Description
(The following are excerpts from the Collings website)
The Collings 02H Traditional "features East Indian rosewood back and sides with ivoroid body binding and butt wedge, herringbone top purfling, a 'zipper' backstrip, diamonds and squares fingerboard inlays, and a more intricate 2-style rosette.
Our Traditional series instruments (T) offer a slightly looser, more “broken in” feel and tone, featuring a rounder high end and fuller low midrange, along with our Traditional aesthetic appointments, such as gold MOP inlays and custom wood purflings and rosette. Traditional models also feature an ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer body finish, abbreviated tongue brace, and a unique neck construction designed to complement the looser feel and voicing, along with our Traditional neck carve."
Specifications (courtesy of Collings)
Collings guitars are among the finest production instruments available on the market today - their craftsmanship, choice of materials and attention to detail are second to none, and we are proud to be an Authorized Collings Dealer.
| Top | Sitka spruce |
|---|---|
| Back & Sides | E. Indian rosewood |
| Neck | Honduran mahogany |
| Body Binding | Ivoroid with herringbone purfling |
| Fingerboard Binding | None |
| Peghead Binding | None |
| Bridge | Ebony belly-style with 2 3/16" spacing |
| Fingerboard | Ebony with abalone short diamond & squares |
| Fingerboard Radius | 14" - 26" compound |
| Bridge Pins/End Pin | Ebony with MOP dot |
| Nut | Bone, 1 11/16" |
| Saddle | Bone, drop-in |
| Neck Profile | Modified V |
| Peghead Profile | Square with volute |
| Neck Joint | Mortise & tenon hybrid |
| Truss Rod | Fully adjustable |
| Frets | Medium 18% nickel-silver |
| Peghead Veneer | Stained Exotic Ebony with MOP Collings logo |
| Tuners | Nickel Waverly |
| Backstrip | 2-style (Zipper) |
| Rosette | iv/tort/iv & b/w purflings |
| Scale Length | 24 7/8" |
| Brace Material | Sitka spruce |
| Brace Pattern | Pre-war scalloped X-brace |
| Body Finish | High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer |
| Neck Finish | High gloss polyester resin |
| Pickguard | Tortoise |
| Strings | D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"- .053") |
| Case | Deluxe hardshell case |