Our Traditional Series or “T” guitars represent an exciting vintage-inspired tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound, designed and crafted to showcase the most desirable characteristics present in coveted pre-war instruments. Bracing and tone woods are adjusted for weight and thickness to create a voicing characterized by warm, rounded highs and a present low midrange, while retaining a quick attack and strong projection.

Our 1-style (D1 T) features Honduran mahogany back and sides with tortoise body binding and ebony butt wedge, custom wood top purfling, a walnut backstrip, dot fingerboard inlays, and a simpler 1-style rosette.

Top: Adirondack spruce

Back & Sides: Honduran mahogany

Construction: Traditional Series Build and Voicing

Neck: Honduran mahogany

Body Binding: Tortoise with custom wood purflings

Fingerboard Binding: None

Peghead Binding: None

Bridge: Ebony belly-style with 2 5/16" spacing

Fingerboard: Ebony with gold MOP long dots

Fingerboard Radius: 14" - 26" compound

Bridge Pins/End Pin: Tortoise-style

Nut: Bone, 1 3/4"

Saddle: Bone, cutthrough

Neck Profile: Traditional

Peghead Profile: Square

Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon hybrid

Truss Rod: Fully adjustable

Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver

Peghead Veneer: Ebony with gold MOP Collings Logo

Tuners: Nickel Waverly, Relic Nickel Waverly for Vintage Satin models

Backstrip: 1-style (Walnut)

Rosette: Custom wood rosette

Scale Length: 25 1/2"

Brace Material: Sitka spruce

Brace Pattern: Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped X-brace (abbreviated tongue brace)

Body Finish: High gloss ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer

Neck Finish: High gloss polyester resin

Pickguard: Tortoise

Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"- .056")

Case: Deluxe hardshell case