth throaty tone coming out of the '68. I have a feeling if I played that one I'd just sit there slowly strumming the G chord and day dream 😅

Wow, both sound great - hard to pick a favorite. Thank you for the comparison. What pick where you using?

I could not tell which one you were playing at what point. All I can say is they both sounded excellent. It must be difficult to play the 1960 with the 1 & 9/16" nut width. I have a '67 Gibson SG with a 1 & 5/8" nut width, and that has always felt too narrow. 1 & 11/16" is my sweet spot for electrics or acoustics.

To me, the 68 sounds like a modern standard, but aged, which makes the chime allitle softer. where the historic line sounds like a perfected Gibson hummingbird. Honestly, for the money, I would buy the Historic line.

The 68 model seems a slightly wider/more squared upper bout at the neck joint. The Historic seems to curve to a gentler shoulder at the neck joint. there could be a measurement, or template change involved. I remember the "new" 68 colour difference, which has lasted in yours. It has a jump in amplitude over the Historic's snug and even tone, That'll open yet. Thanks!

Thanks for the video! If you could choose between the fixed bridge hummingbird or a custom shop advanced jumbo what would you choose?

The New one seems louder with Fingerpicking and a bit more metalic sounding.

Looks like u or someone switched out the original adj bridge for a fixed one on the 68. The 68 definitely has a warmer sound to it. Both very nice

The shinny one sounds definitely better.

Please let me know how the pickguard holds up on the vintage 60 HB. I had and SJ 200 and a HB in the mid-2000s and I hated that the paint on the pickguard wore off with very little use. It ruined the aesthetic of the guitars. My 68 SJ-200 and 67 HB are beat to hell, but the pick guards have not significantly worn. I hope the pick guards on the new Historic HBs will hold up and not wear off like the ones in the 2000s.

Not sure how mine would compare because mine is the 1999 "early 60s authentic" , but i would love to juxtapose them

i am assuming the vintage hummingbird has the upside down belly bridge and narrower saddle? i want to say that guitar, if indeed it is the vintage one, is boomier, louder across all strings, with the classic scooped mids sound. it's bold & beautiful. the guitar with the wide saddle and standard bridge rotation, was brighter and more even across the EQ, and also sounded great, particularly for finger-style, kansas coverin' .. . ;)

I prefer the sound of the 1968. The Historic has an overly metallic zingy sound commonplace with baked tops and because it’s baked it won’t open up or improve over time. I prefer the Historic nut width. Thermally aged tops are a disaster for acoustic guitar tone.

You make a couple amateur mistakes. First, if you don't put a graphic on the screen telling us which guitar is which that you're playing, then it's hard to follow which guitar is making what sounds, since both guitars look the same except for the bridge belly. Second, the camera is aimed too high, focusing on your face, while the bottom of the guitar is cut off from the picture screen. I'm not interested in seeing your face. I want to see the two guitars, which are also obscured by placing that big fat microphone between the camera and guitars. I would have liked to see your right hand ɓetter because a players strumming technique has a lot to do with the sound out front. Otherwise, it's an interesting comparison idea.

gibson acoustic guitar worst time was from 1966 narrow nut size 1 5/16 inches to 1970's Norlin era. don't recommend to buy this era.

On my crap speaker ...it was close but the Historic seemed a bit more syrupy and lush. Liked it a bit better but not by much.