Collings D2HT Dreadnought w/ Baked Addy Top #25848
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- Collings D2HT Dreadnought w/ Baked Addy Top #25848
This traditional-series dread from Collings is unreal! It truly has the rumbling voice of an old guitar!
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The low strings on this thing could provoke a small earthquake
When I first start playing it, I couldn't stop softly arpeggiating an "A" chord
A, E, A, E, 1, 5, 1, 5. . .I was completely hypnotized
When I started exploring the neck more I snapped out of it, but I still couldn't believe what I was hearing
This guitar sounds ancient!
It's glorious!
The treble is round and warm, the bass is rich and confident but never overwhelming
It's truly worthy of the title "piano cannon"
When we did the video we had to back the mics up halfway across the room to capture its full complexity (ideally, they'd build a cage of mics around me, but in the "quick and dirty" series we always use the same matched pair. I felt like there were strong overtones swirling all around me.)
The extra-thin finish really lets it breathe and the torrefied top with extra-scalloped pre-war bracing gives it a wizened forward thrust that could blow down a barn door
Visually, it's pure magic
They hit every mark perfectly
The small rosette, the grained ivoroid
It's eye-catching, innovative, and extremely traditional all at once
This guitar is where it's at, folks
O, and the case? Handmade. I've never had so much fun with latches.
The Traditional or "T" Series guitars reflect Bill Collings' return to his guitar making roots and offer a new tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound. Each T Series guitar is built using animal protein glue and a very thin all nitrocellulose lacquer finish on the body, making them exceptionally dynamic and responsive. 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. Each Traditional series guitar will come with a handmade lightweight Collings case designed and built in the Collings shop. The pairing of these new Traditional guitars and cases makes for a combination of old world quality and aesthetic that is unprecedented among instruments available today.
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.
"Baked" Adirondack Red Spruce Top
East Indian rosewood back and sides
Animal protein glue
Custom wood nitrate strip rosette
Grained ivoroid top/back body binding
Small brown herringbone trim with 2-style backstrip
Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped bracing
No tongue brace
Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
Extra thin high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
Mahogany neck
Square headstock with volute
15 degree headstock angle
Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid gold pearl 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
Traditional neck profile with 2 5/16" string spacing
14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
1 3/4" bone nut and cut-through saddle
25 1/2" Scale length
Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
Gold mother of pearl diamond and square fingerboard inlays
Fully adjustable truss rod
Ivoroid bridge pins and end pin with black dots
Nickel Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
Collings handmade Traditional hardshell case