Collings CW Guitar Varnish with Adirondack Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides ID-8811

Collings CW Guitar Varnish with Adirondack Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides

The Collings Winfield is a reissue of the famous Collings Clarence White model. Clarence White lead the way in presenting the acoustic guitar as a lead instrument in bluegrass music.

It features an enlarged soundhole, bringing more projection, improving the listening experience for both player and audience; and the absence of the tongue brace - which helps bring even more resonance and volume. It also features a ebony bridge with 2 1/4 string spacing and a cut-through saddle.

Collings describes the Winfield on their website as: "a highly modified version of our standard dreadnought that 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 14-fret dreadnoughts, make the Collings 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.

Full rich basses are complemented by clear, singing trebles with great clarity and sustain. The enlarged soundhole removes some of the "woofy" basses that so often plague larger instruments, especially in the recording process.

The enlargement allows you to tailor the sound by placing a mic a bit closer to the soundhole with much less proximity effect, resulting in a more immediate and balanced sound, often heard on Tony Rice recordings. Chordal runs are clear and concise, individual notes are distinct, and single note solos are loud and defined.

Thinner than nitrocellulose lacquer, the varnish finish is more flexible and allows the wood to resonate more, significantly smoothing out the mids and high, while enhancing the low end and warming the highs considerably.

Thanks to the varnish this is a tone monster. Listen to the recording and tell us what you think!

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Specifications:

Shipping Weight: 20

Serial: 23314

Top Wood: Adirondack

Back Wood: Indian Rosewood

Nut Width: 1 23/32"

Scale: 25 1/2"

Bracing: Adirondack Bracing

Rosette: Cross-cut grained ivoroid and wood nitrate strip rosette

Neck Wood: Mahogany

Fretboard: Ebony

Nut Material: Bone

Saddle Material: Long Cutthrough Saddle

Saddle Spacing: 2 1/4"

Bridge: Ebony CW Bridge

Bridge Pins: Ebony

Tuners: Nickel Waverly

Purfling: Herringbone

Body Binding: Ivoroid binding

Fretboard Binding: Ivoroid binding

Pickguard: Custom Dalmation Pickguard

Backstrip: 2 Style

Headstock Shape: Square headstock with volute 15 degree headstock angle

Headstock Overlay: Ebony

Headstock Inlay: M.O.P. Collings Logo

Frets To Body: 14

Neck Profile: Modified V neck profile

Body Depth: 4 7/8"

Lower Bout Width: 15 5/8"

Body Length: 20"

Total Length: 40 1/4"

Case: Hardshell Case Included

Misc. 1: Large Soundhole

Misc. 2: No Tongue Brace

Misc. 3: Varnish Finish