The Gibson J-160E is one of the first acoustic-electric guitars produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. The J-160E was

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's second attempt at creating an acoustic-electric guitar (the first being the small-body CF-100E

"''As implied by its designation, the CF-100E is the electric version of the CF-100 Florentine cutaway acoustic introduced by Gibson in 1950. First marketed in 1951, the model was discontinued in 1959 owing to its flagging sales. ... / NECK • 24 3/4" scale length ... • 19-fret bound rosewood fingerboard ... / Structurally, the CF-100E was a fancier off-shoot of the traditional LG series built with a sharp Florentine cutaway. The main evolution during the 50s was the inception of a 20-fret fingerboard in 1955. / ''SHIPPING TOTALS'' – A total of 1,257 CF-100Es were shipped between 1951 and 1959 with a peak of 250 instruments in 1952.''"

). The basic concept behind the guitar was to fit a single-pickup into a normal-size dreadnought acoustic guitar. The J-160E used plywood for most of the guitar's body, and was ladder-braced, whereas other acoustic Gibsons were X-braced. The

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fingerboard had trapezoid inlays, and the guitar had an adjustable bridge. For amplification, a single-coil pickup (an uncovered

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pickup)

was installed under the top of the body with the pole screws protruding through the top at the end of the fingerboard, with a volume and a tone knob.

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and George Harrison frequently used one with

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, both on-stage and in the studio. Gibson produces a standard J-160E and a John Lennon J-160E Peace model, based on the J-160E he used during the

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days of 1969.

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makes an EJ-160E John Lennon replica signature model.

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