Collings 290 ThroBaks/Aged – Jet Black

Simple. Black. Eloquent. Pure and Raw. A tribute to the original rock n’ roll guitar, this Collings 290 Aged in Jet Black is constructed with a solid Honduran mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, Schaller wraparound bridge, 50s style wiring, and a pair of incredible ThroBak P90 pickups, among other features. PLEK machine leveling ensures amazing and consistent rockin’!

Sometimes you just need the pure basics – though with Collings it never feels basic, it feels honed, superbly crafted, expertly fitted.

The basics – done best.

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• Aged Finish and Hardware
• Construction Solid body single cutaway
• Body Honduran mahogany
• Neck Honduran mahogany
• Body Binding None
• Fingerboard Binding None
• Peghead Binding None
• Schaller Signum Wraparound Bridge
• Fingerboard Rosewood w/ ivoroid long dots (5mm non-tapered)
• Pickups ThroBak P90 52/54
• Pots/Caps DiMarzio 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
• Knobs Black top hat
• Pickup Rings Black
• Nut 1 11/16″
• Scale Length 24 7/8″
• Neck Joint Extra long mortise & tenon
• Frets Medium 18% nickel-silver
• Peghead Veneer Ebony w/ MOP Collings logo
• Peghead Profile Haircut
• Tuners Nickel Gotoh w/ Collings logo (Small Black Buttons)
• Wiring 50s style
• Fingerboard Radius 12″
• Guitar Finish High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
• Pickguard Tortoise
• Truss Rod Cover Black/Cream/Black with 290 logo
• Strings D’Addario NYXL1149 (.011″ – .049″)
• Body Length 17″
• Body Depth 1 5/8″
• Lower Bout Width 13 1/2″
• Total Length 38 1/2″
• 0.865″ @ 1st Fret
• 0.967″ @ 12th Fret
• Case Deluxe Hardshell case by Ameritage
• 7 lbs 9 oz
• #231771

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