The Gibson CF-100 Vintage Sunburst was an innovative design when Gibson offered it’s first flat-top cutaway instrument in 1950. Players touted the ease of playing provided by the Florentine cutaway and smaller body design and this Limited Edition remains true to its history. Featuring vintage style three-on-a-plate white button tuners, large trapezoid inlays, traditional tear drop pick guard, and open slotted belly-up bridge. Finished in Gibson’s famous Vintage Sunburst finish.
Gibson CF-100 Vintage Sunburst improved for 2016
- Cutaway Design: Comfortable small body Florentine cutaway design.
- Bridge: Rare belly up open slot bridge design.
- Pickguard: Traditional tortoise tear drop pickguard.
- Improved Feel: Fingerboard edge is softened to comfortably fit the contour of the player’s hand
- Enhanced Finish: Finer grit sandpaper and polishing compounds for gloss finish.
- Premium Setup: Utilizing state-of-the-art German engineered Plek technology to create the finest playing surface possible. Hand finished for the world’s finest feel and playability.
- Smoother hand rubbed and oiled fingerboard and bridges: New penetrating and finishing oil last longer and maximizes woods natural vibrancy
The beautiful original Gibson CF-100 Vintage Sunburst guitar exhibits only minor wear after 75 years and is still in excellent playing condition. The original lacquer finish displays typical checking throughout, most prominently on the top, along with some light dings, dents, and scrapes. The back of the neck is very clean, showing only a few tiny dinks. The deep, rich sunburst top has hardly faded at all. There are small grain split repairs located between the bottom edge of the fingerboard and the sound hole rim, one on each side.
These repairs are neatly done and touched up, though they remain visible. The only modification to the instrument is the replacement of buttons on the original Kluson deluxe tuners; everything else is original. The neck has been reset very well, with a generally clean job that shows no major overspray, just some minor touch-ups and light chipping visible along the heel seam. Due to its deep treble-side cutaway and uneven heel block, this model presents a more challenging neck set than many others. The rosewood bridge and small maple bridge plate are original.
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