The F4/5CEs were produced in the 1990s. As mentioned above, the F4CE was the mahogany, lower end model, with the F5CE being a bit fancier, with gold hardware, more elaborate headstock logo, and rosewood sides and book-matched back.
Early F4/F5CEs were pre-Fender(?), as I understand it, with 24 frets, and later versions were 20 frets. I own a 1993 24 fret, and have seen the 20 fret version {photo off Reverb) much more commonly. I believe the changes occurred around 1994, so the majority of the guitars were the 20 fret model.
You can see from the attached photos that the 24 fret has the body starting below the 15th fret, with the sound hole even with the waist, and the 20 fret version has the body starting below the 14th fret and the sound hole well above the waist, and much farther from the bridge than on the 24 fret model. Interesting!
Cheers,
Allan
Early F4/F5CEs were pre-Fender(?), as I understand it, with 24 frets, and later versions were 20 frets. I own a 1993 24 fret, and have seen the 20 fret version {photo off Reverb) much more commonly. I believe the changes occurred around 1994, so the majority of the guitars were the 20 fret model.
You can see from the attached photos that the 24 fret has the body starting below the 15th fret, with the sound hole even with the waist, and the 20 fret version has the body starting below the 14th fret and the sound hole well above the waist, and much farther from the bridge than on the 24 fret model. Interesting!
Cheers,
Allan