Collings D2H Sinker Mahogany, Old Growth Alaskan Fish Trap Sitka, 2023, Natural

Built on Collings’ D2H platform (which is normally a Rosewood model) this custom build features a great set of figured old growth Sinker Mahogany back and sides with a light natural stain, a somewhat rare find from Collings. Sinker Mahogany is centuries old wood that has gotten encapsulated in a Central American river. Part of the early American hardwood logging trade of the 1700’s and 1800’s, some logs sank in the mud in a oxygen depleted environment, absorbing the surrounding minerals and naturally aged over the centuries. The tone is crisp, powerful and as broken in as it gets for a newer build with old wood. A great pairing to the Mahogany and equally unique is the rare reclaimed old growth Alaskan Fish Trap Sitka Spruce top taken from the large floating frames that were used to create huge fish traps in the coastal waters of Alaska since the late 1800s. One of the unique characteristics of these woods that were submerged in water for a long period of time is that the very soft tissue in the cells literally is dissolved, so when it is dried out, the cells are far more “open” with very little soft tissue which makes the wood lighter and much more responsive, sonically. Think of it as naturally torreified woods that took all the decades and centuries and environment to create an old guitar in a new build.

Lightly used with some pick wear on the pickguard, but otherwise quite clean and ready for its new home!