Used

2021 Collings 001 Traditional Satin 14-Fret Acoustic Guitar – Used

Original price was: $5,250.00.Current price is: $4,462.50.

Pickup available 211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto, CA

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This Collings 001 Traditional was built in Austin, Texas in 2021 and it’s in excellent, lightly played condition. The frets are in good shape and show just a hint a wear. This example has the optional satin finish. The 00 14-Fret finds the sweet spot between a small-bodied and mid-sized instrument while bringing to the table a distinctive voice and character all its own. The shorter 24 7/8″ scale length combined with a relatively broad waist allows for a more delicate top-voicing, producing an openness that’s equally suited for accentuating subtle nuances as it is for digging in on single-note runs.

The secret of its great tone isn’t really much of a secret. The trick is that for its Traditional Series, Collings has revived some of the more labor intensive techniques that builders used back in the 1930s and 1940s, the decade we consider the Golden Era of American guitar-making. One of the most important elements is the use of lighter, stiffer wood in the tops and bracing.

Other tone enhancing features include a thinner all-nitrocellulose lacquer satin finish with no UV-cure filler or undercoats; no flat brace (sometimes called “tongue brace”) under the end of the fingerboard; and bridges with a through-cut saddle. The neck shapes also have more rounded fingerboard edges and a vintage-inspired profile and taper. While these guitars are not “distressed” or artificially worn to make them appear like an older instrument, both the sound and the feel of these Traditional Series Collings models achieve a more “broken-in” impression for the player, and the listener.