The Nighthawk was originally introduced by Gibson in 1993, and now they have announced an updated model with the Nighthawk Standard 2010.
The MSRP is $2,299, but a quick check shows you can buy it online for $1,399.00.
Body
A lightweight body made from resonant chambered poplar with a highly figured Grade-AAA quilted maple top and a deep single cutaway with pointed “Florentine” horn. The guitar is available in three translucent nitrocellulose finishes: Chicago Blue, St. Louis Sauce, or Memphis Mojo.
Pickups and Electronics
It comes with two of Gibson’s BurstBucker pickups, along with a single-coil “Blade” pickup in the middle position. The coils of each humbucker can be split by push/pull switches on the Volume and Tone controls, and a five-way switch selects pickup(s) in use.
Neck, Fingerboard and Headstock
The Nighthawk Standard 2010 has a glued-in neck made from solid Grade-A maple and topped with a bound rosewood fingerboard, minimally adorned with simple dot inlays. Made to the longer 25 1/2″ scale length, it has a back-angled headstock and a PLEK-cut Corian nut for superior resonance.
Hardware
It carries a unique Nighthawk bridge designed to maximize resonance and sustain. It has individual saddles for entirely independent height and intonation adjustment, and is partnered with through-body stringing with ferrules set into the back of the guitar. It also has vintage-style tulip-button tuners, metal pickup rings, and traditional aluminum strap buttons, all gold plated.
For more information go to Gibson Nighthawk Standard 2010
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Wow. I am glad that Gibson got on board with a N’Hawk 2010. Very beautiful!