The square-shouldered 14-fret dreadnought is the most popular steel-string acoustic guitar body shape in the world. While Collings is certainly not the only company to build them, we bring a new tonal clarity to the depth and warmth usually associated with such a large, deep-bodied guitar.
Although its bass response makes the dreadnought ideal for vocal accompaniment, Collings versions are also often employed by bluegrass flatpickers who must compete with inherently louder instruments such as banjos and fiddles. The wide range of woods and neck sizes offered allow dreadnought fans to find a Collings model ideally suited to their playing style and tonal preference.
SPECIFICATIONS
Top: Sitka spruce
Back & Sides: East Indian rosewood
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Body Binding: Ivoroid with herringbone purfling
Fingerboard Binding: None
Peghead Binding: None
Bridge: Ebony belly-style with 2 3/16″ spacing
Fingerboard: Ebony with abalone long diamond & squares
Fingerboard: Radius 14″ – 26″ compound
Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony with MOP dot
Nut: Bone, 1 11/16″
Saddle: Bone, drop-in
Neck Profile: Modified V
Peghead Profile: Square with volute
Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod: Fully adjustable
Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead: Veneer Stained Exotic Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners: Nickel Waverly
Backstrip: 2-style (Zipper)
Rosette: iv/tort/iv & b/w purflings
Scale Length: 25 1/2″
Brace Material: Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern: Pre-war scalloped X-brace
Body Finish: High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish: High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard: Tortoise
Strings: D’Addario EJ-17 (.013″- .056″)