Collings 03 12-Fret Maple German Spruce (094)

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