This is an excellent condition 2013 Collings D41 Varnish powerhouse! Featuring a German Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides with hand rubbed Varnish finish plus a Vintage Now (VN) Mahogany neck, Adirondack braces, Abalone 41-style top purfling, Torch peghead inlay and more! Varnish gives the look and tone of a vintage instrument years ahead of it’s time. Huge tone and volume with amazing resonance even at the lightest touch.
Features a German Spruce top with aging toner, Indian Rosewood back and sides, hand rubbed Varnish finish, ‘Vintage Now’ Mahogany neck with diamond volute, Adirondack prewar scalloped bracing, Abalone Pearl 41-style top purfling, rosette, 42-style snowflake fretboard inlay and torch headstock inlay, full grained ivoroid bound body, neck and headstock, Ebony fretboard, bridge and pins, style 3 multi-colored wood backstrip, Gold Waverly tuners, Exotic Ebony overlay, bone nut and saddle, tortoise pickguard, K&K pickup system, 1 3/4” nut width, 2 5/16” saddle spacing and 25 1/2″ scale length.
Includes original hardshell case.
Collings Varnish is the ultimate finish option for tone. Hand rubbed oil varnish is painstaking process of applying very thin coats and letting it dry, sand repeat then polishing it to a high gloss. It ends up being a thinner finish than a sprayed nitroclellulose laquer and lets the guitar breathe. It is also a time tested process that has been used since the renaissance on violins and other instruments. It ends up giving the instrument a very open sound and allows the tone to jump from the instrument giving it a sound out of the box that would usually take a laquer guitar years to achieve. As looks go, varnish gives the guitar a vintage sheen where it gives the bindings, inlays etc a classic vintage tint that is unmistakable.
