Description
Description
The square-shouldered 14-fret dreadnought is the most popular steel-string acoustic guitar body shape in the world. While Collings is far from 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 instrument. 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.
The 3-style (D3) features East Indian rosewood back and sides with ivoroid body/fingerboard/peghead binding and butt wedge, no herringbone top purfling, a “chevron” backstrip, no fingerboard inlays, and an abalone rosette.
Specs
Specs
General
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the USA |
| Serial Number: | 35682 |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Square Shoulder Dreadnought |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | No Cutaway |
| Body Material: | East Indian Rosewood |
| Body Finish: | High Gloss Ultra-Thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Top Material: | Sitka Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Sitka Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | Pre-war Scalloped X-Brace |
| Body Binding: | Ivoroid |
| Rosette: | Abalone |
| Purfling: | Black/White/Black/White/Black |
| Body Notes: | Body Length: 20"; Body Depth: 4 7/8"; Lower Bout Width: 15 5/8"; Total Length: 40 1/4" |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Honduran Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | High Gloss Polyester Resin |
| Neck Shape: | Modified V |
| Fingerboard Material: | Ebony |
| Headstock Veneer: | Stained Exotic Ebony |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.6875" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | Compound 14-26" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Mortise & Tenon Hybrid |
| Inlay Shape: | No Inlays |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Black Dots |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Mother of Pearl Collings Logo |
| Neck Binding: | .060" ivoroid |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Bridge: | Ebony Belly-Style w/2 3/16" Spacing |
| Tuning Machines: | Gold Waverly |
| Fret Wire: | Medium 18% Nickel-Silver |
| Saddle: | Bone Drop In |
| Pickguard: | Tortoise |