Sound Pure's Take
The Collings 470 JL is a remarkable hollowbody electric that combines vintage-inspired design with the precision and refinement that define Collings craftsmanship. Its fully hollow Honduran mahogany body and maple laminate top create a rich, resonant voice with impressive warmth, clarity, and sustain, while the trestle block construction helps control feedback without sacrificing the instrument's lively acoustic character. The custom Ron Ellis Ellisonic pickups deliver exceptional articulation and dynamic response, capturing everything from warm, woody cleans to rich, expressive overdrive tones. Finished in antiqued nitrocellulose lacquer and outfitted with a Bigsby B3 vibrato, ebony appointments, and relic Waverly tuners, the 470 JL exudes vintage charm from every angle. Elegant, responsive, and incredibly musical, it offers a unique 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.
- Construction
- Fully hollow w/ trestle block
- Body
- Solid Honduran mahogany
- Top
- Maple laminate
- Neck
- Honduran mahogany
- Body Binding
- Non-grained ivoroid
- Fingerboard Binding
- Ebony
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Bridge
- Pinned ebony base w/ tune-o-matic saddle top (nylon saddles)
- Tailpiece
- Bigsby vibrato B3
- Fingerboard
- Ebony w/ graduated pearl dots
- Fingerboard Radius
- 12"
- Pickups
- Ron Ellis Ellisonics (custom adjustable height)
- Pots/Caps
- CTS 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
- Knobs
- Black/Silver or Black/Gold Reflector Top
- Pickup Rings
- Black Phenolic
- Nut
- 1 11/16" Delrin
- Scale Length
- 24 7/8"
- Neck Joint
- Extra long mortise & tenon
- Frets
- Medium 18% nickel-silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony w/ MOP Collings Script logo
- Peghead Profile
- 470 JL Haircut
- Tuners
- Relic nickel Waverly with vintage oval buttons (16:1 ratio)
- Wiring
- 470 Wiring (master volume, two tones)
- Guitar 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 1oz
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