1997 Gibson CL-40 Artist Natural

Offered for sale:

Used 1997 Gibson CL-40 Artist serial number 92457019.

This guitar is in very good condition, neck and frets are fine, cosmetically showing moderate to limited playing time. It had a non-original pickup that is no longer installed, the end pin jack remains.

The Gibson Custom Line (CL) Series acoustic guitar range was introduced in the 1990s and they were built in Bozeman, Montana. The CL instruments had a longer scale length than the typical Gibson acoustic guitars and were designed to compete with Martin D28 style acoustics.

There were 5 tiers of CL guitars ranging from the CL-10 to CL-50. All had abalone rosettes and custom pickguard shapes, the more expensive models had mother of pearl snowflake or special leaf fingerboard inlays. The Country Line series became Gibson's bestselling acoustic guitars at the but were discontinued in 1999 to be replaced by the Songbird Series and later Songwriter Series, which had similar features.

In 2019 a limited run of 30 CL-50s was released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of guitar production at Bozeman.

This is a very nice instrument; it is resonant and alive but does not sound like a Martin. A fine example of a Gibson acoustic.

Original hard-shell case included.

“We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. We also do a full set up before we ship. If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.”

GUITAR SPECS:

Year: 1997

Serial number: 92457019

Body: Rosewood back and sides, Sitka Spruce top

Neck: Mahogany

Finish: Natural

Fingerboard: Ebony with Abalone Angel wing inlays

Scale Length: 25 ½ “

Number of Frets: 20

Pickguard: Tortoise shell Batwing

Bridge: Rosewood moustache style

Tuners: Grover rotomatic

Width at Nut: 1 11/16”

Radius: 12”

Weight: 4.8 lbs.

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