2017 Waterloo WL-JK Jumbo King RW
The largest guitar in the Collings / Waterloo lineup, the Jumbo King is roughly styled on the Regal-built Tonk-era Washburn Jumbos of the late 1930s and early 1940s, but is tonally more akin to the three-bar Gibson J-35s built between ’36 and ’39. The Jumbo King offers a whole lot of volume, headroom, and mid-range punch by design, and this rosewood model adds in the note separation, horsepower, clarity, and bass power that the mahogany versions can’t deliver. It’s a responsive and fast guitar and is among the loudest flat-pickers you’ll play. The guitar features a straight X-braced, two-tonebar Carpathian spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, and a deep body that measures nearly 5” at the endpin and 4” at the neck.
This particular Rosewood Jumbo King was sold through Folkway when new. We ordered it with the smaller neck carve option, which feels much more ‘normal’ than the huge V neck that was standard spec for this model at that time. The nut measures 1-3/4” and the 1st fret neck depth is .867”, so expect a ‘vintage’ feeling C-shaped neck that’s not too big or too small. String spread at the saddle is 2-5/16”, and the scale is 25.5”.
Sunburst finished top with cream binding, tortoise pickguard and herringbone rosette, ebony rectangle bridge with drop-in bone saddle, rosewood fingerboard, bone nut, vintage style tuning machines, satin lacquer finish.
The guitar is in excellent condition and has been set up in our shop. There is no significant playwear to the finish or frets, just some glossing up of the neck finish.
With original hardshell case
This particular Rosewood Jumbo King was sold through Folkway when new. We ordered it with the smaller neck carve option, which feels much more ‘normal’ than the huge V neck that was standard spec for this model at that time. The nut measures 1-3/4” and the 1st fret neck depth is .867”, so expect a ‘vintage’ feeling C-shaped neck that’s not too big or too small. String spread at the saddle is 2-5/16”, and the scale is 25.5”.
Sunburst finished top with cream binding, tortoise pickguard and herringbone rosette, ebony rectangle bridge with drop-in bone saddle, rosewood fingerboard, bone nut, vintage style tuning machines, satin lacquer finish.
The guitar is in excellent condition and has been set up in our shop. There is no significant playwear to the finish or frets, just some glossing up of the neck finish.
With original hardshell case