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Gibson Marks 100 Years of Flat-Tops with the Anniversary Collection

Five of the most storied acoustics Gibson ever built, brought back in a matching Cremona Burst and capped at 100 pieces each worldwide.

A hundred years is a long time to be building flat-tops, and Gibson is marking the milestone the way you'd hope they would: not with a logo on a headstock, but with five instruments that trace the whole arc of the round-shoulder and square-shoulder tradition. The Gibson Custom Anniversary Collection pulls together the J-45, Hummingbird, SJ-200, Dove, and Advanced Jumbo, gives them a shared visual language, and holds each model to a run of just 100 worldwide.

What ties them together is a period-correct Cremona Burst gloss nitrocellulose lacquer inspired by the earliest Gibson flat-tops, and a select bear claw Sitka spruce top on every one, that streaky figuring that looks almost like weather in the wood. Each guitar wears an abalone rosette and abalone-accented multi-ply top binding, rides on a bound rosewood fretboard, and carries a bone nut and saddle with gold-plated Grover tuners. The single-ply bound headstock brings back the vintage script "The Gibson" logo in mother of pearl. Underneath, L.R. Baggs VTC electronics, an under-saddle piezo and active preamp with the volume and tone controls tucked discreetly inside the soundhole, keep them stage-ready without cluttering the look.

All five share the same finish and the same DNA. What separates them is the voice, and each one has a different story to tell.

The Five Models

Gibson J-45 Anniversary Limited Edition

"The Workhorse." Gibson's best-selling acoustic of all time and the anchor of the round-shoulder dreadnought family since 1942. Mahogany back and sides give the Anniversary J-45 that familiar warm, balanced voice with a low end that never gets in the way, and the SlimTaper neck makes it an easy one to live with all day.

• Back & sides: Mahogany
• Body: Round-shoulder dreadnought
• Neck: Mahogany, SlimTaper
• Scale: 24.75"
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 20 frets, dot inlays
• Pickguard: Teardrop
• Bridge: Rosewood belly-up, pyramid wings
• Tuners: Grover Open Back

Gibson Hummingbird Anniversary Limited Edition

Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought, introduced in 1960, and one of the most recognizable acoustics ever made. The Anniversary Hummingbird keeps the mahogany body and the signature tortoise-shell pickguard with its hummingbird, butterfly, and floral artwork. It's the versatile one: full and resonant strumming rhythm, but it steps forward when you do.

• Back & sides: Mahogany
• Body: Square-shoulder dreadnought
• Neck: Mahogany, rounded
• Scale: 24.75"
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 20 frets, split-parallelogram inlays
• Pickguard: Signature Hummingbird
• Bridge: Rosewood belly-up, pyramid wings
• Tuners: Grover Keystone

Gibson SJ-200 Anniversary Limited Edition

The King of the Flat-Tops. Big-bodied, bold, and unmistakably a Super Jumbo. This one goes premium on the wood, AAA figured maple back and sides for that bright, cutting, piano-like projection, paired with a two-piece AA maple neck. The vines-and-flowers pickguard and graduated crown inlays make it the showpiece of the collection.

• Back & sides: AAA figured maple
• Body: SJ-200 Super Jumbo
• Neck: 2-piece AA maple w/ walnut stringer, round
• Scale: 25.5"
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 20 frets, graduated crown inlays
• Pickguard: SJ-200 Elite vines-and-flowers, abalone dots
• Bridge: Rosewood two-bar moustache
• Tuners: Grover Imperial

Gibson Dove Anniversary Limited Edition

Introduced in 1962 as Gibson's second square-shoulder model, the Dove was the first Gibson dreadnought to pair a 25.5" scale with maple body construction, longer scale, more tension, more shimmer. AA figured maple back and sides and the unmistakable Dove pickguard and bridge inlays make it one of the most instantly recognizable acoustics Gibson has ever offered.

• Back & sides: AA figured maple
• Body: Square-shoulder dreadnought
• Neck: Mahogany, round
• Scale: 25.5"
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 20 frets, split-parallelogram inlays
• Pickguard: Signature Dove w/ mother-of-pearl dove inlay
• Bridge: Rosewood Dove, with dove inlays
• Tuners: Grover Keystone

Gibson Advanced Jumbo Anniversary Limited Edition

The sleeper pick, and the one true outlier in the collection. First launched in 1936, the Advanced Jumbo is the only model here with rosewood back and sides, which is where its reputation comes from: deep, complex low end and a richness vintage AJs are chased for. The Historic AJ neck profile, firestripe pickguard, and mother-of-pearl arrow inlays keep it period-correct down to the details.

• Back & sides: Rosewood
• Body: Advanced Jumbo
• Neck: Mahogany, Historic AJ
• Scale: 25.5"
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 19 frets, arrow inlays
• Pickguard: Advanced Jumbo firestripe
• Bridge: Rosewood rectangle, closed-slot, pyramid wings
• Tuners: Grover Open Back

Which One's for You?

If you want the all-around workhorse, it's the J-45. Want the versatility and the classic looks, the Hummingbird. Chasing the biggest, brightest voice in the room, the SJ-200. Drawn to the maple shimmer and one of the most iconic pickguards ever, the Dove. And if you know your rosewood dreadnoughts and you want the one nobody else on the block will have, the Advanced Jumbo is the quiet standout. There's no wrong answer here, just a hundred of each in the world.

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