The Facts:
From Collings:
Serial # 26542 was completed on 1/31/2017. Its specs are as follows –
Collings 0001 - $5975.00 (Base Price)
*Options / Upgrades are in BOLD print & have Asterisks *
Top - *Baked Adirondack spruce* - $1500.00
Back & Sides- *Figured Mahogany ( Plum Pudding)* - $1500.00
*Cutaway* - $750.00
Neck- Honduran mahogany
Body Binding- *Tortoise with b/w/b/w top purfling*- $300.00
Fingerboard Binding- *Tortoise with purfling* - $250.00
Peghead Binding- *Tortoise with purfling* - $250.00
Bridge Ebony pyramid-style with 2 5/16" spacing
Fingerboard- Ebony *with 42-style snowflake inlays* - $350.00
Fingerboard Radius 14" - 26" compound
Bridge Pins/End Pin Ebony with MOP dot
Nut Bone, 1 13/16"
Saddle Bone, drop-in
Neck Profile Modified V
Peghead Profile Tapered slotted square with volute
Neck Joint Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod Fully adjustable
Frets Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio)
Backstrip 1-style (Walnut)
Rosette- *Abalone* - $300.00
Scale Length 25 1/2"
Brace Material -*Adirondack spruce* - $100.00
Brace Pattern Pre-war scalloped X-brace
Body Finish High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard Tortoise
Deluxe hardshell case by TKL
Current 2023 Price - $11,275.00 + Taxes
Current Collings "Custom Build" time - Approximately 3 years
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My $0.02 worth:
Guitar is very lightweight & in "Immaculate" Condition
There is truly not a mark on it...
Pure "Crystalline Sound"!
A Fingerstylists' Dream!
* Label is signed by Bill Collings. Most likely one of the last few?...
Comes with original Collings hardshell case. Also in MINT Condition.
Save yourself over $2,500.00!
Asking $7950.00 USD (net to me) + S&H
Open to reasonable offers, but no trade interests at the moment
Feel free to contact me directly at - onthe4@shaw.ca
Guitar can also be seen on Reverb & the AGF
*** Please excuse any & all reflections in the following pics that I took. I'm obviously not a pro photographer.I simply took them the other day so that you can rest assured that the guitar is in the exact same Pristine condition as it was when the studio pics were taken...
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