Waterloo WL-K Lefty
The Waterloo WL-K is an amazingly faithful rendition of Gibson's famous KelKroydon KK1, built in the early 1930's. The original Kels were built incredibly lightly, some weighing in at a scant 2.5 lbs. The Collings-built Waterloo tips the scales at a feathery 2.75 lbs -- about a half pound lighter than the L-00 inspired WL-14X. Better still – there isn't a factory lefty KelKroydon in existence, but there IS a WL-K, and that's an exciting thing for all us lefties!
Collings hand selects their lightest mahogany and spruce for this model, and builds the instrument with extra light bracing, a tiny and thin early 30's sized bridge plate, lightweight tuners, and a carbon-fibre neck support in an effort to keep the guitar as light and responsive as possible. The end result is wonderful -- the WL-K is tremendously open, woody, resonant, clean and transparent. The only thing that it isn't is old. And we imagine that 80 years ago, an original KelKroydon would have sounded quite a lot like a Waterloo does today.
With a wonderfully comfortable rounded neck carve, perfectly located frets, compound radius fingerboard and perfect set-up, the Waterloo is completely enjoyable to play, too.
Sunburst-finished spruce top with X bracing and white top binding. Unbound back, super-thin lacquer finish. Ebony bridge with bone cut-though saddle and ebony pins. Rosewood fingerboard, 24-7/8" scale, and 1-3/4" ebony nut. Stewart MacDonald Golden Age vintage style tuners.
With Hardshell case.
Shipping into the USA?
Sending this guitar to a US address is easy to do, and there are no import fees, taxes, or duties to pay when it arrives. We take care of everything involved in shipping -- all you have to do unpackage the instrument when it arrives and play!
Questions? Email us anytime, or call us toll-free at 1-855-772-0424.
Collings hand selects their lightest mahogany and spruce for this model, and builds the instrument with extra light bracing, a tiny and thin early 30's sized bridge plate, lightweight tuners, and a carbon-fibre neck support in an effort to keep the guitar as light and responsive as possible. The end result is wonderful -- the WL-K is tremendously open, woody, resonant, clean and transparent. The only thing that it isn't is old. And we imagine that 80 years ago, an original KelKroydon would have sounded quite a lot like a Waterloo does today.
With a wonderfully comfortable rounded neck carve, perfectly located frets, compound radius fingerboard and perfect set-up, the Waterloo is completely enjoyable to play, too.
Sunburst-finished spruce top with X bracing and white top binding. Unbound back, super-thin lacquer finish. Ebony bridge with bone cut-though saddle and ebony pins. Rosewood fingerboard, 24-7/8" scale, and 1-3/4" ebony nut. Stewart MacDonald Golden Age vintage style tuners.
With Hardshell case.
Shipping into the USA?
Sending this guitar to a US address is easy to do, and there are no import fees, taxes, or duties to pay when it arrives. We take care of everything involved in shipping -- all you have to do unpackage the instrument when it arrives and play!
Questions? Email us anytime, or call us toll-free at 1-855-772-0424.