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The square-shouldered 14-fret dreadnought is the most popular steel-string acoustic guitar body shape in the world. While Collings is certainly not the first to build them, we bring a new tonal clarity to the depth and warmth usually associated with such a large, deep-bodied guitar. Although its bass response makes the dreadnought ideal for vocal accompaniment, Collings versions are also often employed by bluegrass flatpickers who must compete with inherently louder instruments such as banjos and fiddles. The wide range of woods and neck sizes offered allow dreadnought fans to find a Collings model ideally suited to their playing style and tonal preference.
Features Include:
- Select Sitka spruce
- Honduran mahogany back & sides
- Tortoise-style binding
- Simple walnut backstrip
- Pre-war scalloped bracing
- Black/white wood nitrate strip rosette
- Tortoise-style pickguard
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Honduran Mahogany Neck
- Ebony fingerboard and bridge
- Ebony peghead overlay
- Mother-of-pearl Collings logo
- Pearl dot fingerboard markers
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Bone nut and drop-in saddle
- Ebony bridge pins and end pin
- Nickel Waverly tuners
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Kenny Smith - D1 A V
Jesse Cobb - Andy Falco - Kym Warner
Dimensions
- Body Length: 20"
- Body Depth: 4 7/8"
- Lower Bout Width: 15 5/8"
- Total Length: 40 1/4"
- Scale Length: 25 1/2"
- Standard Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Strings
- Factory Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"-.056")
- Recommended Gauges:
- Interview: Bill Collings interview from Acoustic magazine
- Acoustic Guitar Options: Neck Profile and Bridge Options Diagram
- Artists and Sightings: Herb Pederson - Collings D1 A
- Artists and Sightings: Adam Aijala - Collings D1
- Artists and Sightings: David Bromberg - Collings D1 A Varnish
- Artists and Sightings: Andy Falco - Collings D1 A
- Artists and Sightings: Kenny and Amanda Smith - Collings D1 A V and D1 A SB
