Detail 01
24.75-inch scale length
The source identifies this as a short scale and associates it with easier string tension.
Product detailSKU #1500000459990
GibsonDealer Select Hummingbird Original Koa Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Natural
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Built around a square-shoulder dreadnought body, this Dealer Select Hummingbird uses koa for its top, back, sides, and neck. Its voice is described with bright, focused highs, warm punchy mids, and resonant low end, with enough projection for strummed parts or fingerstyle passages. The short 24.75-inch scale, rounded neck, and rosewood fingerboard shape the playing experience, while LR Baggs Element VTC electronics add direct amplified operation for stage or studio work. Gold hardware and a tortoiseshell Hummingbird pickguard give the Natural finish a formal look.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Plugging an acoustic guitar into a stage or studio setup using onboard LR Baggs electronics.
- Moving between strummed rhythm parts and delicate fingerstyle passages on one square-shoulder dreadnought.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Volume, tone, and phase controls
Controls are available on the guitar for amplified tone adjustment.
Detail 03
Gotoh keystone tuning machines
The guitar uses Gotoh keystone tuners with gold hardware.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01A 9V battery is required for the electronics and is sold separately.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Is this an acoustic-electric guitar?
Yes. It has an LR Baggs Element VTC pickup system with volume, tone, and phase controls.
02Does it come with a case?
Yes, a hardshell case is included.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
6 detailsPlayability
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Number of strings
- 6
- Number of frets
- 20
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Number of Strings
- 6
- Scale Length
- 24.75"
9 detailsBody & build
- Top Material
- Koa
- Neck Wood
- Koa
- Back and sides wood
- Koa
- Bridge wood
- Rosewood
- Neck wood
- Koa
- Fingerboard wood
- Rosewood
- Hardware finish
- Gold
- Body Shape
- Square-shoulder dreadnought
- Top wood
- Koa
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 24.75"
- Nut width
- 1.725"
18 detailsOther
- Inlays
- Mother-of-pearl parallelograms
- Case
- Hardshell
- Pickup system
- LR Baggs Element VTC
- Tier
- platinum
- Battery
- 9V battery (sold separately)
- Neck profile
- Rounded
- Controls
- Volume, tone, phase switch
- Body style
- Square-shoulder dreadnought
- Category Source
- detail
- Product type
- Acoustic-electric guitar
- Bridge style
- Belly-up
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Gotoh keystone
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Series
- Dealer Select
- Product Type
- Acoustic-electric guitar
- Pickguard
- Hummingbird tortoiseshell
- Source Id
- site51500000459990
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