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Condition: Used, Very Good
SP Luthier Notes: (A) Minor dent(s) on the top of the guitar required our luthier to fill, color match, and refinish the area to improve the cosmetics of the guitar. A portion of the frets were not level with each other requiring them to be leveled, recrowned, and polished into near mint condition. No further work was required.
From Collings Guitars
Our Traditional Series or “T” guitars represent an exciting vintage-inspired tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound, designed and crafted to showcase the most desirable characteristics present in coveted pre-war instruments. Bracing and tone woods are adjusted for weight and thickness to create a voicing characterized by warm, rounded highs and a present low midrange, while retaining a quick attack and strong projection.
Our 2-style (D2H T) features East Indian rosewood back and sides with ivoroid body binding and butt wedge, small brown herringbone top purfling, a “zipper” backstrip, diamonds and squares fingerboard inlays, and a more intricate 2-style rosette.
Our Traditional series instruments (T) offer a slightly looser, more “broken in” feel and tone, featuring a rounder high end and fuller low midrange, along with our Traditional aesthetic appointments, such as gold MOP inlays and custom wood purflings and rosette. Traditional models also feature an ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer body finish, no tongue brace, and a unique neck construction designed to complement the looser feel and voicing, along with our Traditional neck carve. Due to the vintage-inspired vision for these guitars, Traditional instruments are offered with limited custom options.
- Completed
- 2/16/2024
- Top
- Adirondack spruce
- Back & Sides
- E. Indian rosewood
- Construction
- Traditional Series Build and Voicing
- Neck
- Honduran mahogany
- Body Binding
- Ivoroid with small brown herringbone purfling
- Fingerboard Binding
- None
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Bridge
- Ebony belly-style with 2 5/16" spacing
- Fingerboard
- Ebony with gold MOP long diamond & squares
- Fingerboard Radius
- 14" - 26" compound
- Bridge Pins/End Pin
- Ivoroid with black dot
- Nut
- Bone, 1 3/4"
- Saddle
- Bone, cutthrough
- Neck Profile
- Traditional
- Peghead Profile
- Square with volute
- Neck Joint
- Mortise & tenon hybrid
- Truss Rod
- Fully adjustable
- FretsMedium
- 18% nickel-silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Stained Exotic Ebony with gold MOP Collings Logo
- Tuners
- Nickel Waverly, Relic Nickel Waverly for Vintage Satin models
- Backstrip
- 2-style (Zipper)
- Rosette
- Custom wood rosette
- Scale Length
- 25 1/2"
- Brace Material
- Sitka spruce
- Brace Pattern
- Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped X-brace (no tongue brace)
- Body Finish
- High gloss ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer
- Neck Finish
- High gloss polyester resin
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Strings
- D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"- .056")
- 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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