Key Features
- Solid rosewood and Sitka spruce build delivers rich, balanced acoustic tone
- Cutaway body gives smooth access to upper frets for confident lead lines
- Les Paul Custom-inspired looks with ebony finish and gold hardware
- L.R. Baggs Session VTC system provides natural, stage-ready sound
Gibson Custom Songwriter Cutaway Custom, Ebony Overview
The Gibson Songwriter Cutaway Custom is built for players who want classic acoustic warmth with a proper dose of stage presence. Its solid Sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides give you a full and balanced voice that works for strummers, fingerstyle players, and singer-songwriters alike. The cutaway design makes life easy when you’re climbing into the higher frets, and the mahogany neck with its smooth rounded profile and ebony fretboard feels instantly familiar under the fingers. Whether you’re working on your next tune at home or playing a live set, it’s a guitar that will get the job done.
This Custom model leans into the luxury side of Gibson’s heritage, borrowing the bold aesthetic of the legendary Les Paul Custom. The ebony nitro finish, multi-ply binding, custom split diamond headstock inlay and gold Grover Rotomatics all come together to deliver a proper high-end look. Fitted with the L.R. Baggs Session VTC system, it captures your acoustic tone with clarity and warmth when you plug in. A premium hardshell case tops it off, making the Songwriter Cutaway Custom a seriously capable partner for writing, recording, and gigging.
Product Ref: 346905
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The Songwriter Cutaway Custom uses the classic combination of solid Sitka spruce and solid rosewood, a pairing loved for its balance of projection, warmth, and clarity. Spruce gives you the dynamic headroom to strum hard without losing definition, while rosewood adds depth and richness through the mids and lows. Whether you’re fingerpicking something delicate or opening up with a full chord progression, the guitar responds with character and detail.
Smooth playability
Long sessions feel effortless thanks to the rounded mahogany neck and ebony fretboard. The cutaway design means upper fret runs are comfortably within reach, making it ideal for melodic leads or more adventurous chord shapes. Combined with the 25.5 inch scale length, you get a feel that’s both familiar and responsive, with just the right amount of tension for expressive playing.
Custom-inspired style
This model takes clear cues from Gibson’s Custom aesthetic, giving the guitar a bold and stylish edge. From the ebony nitro finish to the multi-ply binding and custom split diamond headstock inlay, it’s built to stand out under stage lights. Gold Grover Rotomatic tuners and block inlays on the bound ebony fretboard finish the look, giving it the presence of a true high-end instrument.
Stage-ready electronics
On stage or in the studio, the L.R. Baggs Session VTC system brings out the natural voice of the guitar with impressive accuracy. The soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls keep things simple and accessible, while the pickup and preamp work together to give you warmth, presence, and clarity when amplified. It’s a setup that lets you trust your tone in any environment, without wrestling with complicated controls.
Specifications
- Product Name: Gibson Songwriter Cutaway Custom, Ebony
- Product Code: CSSSSCEB
Body
- Top: Sitka spruce
- Back: Rosewood
- Sides: Rosewood
- Body Shape: Songwriter
- Body Style: Square Shoulder / Songwriter
- Bracing: Traditional hand-scalloped X bracing
- Binding: Multi-ply top, back, and headstock; single-ply fretboard
- Finish: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck & Fretboard
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Rounded
- Scale Length: 647.7mm / 25.5in
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12in
- Frets: 20 standard
- Inlays: Mother of pearl graduated block
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 43.82mm / 1.73in
- Joint: Compound dovetail, hot hide glue
Hardware & Electronics
- Bridge: Traditional belly up, ebony
- Bridge Pins: Brass
- Pickguard: Hummingbird Artist
- Saddle: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic (gold)
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: Custom
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs Session VTC
- Controls: Soundhole-mounted volume and tone
- Output Jack: 1/4" endpin
Misc
- Case: Hardshell
- Headstock Inlay: Gibson logo and custom split diamond, mother of pearl
- String Gauge: .012 – .053
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