The CJ SB short scale is Collings' standard-series take on the classic, sunburst, slope shoulder dread. The short scale makes this is a very player-friendly guitar for rhythm work or string bend-laden blues fingerpicking. Collings' beautiful sunburst is on full display here. The guitar sounds excellent, deftly balancing clarity and warmth. A 2015 build, it comes to us in very good overall condition. The lifetime companion for the singer-songwriter, or the secret weapon at the next acoustic jam: you decide.

• Sitka spruce, sunburst top
  
• Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck
  
• Ebony fingerboard and bridge
  
• 24 7/8 scale length
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 3/16" string spacing
• Hard case