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Actual Weight | 7 lbs 9 oz |
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Collings 290 – 1959 Faded Crimson – Charlie Christian/NAMM Instrument
Serial Number: 161351
Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz
If you’re looking for a true Rock ‘n Roll guitar, the Collings 290 is impeccable. It’s tonal versatility is so broad, thanks to hand-wound P90 pickup and Charlie Christian neck pickup by Jason Lollar. Named after the Texas – Highway 290, the Collings 290 is more than just a guitar, it’s an American Classic.
Other specifications include:
- Select solid mahogany body and neck
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Unbound “Haircut” headstock
- 15 degree headstock angle
- Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid Collings logo
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Long mortise and tenon neck joint w/contoured heel
- 22 Frets, neck joins the body at the 16th fret
- Medium-Fat “C” neck shape
- 12″ Fingerboard radius
- 1 11/16″ Bone nut
- 24 7/8″ Scale length
- Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- Grained ivoroid dot fingerboard inlays
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Black pickup cover and black top hat knobs
- Lollar soapbar P90 bridge pickup
- Lollar Charlie Chrisian hex neck pickup
- 1950’s style wiring scheme
- CTS 500K pots and Xicon caps
- Switchcraft toggle switch and output jack
- Tonepros Nashville tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece
- Nickel Gotoh SG301 tuners w/ vintage-style buttons 1:18 ratio
- Recommended string guage – D’Addario EXL-115 (.011″-.049″)
- Body Length 17″
- Body Depth 1 5/8″
- Lower Bout Width 13 1/2″
- Total Length 38 1/2″
- Collings deluxe hardshell case by Ameritage
- 7 lbs 9 oz
- #161351
For more information on the Collings 290 NAMM Instrument, please contact us.
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$3,060.00
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PLEASE CALL: 314-274-9571
PLEASE CALL: 314-274-9571
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