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.

Standard Features Include:

• Select sitka spruce top
• Mahogany back & sides
• Black/white wood nitrate strip rosette
• Tortoise-style top/back body binding
• Black/white wood purfling with 1-style walnut backstrip
• Pre-war scalloped bracing
• Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
• High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Mahogany neck
• Square headstock with no volute
• 15 degree headstock angle
• Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid 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
• Modified V neck profile with 2 3/16" string spacing
• 14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
• 1 11/16" bone nut and drop-in saddle
• 25 1/2" Scale length
• Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
• Mother of pearl dot fingerboard inlays
• Fully adjustable truss rod
• Ebony bridge pins and end pin
• Nickel Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
• Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
• Collings deluxe hardshell case by TKL

Top Options: Sitka spruce (standard) Adirondack spruce European spruce Mahogany Design Options: 1 3/4" Nut Width 1 23/32" Nut Width Cutthrough Saddle "Vintage Now" Neck & Bridge Vintage Neck & Bridge Gold Waverly Tuners no tongue brace Adirondack braces Dalmation Pickguard Abalone Rosette 3-Style Backstrip Herringbone Fingerboard Binding Peghead Binding Finish Options: Sunburst Top Varnish Finish Satin Neck

Inlay Options: 42 Style Snowflakes (fingerboard) 45 Style Snowflakes (fingerboard) MOM Inlays (fingerboard) No Fingerboard Inlay Torch Peghead Inlay Flowerpot Peghead Inlay Rose Peghead Inlay Flourish Peghead Inlay more custom acoustic guitar options

Dimensions

• Body Length: 20"
• Body Depth at Side: 4 7/8"
• Lower Bout Width: 15 5/8"
• Total Length: 40 1/4"
• Scale Length: 25 1/2"
• Standard Nut Width: 1 11/16"

Strings

• Factory Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
• Recommended Gauges: