The D2 A HC is the rosewood dreadnought in Collings' Hill Country Series, an Adirondack spruce top over East Indian rosewood with the series' scalloped X-brace and abbreviated tongue brace. Collings voices Hill Country guitars toward a strong fundamental, warm and dry with a full low end, familiar to bluegrass players and responsive enough for other styles.
Hill Country details include a hand-poured tortoise pickguard with matching rosette ring, wedge and heel cap, and a logo stamped on the back of the peghead, leaving the East Indian rosewood veneer on the front clean. This model adds ivoroid body binding, a zipper backstrip, gold mother-of-pearl long diamond and square inlays on an ebony-bound board, and a square peghead with a volute. The Hill Country neck comes large or small on a 1 3/4" aged bone nut, under ultra-thin nitrocellulose throughout.
For the mahogany Hill Country dreadnought, look at the D1 A HC, and for Collings' standard rosewood dreadnought with herringbone, the D2H. Collings' options for finishes, trim and more follow below.
The photo shows one example build.
Options for this model include:
- Adirondack, old-growth Sitka, European, Engelmann or torrefied spruce top
- Figured mahogany, cocobolo or figured maple back and sides
- Sunburst or Western shaded top, full-body sunburst, Doghair or Jet Black finish
- Adirondack bracing
- Abalone rosette or abalone top border
- Wood binding
- Peghead inlays (Torch, Flowerpot, Vine, Flourish, Rose)
- Fingerboard inlays (snowflakes, Tree of Life and others)
- Nut width and neck options
- Left-handed build
Price subject to change based on options chosen.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA (built in Austin, Texas)
Construction: Hill Country Build and Voicing
Top: Adirondack spruce
Back & Sides: E. Indian rosewood
Brace Material: Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern: Hill Country scalloped X-brace (abbreviated soundboard graft (tongue brace))
Body Binding: Ivoroid
Rosette: Hand-poured ring from matching pickguard set
Backstrip: 2-style (Zipper)
Pickguard: Hand-poured tortoise w/ matching rosette ring, wedge, and heel cap
Body Finish: High gloss ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer
NECK
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Neck Profile: Hill Country (large or small neck option)
Neck Joint: Mortise & tenon hybrid
Scale Length: 25 1/2"
Fingerboard: Ebony with gold MOP long diamond & squares
Fingerboard Radius: 14" - 26" compound
Fingerboard Binding: Ebony
Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver
Nut: Aged bone, 1 3/4"
Truss Rod: Fully adjustable
Peghead Profile: Square with volute
Peghead Veneer: East Indian rosewood with no Collings Logo on front and stamped logo on back
Peghead Binding: None
Neck Finish: High gloss ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer
HARDWARE
Bridge: Ebony belly-style with 2 5/16" spacing
Saddle: Aged bone, cutthrough
Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony
Tuners: Relic Nickel Waverly
Strings: D'Addario EJ-17 (.013"- .056")
CASE
Case: Deluxe hardshell case
