Sound Pure's Take
What, you've never heard of a SJ-2,000,000? Man! You just don't see guitars like this very often, regardless of the manufacturer or year. After our luthier's setup/fret dress, there isn't one single thing about this instrument we would change. The look, the fit and finish, the decisions to shorten the scale length for additional comfort/punch and to drape the whole production in Varnish for lightweight, true vintage tone--absolutely unimpeachable! We're all going to be standing on the sidewalk with tears in our eyes when the truck takes this one away--treat 'er right!
Condition: Used, Very Good
From Collings Guitars
The SJ is our version of what is commonly called a small Jumbo. Although the 16 inch lower bout is slightly wider than a dreadnought, and the sides almost as deep, the tight curve at the waist creates in a very different sound chamber. SJs, especially examples in maple, typically have a more pronounced midrange response when compared to a dreadnought, making them ideal candidates for a rounded cutaway. Players looking for the bass and overall volume of a large guitar, but with lots of treble clarity and midrange crunch, often find just what they need in the curvaceous SJ.
- Model
- SJ SS SB
- Serial
- 17525
- Year
- 2010
- Top
- Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides
- Maple
- Neck
- Maple
- Body Binding
- Ivoroid with Herringbone Purfling
- Fingerboard Binding
- .100 Ivoroid with B/W Purfling
- Peghead Binding
- .100 Ivoroid with B/W Purfling
- Bridge
- Ebony Modern-Style with 2 3/16" Spacing
- Fingerboard
- Ebony with MOP Long Dots
- Bridge Pins/End Pin
- Ebony with MOP Dot
- Nut
- Bone, 1 3/4"
- Saddle
- Bone, Drop-In
- Neck Profile
- C-Shape
- Peghead Profile
- Haircut
- Neck Joint
- Mortise & Tenon Hybrid
- Truss Rod
- Fully Adjustable
- Frets
- Medium 18% Nickel
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony with MOP Collings Logo & Flourish
- Tuners
- Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio)
- Backstrip
- Maple Mosaic
- Rosette
- Ivoroid with B/W Purfling
- Scale Length
- Short Scale
- Brace Material
- Sitka Spruce
- Brace Pattern
- Pre-War Scalloped X-Brace
- Fingerboard Radius
- 14" - 26" compound
- Body Finish
- Varnish
- Neck Finish
- High Gloss Polyester Resin
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Case
- 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.
Returns
Not eligible for Try Before You Buy or the 48-hour approval period. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.
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