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1957 Gibson CF-100E
With its all-solid construction and X braced top, the CF-100E is a far superior sounding guitar than the larger and much more heavily built J-160E and holds its own played acoustically. It's a cut-away LG-2 after all and shares that guitar's midrange-y tonal characteristics. Plugged in, the P-90 offers a clean and clear electric tone that's perfect for blues and jazz. The pickup is a full-size P-90 – it just doesn't look that way from the outside! It’s wired to the same harness as what was in a contemporary Les Paul Jr, but is without the latter’s string ground so some 60 cycle hum is to be expected.
This guitar is in great condition. Apart from a few rather insignificant short side cracks it would be called crack free, and with the exception of new frets and replacement tuner buttons care of our shop, it’s 100% original, too.
Original tuners, pins, and saddle. Original unmodified electronics. Original finish throughout with playwear as shown in the photos. The guitar is set up with 12-54 Monels, which offer great acoustic tone while being magnetic enough to get the P-90 to sound great as well.
The neck has a round carve, 1-11/16” nut and a first fret thickness of .875”. Scale length is 24.6” and the string spread at the saddle is 2-1/8”. The P-90 has a DC resistance of 7.6K. The action is set at 5-7 64ths with a nearly full-height saddle.
With hardshell case.
