Collings SJ SB Acoustic Guitar (1998) – Vintage Tone, Incredible Sound

1998 Collings SJ SB acoustic guitar — a player’s instrument with the kind of tone that only decades of natural ageing can produce. Built by the renowned Collings Guitars, this SJ delivers a rich, warm, and articulate sound that stands out in any setting.

This guitar has been well played and well loved, and it shows a few cosmetic scratches and signs of normal use. Nothing structural, purely aesthetic and in my opinion, it adds to the character of a nearly 30-year-old instrument. Most importantly, it plays beautifully and sounds absolutely phenomenal.

Specs:

Top: Sitka spruce

Back & Sides: European maple

Neck: European maple

Body Binding: Ivoroid with b/w/b/w/b purfling

Fingerboard Binding: .100" ivoroid with b/w purfling

Peghead Binding: .100" ivoroid with b/w purfling

Bridge: Ebony modern-style with 2 3/16" spacing

Fingerboard: Ebony with MOP Modern Diamonds

Fingerboard Radius: 14" - 26" compound

Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony with MOP dot

Nut: Bone, 1 11/16"

Saddle: Bone, drop-in

Neck Profile: C-shape

Peghead Profile: Haircut

Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon hybrid

Truss Rod: Fully adjustable

Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver

Peghead Veneer: Ebony with MOP Collings logo and Modern Diamond Inlay

Tuners: Nickel Waverly

Backstrip: Maple mosaic

Rosette: Ivoroid with b/w purfling

Scale Length 25 1/2"

Brace Material: Sitka spruce

Brace Pattern: Pre-war scalloped X-brace

Body Finish: High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer