"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, deepbodied 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."
This beautiful example has an upgraded German spruce top and comes with a deluxe hardcase.
Specs:
| Top | German spruce |
| Back & Sides | E. 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") |
| Case | Deluxe hardshell case |
