Me too Ken. Me too.Scratch said:Great post, Jonathan. I'd like to have a Collings one day; the parlor sized C10 with pre war bracing sure is sweet: http://www.collingsguitars.com/Instruments/?ID=54
Or would your guitar be a 14-fret 000 with a larger nut?Frosty said:In the Boston area we have The Music Emporium which must have the largest
inventory of Collings guitars outside of Texas! I've played a few over the years
and, well, never cared for them. But everything changes over time and one
day in 2008, or so, I came upon a used OM-1ess which, in Collingsspeak, is
a mahogany OM with an englemann spruce top and a "Gibson" short scale. I
had seen a few Collings OM guitars with a 1 11/16" nut, but this one has
the "correct" 1 3/4" nut. What a sweet guitar! The tone is delicious and the
neck profile is one of the best I have encountered. A friend has a D2H, I think,
with a similar neck shape.
I give Collings a lot of credit for proving to me that a guitar with a bolt-on neck
can perform (sound) as well as a dovetail joint guitar.
Thanks for the link, Jonathan.
Ridgemont said:Or would your guitar be a 14-fret 000 with a larger nut?
I'm just goofing around. Specs have always interested me, but official designations are a bit overrated.Frosty said:Ridgemont said:Or would your guitar be a 14-fret 000 with a larger nut?
Point taken.
Bill C. used the CFM designations, sort-of. Those first few Collings
guitars I saw marked, as mine is "OM" on the label, had the 1 11/16"
nut which doesn't match the CFM standard.
Splitting hairs, but going for the tone,
Frosty
alpep said:Attention to detail or lunacy?
6L6 said:I think Bill's build quality is the best in the world, bar none. They aren't cheap guitars to buy, but are truly worth every penny you pay.
In 1999 I bought a new Collings D-1, their copy of a Pre War Martin D-18. It is incredible in every single category. Some pics:
Bill
'99 Collings D-1
'72 G-37
'74 D-40
'76 F-50SB
'06 D-55
'06 F-412
Bill, your Collins D-1 is gorgeous!!
Oooohhhh, I see what you mean. That is a great headstock shape! Should have made inlay a little bigger, but otherwise, cool beans!davismanLV said:Although all Collings guitars are nice, and I do love the square headstock, my favorite headstock (in a non-Guild) is the Collings "hair-part" headstock. I just love the asymmetry of it!!