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Originally Posted by Joe32726
On a recent trip to Nashville I played several vintage hummingbirds that sounded great. Usually they had significant restoration work done to them and not all of it was good or by a professional. Nothing was under $12K So, the next best thing was a trip to the Gibson Garage. They had a ML hummingbird. <snip>
Long story, short. Do not buy one of these online unless you can send it back as each one is significantly different. They ranged from wow to you could get this at a yard sale for $50.
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Thank you for sharing your story. This is sound advice IMO as this has been my personal experience with Gibson acoustics as well. If you can’t play it in person, at least get a sound sample ahead of time to see if it’s in the ball park tonally of what you’re after.
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Originally Posted by pcf
Is the ML using the exact same VOS finish?
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According to the YouTube interview with Mr Murphy, the ML Gibsons use a completely different finish than the non-Aged Historics.