Collings' brilliant dread with an Addy top and "Vintage Now" neck & bridge!
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This guitar has a classic meat-and-potatoes tone and feel
One big "G chord" and you'll grin your face sore
It's warm, dry, and very detailed
The Adirondack top is not kidding around
It could blow down a brick house
It's an elegant pickup truck of a guitar
It's ready, eager, and capable
This one's always got your back
Condition: Used, Great
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 only company 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.
Sound Pure is a proud dealer of Collings Acoustics, Electrics, and Mandolins, with a large inventory and new guitars arriving regularly. Each instrument in stock is professionally photographed, and we have video reviews with studio-quality sound and HD video quality.
Bill Collings has been inspiring generations of guitarists with his fine guitars and mandolins since the 1970s. After dropping out of medical school to pursue his interest in guitar building, he moved to Austin, Texas where he and his company, Collings Guitars, operate to this day. From his humble beginnings as a one-man operation in a two-bedroom apartment to his current 22,000 square-foot facility and approximately 70 employees, Collings has built a reputation for producing high quality instruments with care and precision.
Perhaps best known for flat-top acoustic guitars, Collings excels in a variety of classic-inspired designs and modern build concepts. Their D series guitars represent their take on the iconic 14-fret square-shouldered dreadnought and include the highly-favored D1 and D2H models with mahogany and rosewood back and sides respectively. These guitars are extremely well-balanced and have a strong reputation for reliability and consistently becoming stronger as the woods open up over time. The CW models in this series feature Adirondack tops, larger sound holes, and other specs especially coveted by bluegrass flat pickers for their volume and responsiveness. The Collings OM series guitars tend to be lively, balanced, and lyrical. These guitars are hugely popular amongst fingerstyle players for their dynamic sensitivity, size, and playability. One of the most versatile acoustic guitar designs, Collings OMs can also handle heavy strumming and flat picking easily when the player needs to dig in. The CJ is a fantastic slope-shouldered dreadnought, and the SJ is their incredible small jumbo design. Collings also makes astounding parlor-style 0, 00, 000, and Baby guitars, which are perfect for performance or travel and offered with the same variety of options as the larger lines for true customization of tone and appearance. Rounding out Collings’ acoustic lines is the C10, which is modeled after a parlor guitar but with a design concept that makes it a favorite of electric players.
Collings is ahead of the pack in the acoustic guitar game, but it certainly does not end there. Their electric guitars are highly regarded amongst players across the entire spectrum of musical traditions. Designed and built with the same knowledge and attention to detail as the flat-tops, Collings electrics are quickly gaining recognition as contending with the best of the best of electric guitars. Hard rockers and country pickers and everyone in between can find a Collings electric to fit their style, from the Les Paul-inspired shapes of the 290, 360, and CL series to the semi-hollow I-35s and SoCo Deluxe models. Collings also offers A and T-style mandolins, as well as concert and tenor ukuleles.
Every Collings instrument has been built with the same standard of craftsmanship and quality that any discerning musician deserves to experience in the tools they select for their musical journey. At Sound Pure, we believe that the tools you equip yourself with can either enhance or hinder you on your journey, so we make it our job to research and choose what we find to be the very best instruments for our clients. We are confident that any Collings guitar that leaves the shop will meet their standards, as well as ours. If you find that we do not currently have the exact specs you need we are happy to make custom orders for our customers to build their own dream guitar.
Serial Number: 20453
1 3/4" Nut Width, Adirondack Braces, No Tongue Brace, "Vintage Now" Neck & Bridge
Adirondack Spruce Top
Mahogany Back & Sides
Black/White Wood Nitrate Strip Rosette
Tortoise-Style Top/Back Body Binding
Black/White Wood Purfling with 1-Style Walnut Backstrip
Pre-War Scalloped Bracing
Tortoise-Style Celluloid Pickguard
High-Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
Mahogany Neck
Square Headstock with No Volute
15 Degree Headstock Angle
Ebony Peghead Overlay with Inlaid Collings Logo
Ebony Fingerboard with Ebony Belly-Style Bridge
Mortise and Tenon Hybrid Neck Joint
20 Frets, Neck Joins the Body at the 14th Fret
Modified V Neck Profile with 2 3/16" String Spacing
14"-26" Compound Fingerboard Radius
1 3/4" Bone Nut and Drop-In Saddle
25 1/2" Scale Length
Medium 18% Nickel-Silver Fretwire
Mother of Pearl Dot Fingerboard Inlays
Fully Adjustable Truss Rod
Ebony Bridge Pins and End Pin
Nickel Waverly Tuners with 16:1 Ratio
Recommended String Gauge - D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
Collings Deluxe Hardshell Case by TKL
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