Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: Our luthier completed only a minimal setup, and no further work was required.
From Collings Guitars
As with all of our Traditional Series guitars, when it came time to add a “T” designation to our slope-shoulder offerings, we didn’t simply tweak the original; the all-new Collings CJ-45 T is a fully re-imagined instrument that offers a distinct tonal variation when compared to our CJ and CJ-35 models.
Strongly vintage-inspired, the body construction has been completely re-engineered, including new bracing carves and patterns. When combined with our latest T-Series neck design and new CJ-45 neck profile, the result showcases a tone that is exceptionally dry and fundamental with the growl and thump sought after in the great slope-shoulder dreads of the Wartime era.
Top: Adirondack spruce
Back & Sides: Honduran mahogany
Construction: Traditional Series Build and Voicing
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Body Binding: Ivoroid with no purfling
Fingerboard Binding: None
Peghead Binding: None
Bridge: Ebony straight-style with 2 5/16" spacing
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Fingerboard: Indian rosewood with 19 frets and MOP long dots
Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ivoroid with no dot
Nut: Bone, 1 3/4"
Saddle: Bone, cutthrough
Neck Profile: CJ-45 Carve
Peghead Profile: Haircut
Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod: Fully adjustable
FretsMedium: 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer: Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners: Nickel Waverly w/ Ivoroid buttons
Backstrip: None
Rosette: Single-ring of multiple b/w purflings
Scale Length: 24 7/8"
Brace Material: Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern: CJ-45 Wartime scalloped X-brace
Body Finish: High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish: High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard: Tortoise
Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"- .056")
Case: Deluxe hardshell case by TKL
Body Length: 20 1/8"
Body Depth: 4 7/8"
Lower Bout Width: 16"
Total Length: 41"
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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