http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom.html What about a tenor ukulele using the classic combo of a Sitka spruce top with East Indian rosewood back and sides? This Collings 17” scale tenor ukulele delivers on just that, although not in an opulent fashion as by using Brazilian rosewood (see e.g. this UC41 Brazilian with S/N 284)! The high-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finished body, with a width of 8⅝”, 11” length, and a depth 2⅞”, is double bound with ivoroid and B/W purfling. With its ‘2’ in the model designation, this ukulele is still much more adorned than my UC2 (spalted pecan), even closer to a ‘3’. I think mainly for the obvious reason to mimic a fine acoustic guitar commonly found with the same tonewood combination, which is also reflected in other design choices. In all places where normally East Indian rosewood is found on Collings ukuleles, on this instrument it has been replaced by the more appropriate ebony. It is used for the bridge which has the usual bone saddle with 111⁄16” string spacing. The gorgeous rosette is made out of an ivoroid ring with B/W/B purfling on either side. The Honduran mahogany neck has a C-shaped profile, ivoroid heel cap, ivoroid bound 12” radius ebony fingerboard with special abalone short diamonds & squares position markers, and 1⅜” wide bone nut. The ivoroid bound so-called “Haircut” headstock has an ebony veneer with ivoroid Collings logo and 4:1 gear ratio Pegheds planetary gear tuning machines. That headstock shape gives it an unmistakable, classy Collings look! It has the usual Ameritage case. These Custom ukuleles with ‘2’ appointments are rare among this already rare line of acoustic Collings instruments, discontinued in mid-2016, and do not have their own page on the old Collings website. Instead, a 2016 snapshot for the UT2K is included here. http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom.html#0 21bdaebe-75fb-4c1b-a028-a2cc1e94936b http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom_files/Media/P7190003/thumb.jpg http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom_files/Media/P7190003/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_15"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">In OHSC.</p></div></div> http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom.html#1 63af4ed7-ba25-485f-a4a5-5eb275e8f48c http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom_files/Media/P7190015/thumb.jpg http://www.yowhatsshakin.com/yowhatsshakin/Collings_UT2_Custom_files/Media/P7190015/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_15"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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