{"product_id":"1957-gibson-cf-100e-5549","title":"1957 Gibson CF-100E","description":"Gibson's CF-100E and its acoustic twin the CF-100 were built through the 1950s and have the honour of being the first cutaway flat-top and first cut-away electric flat-top acoustic guitars ever built by Gibson. The CF-100 shared the LG-2's body and build, but with gussied up Les-Paul style inlays, pearl headstock logo and crown inlay, and a pointy Florentine cutaway. The CF-100E added a P-90 pickup at the end of the fingerboard and top-mounted volume and tone controls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nOriginal 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nWith hardshell case.\r\n","brand":"GIBSON","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53597023338862,"sku":"210000008041","price":9495.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3660\/5550\/files\/177454734819431957_Gibson_CF100E-0326-2Main.jpg?v=1790972648","url":"https:\/\/folkwaymusic.com\/products\/1957-gibson-cf-100e-5549","provider":"Folkway Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}