It is housed in a deluxe TKL “American Vintage Series” plush-lined, retro-looking hard shell case. This model is made from exemplary East Indian rosewood on the back and sides, a select Adirondack “Red” spruce top; it has grained ivoroid binding, prewar style scalloped bracing, a herringbone top border, crosscut grained ivoroid and wood strip rosette, a tortoise style pickguard. Other features include a gloss-finished mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and bridge, slotted peghead with rosewood peghead overlay, mother of pearl “Collings” logo, traditional diamond and square fingerboard inlay and nickel-plated Waverly brand slot-head tuners. For those who are statistic-o-philes the nut width is a comfortable 1 13/16th”, the scale length is 25.5”, the body width is 15 5/8”, the body length is 20 7/8”, the body depth is 4 7/8th”, the total length is 40 1/8”. The level of the instrument’s physical perfection is Michaelangelo-like (much like our own), the playability is without effort, and the sound [he kisses his middle, first finger and thumb in the French manner] is, because of the elongated body and the approximately 61 additional square inches of moving air, is at the highest possible level of excellence (for East Indian rosewood).