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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: A majority of frets showed evidence of play wear. As such, the frets were leveled, recrowned, and polished back to a near mint state. The guitar required an adjustment to the truss rod, nut, and bridge to be brought to a perfect level of playability. A number of frets had become raised above the fingerboard and partially out of their fret slots which necessitated gluing and reseating said frets into the fingerboard. No further work was required.
From Collings Guitars
Crafted with the finest seasoned maple and Honduran mahogany, the Collings City Limits is built for tone. Lightweight, resonant mahogany combined with a carefully hand-set mortise and tenon neck joint bring tonal complexity and sustain to the table in spades. Sleekly contoured with a swooping heel, elegant cutaway, and back “comfort carves”, we’ve brought new life to an American classic.
The CL features ungrained ivoroid binding on the body and fingerboard with no peghead binding.
- Construction
- Solid body
- Body
- Honduran mahogany
- Top
- Premium flamed maple
- Neck
- Honduran mahogany
- Body Binding
- Non-grained ivoroid
Fingerboard Binding; None
- Peghead Binding
- None
Bridge; Kluson ABR-1(nickel-plated zinc w/ retaining wire)
- Tailpiece
- Kluson Stop Tailpiece (nickel-plated zinc, steel studs)
- Fingerboard
- Rosewood w/ MOP long dots (5mm non-tapered)
Fingerboard Radius; 12"
Pickups; Lollar Std Wind Imperial Humbuckers
- Pots/Caps
- CTS 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
- Nut
- 1 11/16"
Scale Length; 24 7/8"
Neck Joint; Extra long mortise & tenon
- Frets
- Medium 18% nickel-silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony w/ MOP Collings logo
- Peghead Profile
- Haircut
- Tuners
- Nickel Gotoh w/ Collings logo
- Wiring
- 50s style
- Guitar Finish
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Truss Rod Cover; Black/Cream/Black
- Strings
- D'Addario NYXL1149 (.011" - .049")
- Case
- Deluxe hardshell case
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.
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