Sound Pure's Take
The Collings 470 JL is a masterfully crafted hollowbody electric that blends vintage elegance with exceptional clarity, resonance, and touch sensitivity. Its fully hollow Honduran mahogany body, paired with a maple laminate top and trestle block construction, produces a rich, open voice with impressive articulation and sustain. The custom Ron Ellis Ellisonic pickups deliver remarkable detail and dynamic response, capturing everything from warm, woody cleans to expressive overdriven tones with ease. Finished in antiqued nitrocellulose lacquer and outfitted with a Bigsby vibrato, ebony appointments, and relic Waverly tuners, it exudes timeless character from every angle. Refined, resonant, and endlessly musical, the 470 JL offers a uniquely inspiring voice that stands among the finest boutique hollowbody guitars available today.
From Collings Guitars
The success of the Collings OM1 JL combined with Julian Lage’s love of electric guitars meant a second Collings-Julian collaboration was inevitable. But following such a highly-praised signature model with yet another meant leaving nothing on the table. From its organic beginnings, the process envisioned by both parties was something designed and built from the sound up.
The Collings 470 JL is the result of years-long conversations, engineering, testing, tweaking, playing, and listening. And then doing it all over again until it was right. From first sketches through plugging in the final prototypes, every aspect of this model is the result of a unique approach, technique, and style – both from the builder’s and player’s point of view – culminating in a one-of-a-kind electric guitar experience.
In collaboration with our friend Julian Lage, we proudly present the Collings 470 JL.
- Model
- Collings 470 JL
- Construction
- Fully Hollow with Trestle Block
- Body
- Solid Honduran Mahogany
- Top
- Maple Laminate
- Neck
- Honduran Mahogany
- Neck Joint
- Extra Long Mortise & Tenon
- Fingerboard
- Ebony with Graduated Pearl Dots
- Fingerboard Radius
- 12"
- Nut
- 1 11/16" Delrin
- Scale Length
- 24 7/8"
- Frets
- Medium 18% Nickel-Silver
- Bridge
- Pinned Ebony Base with Tune-O-Matic Saddle Top (Nylon Saddles)
- Tailpiece
- Bigsby B3 Vibrato
- Tuners
- Relic Nickel Waverly with Vintage Oval Buttons (16:1 Ratio)
- Pickups
- Ron Ellis Ellisonics (Custom Adjustable Height)
- Pots/Caps
- CTS 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
- Wiring
- 470 Wiring (Master Volume, Two Tones)
- Body Binding
- Non-Grained Ivoroid
- Fingerboard Binding
- Ebony
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony with Mother of Pearl Collings Script Logo
- Peghead Profile
- 470 JL Haircut
- Knobs
- Black/Silver or Black/Gold Reflector Top
- Pickup Rings
- Black Phenolic
- Finish
- Antiqued Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Pickguard
- Acrylic Tortoise (1-Ply) or Parchment (3-Ply)
- Truss Rod Cover
- Black/Cream/Black
- Strings
- D'Addario NYXL1149 (.011"–.049")
- Case
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Weight
- 6lbs 2oz
Free 3-Year Warranty
Sound Pure stands behind our products. Free three-year warranty on this item. Coverage exclusions live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
Level of support and expertise that simply isn't available at big-box megastores. Read the warranty →
Returns
Try Before You Buy: take it home, commit only when it's right. Program details →
Recommended accessories
Sound Pure Studios · Durham, NC
Come hear it in our control rooms.
Sound Pure is a working studio in Durham, NC — a 1,000 sq ft live room and two pro control rooms. Book a session to audition gear in a world-class acoustic space before you buy.