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-Fretmodel, the 0 12-Fret has a balanced and full tone with slightly morebass and overall volume. First introduced in 1854, the articulate toneand convenient size of the “0” 12-Fret body dimensions have remainedpopular to this day. Featuring a comfortable short 24 7/8″ scale and awide 2 5/16″ string spacing at the bridge, this model is well suited toboth finger style and strumming techniques and excels as a recordinginstrument. Convenient as a travel guitar but with the authoritativetone of a performance instrument, this model is versatile choice for anyguitarist.
- 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
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