Condition: Used, Very Good

Awesome!  Where did the frets go, you ask?  Collings custom built this bright, perky, lively little Baby for a player specializing in clawhammer guitar--yes, that is very much a thing!  Much like you'd find on many traditional, open back banjos, the end of the neck is fretless and scooped to allow for that bouncy, syncopated right hand style right over the area of the neck.  Playing in that spot produces a warmer, rounder, airy-er tone than what you get close to the soundhole or bridge.  So special!  Hard not to imagine being perched on a cabin porch out in the mountains rolling away on this thing--love it!

Our smallest model is a rarity among fractional size guitars: most listeners never guess that it's not a full-size instrument unless they see it being played. While lacking the deep bass of larger guitars the tone is remarkably balanced, with adequate volume for most applications. The Collings Baby is approximately a 3/4 size version of our OM, 12 1/2 inches wide in the lower bout with a 24 1/8 inch scale, and the headstock and bridge are scaled to match. Sometimes the Baby is used as a travel guitar, but it often sees duty as a songwriter's tool, the guitar that's ready at a moment's notice and can be played while seated in any position. The same wide range of woods and options offered on other Collings models are available on the Baby as well, but rosewood versions with a spruce top are by far the most popular.

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

Not eligible for Try Before You Buy or the 48-hour approval period. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.