Collings D3

We don’t get a lot of high end models like the Collings D3 through from Bill Collings, but when I do I’m always bowled over by the classically understated aesthetic … the jet black bound fingerboard with no face markers (just the all important side dots) … the bound Brazilian rosewood peghead highlighted with gold plated Waverlys … just a hint of flash with the premium Paua shell rosette !

After we get over the shock of how authoritative this instrument sounds when playing aggressive rhythm work I can really start to appreciate just how solid sounding the trebles on Bill’s guitars are. That is not a particularly easy feat when making a dreadnought, believe me. This dreadnought has the entire package, the required gale-force low end, that wonderful dry woody traditional midrange register and trebles that will slice through a fiddle like a hot knife through warm butter

Specifications

• 1 11/16″ wide polished bone nut
• bound ebony fingerboard
• bound peghead
• gold plated precision Waverly tuners
• Brazilian rosewood peghead veneer
• dart peghead volute
• soft-V neck profile
• 25 1/2″ scale length
• master grade Sitka spruce top
• pre war scalloped bracing
• premium Indian rosewood back & sides
• custom D3 center back marquetry
• grained ivoroid body binding
• Paua shell rosette
• dark ‘tortoiseshell’ pickguard with polished beveled edge
• ebony belly bridge
•  2 3/16″ string spacing at bridge
• intonation compensated polished bone saddle
• $4230 USD including deluxe hardshell case