The Traditional or "T" Series guitars reflect Bill Collings' return to his guitar making roots and offer a new tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound. Each T Series guitar is built using animal protein glue and a very thin all nitrocellulose lacquer finish, making them exceptionally dynamic and responsive. 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. Each Traditional series guitar will come with a handmade lightweight Collings case designed and built in the Collings shop. The pairing of these new Traditional guitars and cases makes for a combination of old world quality and aesthetic that is unprecedented among instruments available today.

 

 

 

• Adirondack spruce top
• Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped X-brace (no tongue brace)
• East Indian rosewood back and sides
• Cross-cut grained ivoroid and wood nitrate strip rosette
• Grained ivoroid top/back body binding
• Small brown Herringbone trim with matching 2-style backstrip
• Pre-war scalloped bracing
• Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
• High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Mahogany neck
• Square headstock with 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
• Traditional neck profile with 2 5/16" string spacing
• 14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
• 1 3/4" Bone nut and drop-in saddle
• 25 1/2" Scale length
• Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
• Mother of pearl diamond and square 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-16 (.012"-.053")
• Collings TKL case