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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 only company 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. Top Baked 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 long 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 Abalone Scale Length 25 1/2" 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-17 (.013"- .056") Case Deluxe hardshell case