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This straight braced OO is a thing of beauty. It's strong, balanced voice could fill a room much bigger than a parlor, but the size makes it extremely comfortable on the couch or on the stage. It's a very focused, woody guitar, but listen closely and you'll note that every frequency is book-ended with warm, intimate overtones. It's the kind of guitar you'd hear in the back corner of a juke joint, rebounding high-mids off the brick wall. 

The full C neck fills your palm up perfectly. Fits like a glove. Combined with a short scale length, this translates to an instrument that feels like an extension of your body. A musical minotaur pacing the stage and howling the blues! 

The tiger pickguard gives it a retro fierceness that will stand out on stage and the Wenge fretboard and bridge are a miracle of nature. To top it all off, the deep Gibson-style burst looks like a desert sunset. 

This is the definition of a working guitar with style. A small, classic pickup truck with plenty of torque. It will be a friend for life. 

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Collings C10-35 SB Sitka/Mahogany Acoustic Guitar #25132 Quick n' Dirty

In this video, Sound Pure acoustic guitar expert Robinson Earle tests out the Collings C10-35 SB Acoustic #25132, which features a sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides.

Collings C10SB Sunburst Sitka/Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

Also in this recording Peluso P-84 SK Solid State SDC Microphone Stereo Kit Pete's Place Audio 'Electrodyne 501' 500-Series Preamp Lynx Aurora 16 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

Collings C10SB Acoustic Guitar is bursting at the seams with punchy midrange with an insanely focused top-end that feels warm and perfectly compressed. This would be an excellent axe for the fingerpicker that also wants... Read more

Collings C10SB Acoustic Guitar is bursting at the seams with punchy midrange with an insanely focused top-end that feels warm and perfectly compressed. This would be an excellent axe for the fingerpicker that also wants to indulge in strumming. This is the kind of guitar people will want to talk to you about when you're done playing it! This guitar is available for SoundPure’s Try-Before-You-Buy program, so if you want to hear how this guitar sounds in your studio with your gear, shoot us an email at Acoustics@SoundPure.com. If you like what you hear, check out the gear used in this video at SoundPure.com or give us a call anytime at 919.682.5552. Thanks for watching!

From Collings Guitars

As the newest addition to our acoustic line-up, the C10-35 brings a new voice to one of our favorite body sizes. This limited-production model features specially selected ultra-lightweight tonewoods, non-scalloped Adirondack bracing, a long cutthrough saddle, and other vintage-inspired features for an entirely new C10 experience. Like its big brother, the popular CJ-35 model, the C10-35 produces dry punchy tone with a snarly attack and incredibly even response in a compact and comfortable package.

Select Sitka Spruce Top

Mahogany back and sides
Simple ivoroid rosette

Ivoroid top/back binding

1-style walnut backstrip

Pre-war non-scalloped Adirondack bracing with 2 tone bars

Abbreviated tongue brace
Tigerstripe celluloid pickguard

High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish

Mahogany neck

Unbound "Haircut" headstock

15 degree headstock angle

Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid ivoroid Collings logo

African rosewood, "wenge", fingerboard with straight-style bridge

Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint

20 Frets, neck joins the body at the 14th fret

Vintage-inspired neck profile with 2 5/16" string spacing

14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius

1 3/4" Bone nut and cutthrough saddle

24 7/8" Scale length

Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire

Mother of pearl dot fingerboard inlays

Fully adjustable truss rod

Ivoroid bridge pins and ebony end pin

Nickel Waverly tuners with ivoroid buttons & 16
1 ratio

Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"-.053")

Collings deluxe hardshell case by TKL

Sunburst Top

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