Any other 12 fret freaks out there?

[Kevin]

Little bump of this thread - my first post proper, following my intro that I added today.

Have a lovely Eastman E10P: mahogany, sunburst spruce top, ebony board, 12 fret, slothead, 1 13/16" nut, 2 5/16" bridge spacing. A real proper old-style blues box, sounds great, incredible value for money. As I said in my intro post, I'd love to have something similar from Collings but can't afford it and keep my OM2H; also couldn't justify having such a guitar as a lesser-used occasional player.

[12Frets]

Little bump of this thread - my first post proper, following my intro that I added today.

Have a lovely Eastman E10P: mahogany, sunburst spruce top, ebony board, 12 fret, slothead, 1 13/16" nut, 2 5/16" bridge spacing. A real proper old-style blues box, sounds great, incredible value for money. As I said in my intro post, I'd love to have something similar from Collings but can't afford it and keep my OM2H; also couldn't justify having such a guitar as a lesser-used occasional player.

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Joelh]

First post. Just bought an 0001A. It will replace my Bourgeois Martin Simpson 12 fret. Looking forward to joining the Collings family

[oldpaint]

I might be on my way to becoming a 12-fret freak. I have one -- a 0000-18 Martin sinker mahogany custom from Gruhn's -- and one on the way -- a Collings 003. I also have two 14-fret Martins, a 1992 D-18 Vintage and a Perry Bechtel Special 000-28 made in 2007. The quad-0 sinker sounds amazing. If I had to choose just one to keep, that would be the one. We'll see whether the smaller Collings changes that.

[oldpaint]

I wonder whether any of y'all have played one of those 0000-sized Martin 12-fretters. Gruhn's has a bunch of them made out of sinker mahogany that are pleasing to the eye, complete with a lovely slot-head. (I know it's not a Collings, but I love a Martin too.) Here's one:

https://guitars.com/inventory/ab10520-n ... r-mahogany

I think a 000 is about the perfect size, there's something about the fullness of a dread that's hard to compete with. I wonder where a 0000 falls in line, tonally and in terms of comfort and playability. Anyone seen one of these in the wild?

I have one of these and I love it. Tonally, I would say it is as loud as my D-18, or close to it, but with a fuller, richer tone. In terms of comfort, it beats the dread but not my 000-28. The quad-0 is the same depth as the triple-0. The lower bout is actually a tad wider than the dread's, and I think the body might be slightly longer in the 12-fret version, but the waist is narrower, so it sits a little lower on your leg. This guitar sounded great when brand-new, and I expect the Adirondack top to get better with age (it's a year old now). I think it's probably a combination of factors -- the sinker wood, adi top, 0000 size and 12-fret configuration -- but this is a really great sounding and playing guitar, for my tastes.