- Baby is Our smallest model is a rarity among fractional size guitars: most listeners never guess that it’s not a full-size instrument unless they see it being played. While lacking the deep bass of larger guitars the tone is remarkably balanced, with adequate volume for most applications. The Collings Baby is approximately a 3/4 size version of our OM, 12 1/2 inches wide in the lower bout with a 24 1/8 inch scale, and the headstock and bridge are scaled to match. Sometimes the Baby is used as a travel guitar, but it often sees duty as a songwriter’s tool, the guitar that’s ready at a moment’s notice and can be played while seated in any position. The same wide range of woods and options offered on other Collings models are available on the Baby as well, but rosewood versions with a spruce top are by far the most popular.
Specifications
| Top | German spruce |
| Back & Sides | E. Indian rosewood |
| Neck | Honduran mahogany |
| Body Binding | Ivoroid with abalone purfling |
| Fingerboard Binding | Ivoroid |
| Peghead Binding | Ivoroid and abalone purfling |
| Bridge | Ebony small belly-style with 2 3/16″ spacing |
| Fingerboard | Ebony with abalone short diamond & squares |
| Bridge Pins/End Pin | Ebony with MOP dot |
| Nut | Bone, 1 11/16″ |
| Saddle | Bone, Drop-in |
| Neck Profile | Modified V |
| Peghead Profile | Tapered square with volute |
| Neck Joint | Mortise & tenon hybrid |
| Truss Rod | Fully adjustable |
| Frets | Medium 18% nickel-silver |
| Peghead Veneer | Stained Exotic Ebony with MOP Collings logo |
| Tuners | Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio) |
| Backstrip | 2-style (Zipper) |
| Rosette | iv/tort/iv & b/w purflings |
| Scale Length | 24 1/8″ |
| Brace Material | Sitka spruce |
| Brace Pattern | Pre-war scalloped X-brace |
| Fingerboard Radius | 14″ – 26″ compound |
| Body Finish | High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer |
| Pickguard | Tortoise |
| Strings | D’Addario EJ-16 (.012″- .053″) |
| Case | Deluxe Hardshell case by TKL |
Neck Profile
Dimensions
| Body Length | 17 1/8″ |
| Body Depth | 3 15/16″ |
| Lower Bout Width | 12 1/2″ |
| Total Length | 36 1/2″ |