'50's CF 100e ID

[phalanges]

I have a player-grade CF 100e and I'm curious about it's origin.

The only ID it has is a number on neck block, that is 8796 17.

There are actually 2 spaces between the first four numerals and the last two.

Here's a vid:

 

Thanks.

[retrorod]

Nice guitar! There are many fans of the CF100 guitars on the forum. I have a '57 and onewileyfool has a '53 I believe. The E version was made from '51 to '58 The FON(factory order number) ranges from 6000's to 9000's in 1951. The rest of the years would have a letter prefix before the FON ranging from Z to T.

Yours is possibly a '51 if you don,t have a letter before the number. I see replaced knobs and tuners. The rest looks 'straight-up'?

Hope this helps,

Rod

[phalanges]

Thank you for the info.

The bridge was reset by McCabes in Santa Monica and is fairly low but the action, playability and intonation are spot-on.

The pick-up cover is long gone and the pick-guard shows some shrinkage.

The tone pot is disconnected most likely but the pick-up and volume pot are fine.

This guitar has a wonderful clarity in the lower register.

There's a hairline finish crack along the seam on the top but not in the top itself.

It's longevity is a testament to how well-built this era of instruments was.

[retrorod]

Very good, I agree with the lower register comment. My '57 has more mid and bass tone than my LG3. Its a very pleasing 'woody' tone .

 

Would be nice to hear yours "unplugged".

[phalanges]

Here's that unplugged you requested: