New Collings 03 12-Fret in stock! This extra special guitar features a German Spruce top, Figured Maple Back and sides, and the Torch headstock inlay.
With softer contours and a longer body dimension than our 0 14-Fret
model, the 0 12-Fret has a balanced and full tone with slightly more
bass and overall volume. First introduced in 1854, the articulate tone
and convenient size of the "0" 12-Fret body dimensions have remained
popular to this day. Featuring a comfortable short 24 7/8" scale and a
wide 2 5/16" string spacing at the bridge, this model is well suited to
both finger style and strumming techniques and excels as a recording
instrument. Convenient as a travel guitar but with the authoritative
tone of a performance instrument, this model is versatile choice for any
guitarist.
- German spruce top
- Figured Maple back and sides
- Select abalone rosette
- Grained ivoroid top/back/neck/peghead binding
- Black/white wood purfling with 3-style mosaic backstrip
- Pre-war scalloped bracing
- Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Figured Maple neck
- Double bound square slotted headstock with volute
- 15 degree headstock angle
- Ebony peghead overlay with custom Torch inlay
- Ebony fingerboard with ebony belly-style bridge
- Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint
- 20 Frets, neck joins the body at the 12th fret
- Modified V neck profile with 2 5/16" string spacing
- 14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
- 1 13/16" Bone nut and drop-in saddle
- 24 7/8" Short scale Length
- Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- No fingerboard inlays
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Ebony bridge pins and end pin
- Gold Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
- Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"-.053")
- Collings deluxe hardshell case by TKL