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Collings D1A Traditional (508)
$6,450.00
New Collings D1 Traditional in stock. Features a Baked Adirondack Spruce top.
The Traditional or “T” Series guitars reflect Bill Collings’ return to his guitar making roots and offer anew 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.
- Select Baked Adirondack spruce top
- Honduran Mahogany back and sides
- Animal protein glue
- Custom wood nitrate strip rosette
- Tortoise top/back body binding
- Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped bracing
- Extra thin high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Mahogany neck
- Square headstock
- 15 degree headstock angle
- Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid gold pearl 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
- Traditional neck profile with 2 5/16″ string spacing
- 14″-26″ Compound fingerboard radius
- 1 3/4″ bone nut and cutthrough saddle
- 25 1/2″ Scale length
- Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- Gold mother of pearl diamond and square fingerboard inlays
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Nickel Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
- Recommended string gauge – D’Addario EJ-17 (.013″-.056″)
- Collings TKL hardshell case
