Baby 1
Overview
Baby 1Our smallest model is a rarity among fractional size guitars: most listeners never guess that it's not a full-size instrument unless they see it being played. While lacking the deep bass of larger guitars the tone is remarkably balanced, with adequate volume for most applications. The Collings Baby is approximately a ¾ size version of our OM, 12 ½ inches wide in the lower bout with a 24 ⅛ inch scale, and the headstock and bridge are scaled to match. Sometimes the Baby is used as a travel guitar, but it often sees duty as a songwriter's tool, the guitar that's ready at a moment's notice and can be played while seated in any position. Like other Collings acoustic models, the Baby Series is available in a variety of tonewoods and appointments.
Specifications
Top | Sitka spruce |
Back & Sides | Honduran mahogany |
Neck | Honduran mahogany |
Body Binding | Tortoise with b/w/b/w top purfling |
Fingerboard Binding | None |
Peghead Binding | None |
Bridge | Ebony small belly-style with 2 3/16" spacing |
Fingerboard | Ebony with MOP short dots |
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 | Ebony with MOP Collings logo |
Tuners | Nickel Waverly |
Backstrip | 1-style (Walnut) |
Rosette | b/w Purfling |
Scale Length | 24 1/8" |
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 by TKL |