Official Luthiers Forum! • View topic - Gibson CF-100

Board index » Luthiers Forum Rooms » Guitar Building Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours

Forum rules

Be nice, no cussin and enjoy!

Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Page 1 of 1

[ 8 posts ]

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Author

Message

sdsollod

Post subject: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:03 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1906
Location: Raleigh, NC
First name: Steve
Last Name: Sollod
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I have always liked the look of the Gibson CF-100.

Does anyone know what the shape is and where I could get a plan? I can put in the cutaway, so it doesn't have to be a CF-100 plan. I'd like to know what model shape it is... Is it a B-25 shape? Anybody out there know Gibsons?

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

_________________
Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Top

sdsollod

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:04 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1906
Location: Raleigh, NC
First name: Steve
Last Name: Sollod
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I guess it's close to an OM. I could put that style of cutaway in and maybe use block inlays and it would look close... I does appear to have a little bit wider waste than an OM... I would assume it has a 24.75" scale. ...not far from 24.9...

_________________
Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Top

Bill Hodge

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:24 pm

Koa

Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:27 pm
Posts: 1246
Location: Arkansas, USA
First name: Bill
Last Name: Hodge
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

That look's very much like a classic J-45 shape. Though I've never seen one with a Florentine cutaway like that.

_________________
Bill Hodge

One does not simply, own enough guitars!

Last edited by Bill Hodge on Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top

sdsollod

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:07 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1906
Location: Raleigh, NC
First name: Steve
Last Name: Sollod
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Bill, To me it looks wider in the upper bout than a J-45...

_________________
Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Top

Bill Hodge

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:44 pm

Koa

Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:27 pm
Posts: 1246
Location: Arkansas, USA
First name: Bill
Last Name: Hodge
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

You may be right, I contemplated that thought as well but tossed it out as an optical illusion due to the Florentine. It definitely looks to be one of their Dred body styles due to the wide waist. But I'm certainly not a Gibson expert.

_________________
Bill Hodge

One does not simply, own enough guitars!

Last edited by Bill Hodge on Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top

yukonarizona

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:22 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:09 am
Posts: 138
First name: Yukon
Last Name: Stubblebine
City: East Boston
State: MA
Zip/Postal Code: 02128
Country: USA
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

http://themusicemporium.com/product-det ... -1957.html

Top

SteveG

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:00 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:43 am
Posts: 207
Location: Fraser Valley, BC
First name: Steve
Last Name: G
Country: Canada
Status: Amateur

1950 CF-100 introduction specs:
14 1/8" wide (LG sized), pointed cutaway, solid "X" braced spruce top with scaloped braces, solid mahogany back and sides, teardrop pickguard, upper belly bridge (belly towards soundhold), bound rosewood fingerboard with 20 frets, trapezoid fingerboard inlays, gold decal logo, sunburst finish.
1955 pickguard enlarged, lower braces scalloped

from: http://home.provide.net/~cfh/cf100.html , so mostly copied from other places , sometimes wrong.
Folkways also says it's LG sized at : http://www.folkwaymusic.com/vintage-ins ... s-is-0213/

cheers

Top

John Arnold

Post subject: Re: Gibson CF-100 - Anybody out there know Gibsons?

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:05 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:17 am
Posts: 1292
First name: John
Last Name: Arnold
City: Newport
State: TN
Zip/Postal Code: 37821
Country: USA
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

They are LG size, which is the same shape as a B-25.
When I had one in the shop, I drew a pattern of the cutaway and the inlays, thinking I would someday convert an LG. But I never got around to doing it.
Being a sharp (florentine) cutaway, it makes a nice conversion.
I once asked Leon Redbone about his, but he could not offer any information......other than the fact that he had stuck several pickups in it, and never removed one. As you might imagine, it was full of wires.

_________________
John

Top

Page 1 of 1

[ 8 posts ]

Board index » Luthiers Forum Rooms » Guitar Building Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: doncaparker and 13 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to: