GIBSON Model F-4 Description
- two- or three-point body, oval bound soundhole with two wood rings, top body binding, top border with white and green rope style, pickguard with stylized inlay, ebony fingerboard with treble side extended and dot inlays, scroll-style peghead with star and crescent inlay, available in Black finish, mfg. 1902-1943.
In 1908, an elevated pickguard and a flowerpot inlay was introduced and a Golden Orange finish became available. In 1910, the body was changed to a two-point from a three-point. In 1911, a double-flowerpot peghead was introduced. In 1914, Red, Black, and Golden Orange became finish options. In 1918, a Dark Sunburst finish was introduced. In 1922, a truss rod was introduced and the peghead went back to the single flowerpot design. In 1936, the soundhole rosette was changed to a checkerboard.