Our Traditional Series or “T” guitars represent an exciting vintage-inspired tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound, designed and crafted to showcase the most desirable characteristics present in coveted pre-war instruments. 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. Our 1-style (D1 T) features Honduran mahogany back and sides with tortoise body binding and ebony butt wedge, custom wood top purfling, a walnut backstrip, dot fingerboard inlays, and a simpler 1-style rosette. Top Adirondack spruce Back & Sides Honduran mahogany Construction Traditional Series Build and Voicing Neck Honduran mahogany Body Binding Tortoise with custom wood purflings Fingerboard Binding None Peghead Binding None Bridge Ebony belly-style with 2 5/16" spacing Fingerboard Ebony with gold MOP long dots Fingerboard Radius 14" - 26" compound Bridge Pins/End Pin Tortoise-style Nut Bone, 1 3/4" Saddle Bone, cutthrough Neck Profile Traditional Peghead Profile Square Neck Joint Mortise & tenon hybrid Truss Rod Fully adjustable Frets Medium 18% nickel-silver Peghead Veneer Ebony with gold MOP Collings Logo Tuners Nickel Waverly, Relic Nickel Waverly for Vintage Satin models Backstrip 1-style (Walnut) Rosette Custom wood rosette Scale Length 25 1/2" Brace Material Sitka spruce Brace Pattern Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped X-brace (abbreviated tongue brace) Body Finish High gloss ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer Neck Finish High gloss polyester resin Pickguard Tortoise Strings D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"- .056") Case Deluxe hardshell case
