As with all of our Traditional Series guitars, when it came time to add a “T” designation to our slope-shoulder offerings, we didn’t simply tweak the original; the all-new Collings CJ-45 T is a fully re-imagined instrument that offers a distinct tonal variation when compared to our CJ and CJ-35 models.

Strongly vintage-inspired, the body construction has been completely re-engineered,

including new bracing carves and patterns. When combined with our latest T-Series neck design and new CJ-45 neck profile, the result showcases a tone that is exceptionally dry and fundamental with the growl and thump sought after in the great slope-shoulder dreads of the Wartime era.

Top: Adirondack Spruce 

Back and Sides: Honduran Mahogany

Construction: Traditional Series Build and Voicing

Neck: Honduran Mahogany

Body Binding: Ivoroid with no Purfling

Fingerboard Binding: None

Peghead Binding: None

Bridge: Ebony Straight-Style with 2 5/16" Spacing

Radius: 12"

Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood with 19 Frets and MOP Long Dots 

Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ivoroid, No Dot 

Nut: Bone, 1 3/4"

Saddle: Bone, Cutthrough 

Neck Profile: CJ-45 Carve (Small neck option, .861" - .979") 

Peghead Profile: Haircut

Neck Joint: Mortise & Tenon Hybrid

Truss Rod: Fully Adjustable

Frets: Medium 18% Nickel-Silver

Peghead Veneer: Ebony with MOP Collings Logo

Tuners: Nickel Waverly w/ Ivoroid Buttons (16:1 Ratio)

Backstrip: 1-Style (Walnut)

Rosette: Single-ring of multiple b/w purflings

Scale Length: 24 7/8"

Bracing Material: Sitka Spruce

Brace Pattern: CJ-45 Wartime Scalloped X-Brace 

Body Finish: High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Finish: High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Pickguard: Tortoise

Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 .013-.056

Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case