Built in 1998, the CL series was the pre-cursor to what became the Songwriter, quite an amazing guitar with Bubinga back and sides and superb tone typical for the CL series. Always wondered why they stopped making them? they sound really special and are among the better square should dreadnoughts ever made by Gibson. Every note rings out like a piano. Bubinga back and sides, sitka spruce top (all solid woods of course) very clean with faint wear only, some weather checking here and there, few tiny pickmarks, almost no fretwear, the perfect singer songwriter guitar.. with original case.
| Body Shape | CL-30 Deluxe |
| Back and Sides | Solid Bubinga |
| Top | Solid Sitka Spruce |
| Finish | Natural |
| Neck Wood | Mahogany |
| Neck Profile | C |
| Fretboard | Rosewood |
| Bridge | Rosewood |
| Scale | 645mm |
| Nut Width | 43.4mm |
| Tuners | Grover |
| String Spacing | 57mm |
| Width | 405mm |
| Depth | 121mm |
| Pickup | None |
| Travels In | Original Hard Shell Case |