Presenting the Collings DS3A Wenge Custom, featuring an Adirondack Spruce top, Wenge back and sides, and the optional 1 3/4" Nut Width option.
This is the original 12-fret dreadnought shape, first designed as an oversized Hawaiian guitar almost a century ago. Collings has retained the shape and wide neck with slotted headstock from that bygone era, but the DS models are thoroughly modern guitars with a unique sound all their own.
The longer body with the bridge closer to the center of the lower bout delivers an open, airy tone with smoothness and warmth not typically found in modern 14-fret dreadnoughts. Whether flatpicked or played fingerstyle, these guitars have lots of headroom and the wide dynamic range invites everything from mellow accompaniment to biting leads.
The unique combination of Wenge back and sides with an Adirondack Spruce top gives this particular guitar incredible note separation with very little overtone sequence, making it great for chicken picking, bluegrass, or hard strumming with little breakup and clarity throughout its volume range.
Photos are of the actual guitar for sale, SN 37002.
Top: Adirondack Spruce
Back & Sides: Wenge
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Body Binding: Ivoroid with b/w/b/w/b purfling
Fingerboard Binding: .060" ivoroid
Peghead Binding: .100" ivoroid with b/w purfling
Bridge: Ebony belly-style with 2 3/8" spacing
Fingerboard: Ebony with No Front Inlay
Fingerboard Radius: 14" - 26" compound
Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony with abalone dot
Nut: Bone, 1 13/16"
Saddle: Bone, drop-in
Neck Profile: Modified V
Peghead Profile: Tapered slotted 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: Gold Waverly
Backstrip: 3-style (Chevron)
Rosette: Abalone
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
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