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Condition: Used, Excellent
Love the wood combination on this one! All the mahogany on this thing really contributes to a focused sound--more crisp and clean than dry and woody--while the Adirondack top and braces brighten up the color across the tonal range. Solo singer/songwriters and group-based lead pickers will both appreciate the unusual clarity this dread has to offer--complex harmonies and careening melody lines come across completely intact with no loss to the volume and presence any player would expect from this classic body shape.
From Collings Guitars
The square-shouldered 14-fret dreadnought is the most popular steel-string acoustic guitar body shape in the world. While Collings is certainly not the first to build them, we bring a new tonal clarity to the depth and warmth usually associated with such a large, deep-bodied guitar. Although its bass response makes the dreadnought ideal for vocal accompaniment, Collings versions are also often employed by bluegrass flatpickers who must compete with inherently louder instruments such as banjos and fiddles. The wide range of woods and neck sizes offered allow dreadnought fans to find a Collings model ideally suited to their playing style and tonal preference.
- Model
- D1A VN
- Serial
- 25323
- Year
- 2016
- Top
- Adirondack Spruce
- Back & Sides
- Honduran Mahogany
- Neck
- Honduran Mahogany
- Body Binding
- Tortoise with b/w/b/w Top Purfling
- Fingerboard Binding
- None
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Bridge
- Ebony Belly-Style with 2 5/16" "Vintage Now"
- Fingerboard
- Ebony with MOP Long Dots
- Bridge Pins/End Pin
- Ebony with MOP Dot
- Nut
- Bone, 1 3/4"
- Saddle
- Bone, Drop-In
- Neck Profile
- "Vintage Now" Modified V
- Peghead Profile
- Square Headstock / No Volute
- Neck Joint
- Mortise & Tenon Hybrid
- Truss Rod
- Fully Adjustable
- Frets
- Medium 18% Nickel-Silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony
- Tuners
- Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio)
- Backstrip
- 1-Style (Walnut)
- Rosette
- B/W Wood Nitrate Strip Rosette
- Scale Length
- 25 1/2"
- Brace Material
- Adirondack Spruce
- Brace Pattern
- Pre-War Scalloped X-Brace (No Tongue Brace)
- Fingerboard Radius
- 14" - 26" Compound
- Body Finish
- High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Finish
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Case
- Hardshell
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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