Sound Pure's Take
Another T series instrument, another flawless blend of pre-war guitar design and Collings' exacting standards. The top alone will stop you in your tracks--gorgeous, finely grained Sitka that already has that warm, glowing luster that will deepen even further with age. Take your favorite flatpick to it and your day will instantly change for the better. A rich, reverby, insistently sustaining response can be found from bass to treble. It's great to play a dread with this level of balance, too--certainly bass heavy but not too shallow in the midrange. Sensitive enough to bring across every shade of vibrato, tough enough to keep you out of the luthier's shop for years to come!
From Collings Guitars
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.
- Serial Number
- 28047
- Top
- Sitka spruce
- Back & Sides
- E. Indian rosewood
- Construction
- Animal protein glue
- 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
- Bridge Pins/End Pin
- Ivoroid with black dot
- Nut
- Bone, 1 3/4"
- Saddle
- Bone, cutthrough
- Neck Profile
- Traditional
- Peghead Profile
- Tapered square with volute
- Neck Joint
- Mortise & tenon hybrid
- Truss Rod
- Fully adjustable
- Frets
- Medium 18% nickel-silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Stained Exotic Ebony with gold MOP Collings Logo
- Tuners
- Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio)
- 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)
- Fingerboard Radius
- 14" - 26" compound
- Body Finish
- High gloss extra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer
- Neck Finish
- High gloss extra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Strings
- D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"- .056")
- Case
- Collings Traditional Handcrafted Case
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