2016 Waterloo WL-14LTR Black
The black and white ladder-braced Waterloo WL-14LTR is built very much akin to a mid-1930's Kalamazoo KG-14. It features a spruce bridgeplate, protein-based glue, and a lightweight build of solid mahogany back and sides and spruce top. The construction is simple, just as the 1930's originals were, but the workmanship is all Collings. The guitar is beautifully built, right down to the saddle fit and fretwork.
The WL-14LTR has the focused low end and punchy midrange you'd hope it to; it's a top-notch ragtime and blues picker, but that's likely not a surprise!
The guitar plays, feels, and sounds astonishingly "right" - for lack of a better term. Blindfolded you'd be hard pressed to hear the difference between this ladder-braced Collings WL-14L and a really good Kalamazoo original. You will certainly notice a difference in feel and playability though. Unlike the Kalamazoo, the Collings WL-14 plays in tune, and plays easily with a contemporary-feeling neck.
1-3/4" nut width, 24-3/4" scale, 2-3/8" string spread at the bridge. Bone saddle, ebony bridge pins. L-00 size body, with a lower bout 14.25" across. The neck has a rounded carve with a 1st fret depth of .835”.
The guitar has been set-up in our shop with 12-54 strings and an action of 4.5-5.5 64ths. There are various dings in the finish and there is a little bit of fretwear that doesn’t get in the way of clean playing.
With original hardshell case
The WL-14LTR has the focused low end and punchy midrange you'd hope it to; it's a top-notch ragtime and blues picker, but that's likely not a surprise!
The guitar plays, feels, and sounds astonishingly "right" - for lack of a better term. Blindfolded you'd be hard pressed to hear the difference between this ladder-braced Collings WL-14L and a really good Kalamazoo original. You will certainly notice a difference in feel and playability though. Unlike the Kalamazoo, the Collings WL-14 plays in tune, and plays easily with a contemporary-feeling neck.
1-3/4" nut width, 24-3/4" scale, 2-3/8" string spread at the bridge. Bone saddle, ebony bridge pins. L-00 size body, with a lower bout 14.25" across. The neck has a rounded carve with a 1st fret depth of .835”.
The guitar has been set-up in our shop with 12-54 strings and an action of 4.5-5.5 64ths. There are various dings in the finish and there is a little bit of fretwear that doesn’t get in the way of clean playing.
With original hardshell case