Fun all around!  The Sitka top has opened, the guitar has settled, and this thing is sounding like it's plain satisfied with itself.  It's happy to do whatever you like--every degree of forcefullness, both flatpicking and fingerpicking, elicits a great response.  The rosewood supplies the clarity in the highs and lows as well as the nice scoop to the mids that I expect and want to hear.  The former owner, in addition to taking good care of 'er, also dialed in a crazy-good setup that we can't get enough of here at the shop.  It's as low as low gets without buzz--I've never had a better time playing a dreadnought!  Call us up today before this charmer moves on to the next party!



Condition: Used, Very Good - Some small scratching

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.

2012

Serial Number: 19810

Select Sitka spruce top

East Indian rosewood back and sides

Cross-cut grained ivoroid and wood nitrate strip rosette

Grained ivoroid top/back body binding

Herringbone trim with matching 2-style backstrip

Pre-war scalloped bracing

Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard

High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish

Mahogany neck

Square headstock with 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 11/16" Bone nut and drop-in saddle

25 1/2" Scale length

Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire

Abalone diamond and square 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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