Sound Pure's Take
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
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 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.
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
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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