Collings Baby 1 Small Body Guitar

Our smallest model is a rarity among fractional size guitars: most listeners never guess that it's not a full-size instrument unless they see it being played. While lacking the deep bass of larger guitars the tone is remarkably balanced, with adequate volume for most applications. The Collings Baby is approximately a ¾ size version of our OM, 12 ½ inches wide in the lower bout with a 24 ⅛ inch scale, and the headstock

and bridge are scaled to match. Sometimes the Baby is used as a travel guitar, but it often sees duty as a songwriter's tool, the guitar that's ready at a moment's notice and can be played while seated in any position. Like other Collings acoustic models, the Baby Series is available in a variety of tonewoods and appointments.

Top    Sitka spruce
Back & Sides    Honduran mahogany
Neck    Honduran mahogany
Body Binding    Tortoise with b/w/b/w top purfling
Fingerboard Binding    None
Peghead Binding    None
Bridge    Ebony small belly-style with 2 3/16" spacing
Fingerboard    Ebony with MOP short dots
Fingerboard Radius    14" - 26" compound
Bridge Pins/End Pin    Ebony with MOP dot
Nut    Bone, 1 11/16"
Saddle    Bone, drop-in
Neck Profile    Modified V
Peghead Profile    Square with volute
Neck Joint    Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod    Fully adjustable
Frets    Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer    Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners    Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio)
Backstrip    1-style (Walnut)
Rosette    b/w Purfling
Scale Length    24 1/8"
Brace Material    Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern    Pre-war scalloped X-brace
Body Finish    High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish    High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard    Tortoise
Strings    D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"- .053")
Case    Deluxe hardshell case by TKL