This Collings Ladybird takes the Collings build quality and engineering prowess and focuses it on a whole new realm of vintage guitar. Featuring a fully hollow poplar body paired with a poplar neck, this is a warm, subtle guitar that can take on everything from a shoegaze-y, lush reverb vibes to an Americana/roots edge-of-break up sound. Due to the Collings reengineered, vintage-inspired '60s design, this new model has a quick decay to the note, with a full punchy attack that makes it a real joy to play. Every choice, from the use of poplar to the rosewood bridge and fingerboard help to accentuate the unique tonal qualities of this Collings build.
Here with a pair of custom-voiced Righteous Sound Cathedral pickups, that deliver a modern take on that classic '60s catalogue gold-foil sound. The appointments, including the black subtly antiqued finish and leopard binding, paired with the bold pickguard and pickup inserts make for a truly wild new Collings vibe.
Sporting a set of D'Addario flatwounds to further accentuate that tone, they can certainly be swapped and setup with roundwounds thanks to our in-house team of luthiers. Includes the original hardshell case.
Finish: Antiqued Jet Black finish
Construction: Fully hollow
Body: Poplar
Top: Poplar
Neck: Poplar
Body Binding: Leopard tortoise
Bridge: Indian rosewood
Tailpiece: Collings original trapeze tailpiece
Fingerboard: Rosewood w/ MOP Ladybird® dots
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Soundhole: F-hole (unbound)
Pickups: Righteous Sound Cathedral
Pots/Caps: 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
Knobs: Davies Radio
Nut: 1 11/16"
Scale Length: 24 1/8"
Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon
Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer: Ebony w/ MOP Collings logo
Peghead Profile: Flipped haircut
Tuners: Kluson
Wiring: 50s style
Guitar Finish: Nitrocellulose lacquer
Pickguard: Single-ply tortoise
Truss Rod Cover: Matches pickguard
Strings: D'Addario Flat Wound Chromes .011's with wound G
