Sold: Top Quality Small Body 12 string Guitar: Collings 02h-12

[norseman]

The Collings has been Sold. Thanks.

The recent acquisition of my Holy Grail guitar forces me to re-balance my guitar fund. I'm in the red! For sale is a small body (size 0) 12 string guitar crafted by the talented luthiers at Collings. Retails for well over $6000. Available here for $3795 (plus shipping and PP fees). Condition is like new. No issues. No fret wear. Played very little because I've discovered I'm just not a 12 string guy. https://www.collingsguitars.com/acou.../02h-12string/

Specifications
Build Date: 2018
Top: Sitka spruce
Back & Sides: E. Indian rosewood
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Body Binding: Ivoroid with herringbone purfling
Bridge: Ebony large belly-style with 2 13/32" spacing
Fingerboard: Ebony with abalone short diamond & squares
Frets: 12 frets clear of the body
Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony with MOP dot
Nut: Bone, 1 7/8"
Saddle: Bone, drop-in
Neck Profile: Modified V
Peghead Profile: Tapered slotted square with volute
Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod: Fully adjustable
Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer: Stained Exotic Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners: Golden Age Restoration w/ cream buttons (15:1 ratio)
Backstrip: 2-style (Zipper)
Rosette: iv/tort/iv & b/w purflings
Scale Length: 24 7/8"
Brace Material: Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern: Pre-war scalloped X-brace
Fingerboard Radius: 14" - 26" compound
Body Finish: High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish: High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard: Tortoise
Case: Deluxe TKL Hardshell case

Photos below.

I'm open to trade offers with special interest in Applegate, Froggy Bottom, Huss and Dalton or Martin guitars.

[Guitars44me]

Don't see it in your specs, but the Reverb pic in your link is a 12 fret.

You might want to tell about the neck carve/feel...

Cool axe! Best on this

Paul

[norseman]

Guitars44me, thanks for catching that oversight on my part. I will add "12 frets clear of the body" to the specs.

[norseman]

Modified v neck dimensions: 1.860" wide at first fret; 0.870" deep; 2.157" wide at 9th fret;0.093" deep. Very comfortable in my average size hand. Not what I would call a beefy neck. I have a cross-section diagram that I'll gladly send to anyone who requests it. I can't seem to copy and paste the diagram here. More evidence that computer technology has left me behind.

[norseman]

I can send photos to anyone who has a genuine interest in this guitar. I put this on reverb, but prefer to find a buyer here on the AGF. A higher price there will necessarily reflect reverb's fees. Available to AGF members at the price stated in the original post.

[merlin666]

Wow, the ultimate small-body 12. Good luck with the sale and big congrats to the lucky buyer.

[norseman]

If the possibility of a trade will shake up interest in this 12 string guitar, I'm happy to discuss it.

[Tinkeragain]

As noted previously, the photos on reverb show a 12-fret guitar, not a 12-string guitar. Please clarify which is correct.

[norseman]

Sorry. I will remove that link to reverb. 12 string guitar with 12 frets clear of the body.

[Tinkeragain]

OK - so it's a small 12-string 12-fret Collings guitar. Sounds sweet if correct. 'Twould be nice to see actual photos and maybe even some audio.

[norseman]

[birdsong]

Larry has been having some trouble attaching the pics so he sent me some and now here ya go........

JaG

[norseman]

I'm grateful for birdsong's help with the images. Thanks, John. Once again my appreciation for the good folks on this forum has been reinforced. I spend way too much time reading the good stuff posted here when I should be practicing my primitive guitar skills. Cheers. Larry

[norseman]

I don't bump a listing to the top of a thread every day, but it seems appropriate to do in every once in awhile. I know twelve string guitars are not everyone's cup of tea and the typical big body of a twelve stringer is often a deterrent as well. Collings has stepped into this void with the 02h-12. I hope to find a cash buyer, but I realize a trade is sometimes the easiest way to justify a move so I'm open to that possibility. Cheers, Larry

[norseman]

Let's try this once more for the upcoming weekend.