Collings 290 DC Doghair w/Throbaks '52-'54 P90's

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Description

"Every day we try to make a better guitar, every day. You're trying to reach for more, trying to do better, not trying to do the same. A lot of companies are trying to do the same, and that's okay - that's their deal. We're trying to stretch that. Our goal is a little more." - Bill Collings

The 290 DC (double cutaway) features a mahogany slab body, short-scale, and Throbak '52-'54 P90s. All the stripped down elegance and tone that made the original Gibson LP Juniors and Specials so great, taken to a more refined place with the "Collings treatment" (looking at you, smoking hot Doghair finish)!

The best aspects of this guitar's tone are undoubtedly due to the Throbak '52/'54 P90s. Looking to capture that late 50s P90 magic? These pickups get you as close as any we've come across. The bridge P90 has a killer, almost Tele-like twang with a more pronounced midrange bite - not surprising to hear for anyone familiar with a great P90. The neck pickup is round and warm though it still retains a really nice top-end response - articulate without being sterile.

This eye-catching 290 is priced with Ameritage hardshell case from Collings!

Specs

  • 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 covers and black top hat knobs
  • Throbak '52/'54 P90s
  • 1950's style wiring scheme
  • Dimarzio 500K pots and Jupiter capacitors
  • Switchcraft toggle switch and output jack
  • Nickel tuners 
  • Serial No. 290DC19423

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