Wilco Loft Sale - AUCTION ITEM: 2019 Collings Waterloo Acoustic Custom Painted for Jeff Tweedy

Welcome to the Wilco Loft Reverb Sale 2019!

THIS COLLINGS/WATERLOO GUITAR is a charity auction item with the proceeds going to support Arts Education at MASS MoCA.

Please bid early and bid often!
This custom Jeff Tweedy "Rockets WL-K" has a hand-painted "Rockets" scene that was co-designed by Jeff Tweedy and Waterloo Guitars as a unique tip of that to the American tradition of stencil guitars from the Depression era.

Up for auction is the only other guitar like this other than the one Jeff owns. One of two that exist on this planet. Signed in silver on the front by Jeff Tweedy. For the Wilco or Jeff Tweedy fan who thought they had everything... this too is a thing you should have, 

Note: The photos are of Jeff's actual guitar. The one for auction DOES NOT have a pickup system installed. Jeff added that to his for touring. BUT we just added two pics of the actual guitar so you can see Jeff's signature. See it? Cool, right?

From Collings Website...

Weighing in at under three pounds, the featherweight WL-K is built with maximum responsiveness in mind. Inspired by the elusive instruments manufactured under the sub-brand Kel Kroydon around 1930, which were touted at the time to offer the utmost in vibratory response and the finest tone available, the WL-K is delicately built using lightweight materials and supported by thinly carved braces. 

When paired with a minimal lacquer finish, the resulting tone is dry and transparent with just the right level of complexity in the overtones, capable of capturing the expressiveness of the player down to the finest nuance.

With a 24 7/8" scale length and moderately sized, oval shaped neck, the WL-K is a finger-style player's delight, but this is by no means the extent of the guitar’s versatility. Exceptional clarity and note separation make it well-suited to a variety of other playing styles and a logical choice for singer-songwriters and purveyors of traditional roots music.

All WL-K models feature carefully selected spruce tops and mahogany back and sides with a light shade top finish, vintage-style cutthrough saddle, and come sans-pickguard.

Here are some specs

• Solid spruce top
• Solid mahogany back & sides
• 12-fret neck joint
• Vintage-style shaded top
• Custom "Rockets" Stencil
• Non-grained ivoroid top binding
• b/w/b purfling rosette
• Ebony bridge pins
• Golden Age Restoration tuners
• X-braced
• No pickguard
• Semi-gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Solid mahogany neck
• Indian rosewood fretboard w/ acrylic dot inlay
• Ebony bridge with 2 3/8" spacing
• Bone drop-in saddle
• 1 ¾" ebony nut
• Adjustable truss rod neck
• Stenciled vertical Waterloo logo
• 24 7/8" scale length