2011 Collings CW MHSB (Shade Top CW MH A)

We are pleased to post this Collings CW MHSB with the very desirable varnish finish and shaded top.

This exquisite guitar is in pristine condition and needs nothing.

Named after the well-loved Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, the Collings Winfield is a highly modified version of the standard Collings dreadnought and features options commonly requested by flatpicking specialists. The combination of the stiff Adirondack spruce top with enlarged soundhole, supported by a top bracing pattern based on the earliest Martin 14-fret dreadnoughts make the CW a bluegrass powerhouse. Everything about this model is designed to provide plenty of headroom and projection for aggressive playing, but not at the expense of good tone.

Features Include:

Select Adirondack spruce top (shaded)
Mahogany back & sides
Large sound hole with black/white wood nitrate rosette
Tortoise-style top/back/neck binding
Black/white wood purfling with 1-style walnut backstrip
Pre-war scalloped Adirondack braces w/no tongue brace
Dalmatian-style celluloid pick guard
High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
Mahogany neck
Square headstock with volute
15 degree headstock angle
Ebony peg head overlay with inlaid Collings logo
Ebony fingerboard with ebony belly-style bridge
Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint
21 Frets, neck joins the body at the 14th fret
Modified V neck profile with 2 1/4″ string spacing
14″-26″ Compound fingerboard radius
1 23/32″ Bone nut and cut through saddle
25 1/2″ Scale length
Medium 18% nickel-silver fret wire
No fingerboard inlays
Fully adjustable truss rod
Ebony bridge pins and end pin
Nickel Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
Recommended string gauge – .013″-.056″