Sound Pure's Take
Discover the Collings 470 JL, a truly stellar electric guitar that masterfully blends vintage artistry with modern playability. This beauty, weighing a feather-light 6 lbs 3 oz, boasts a fully hollow Honduran mahogany body with an innovative trestle block, delivering an airy resonance and rich, singing sustain that is simply captivating. The Ron Ellis Ellisonics pickups provide a glorious chime and depth, while the Bigsby vibrato B3 adds a touch of classic, expressive flair. With its extra-long mortise & tenon neck joint and meticulous setup, this instrument is a rock-solid, supremely playable specimen, representing a tangible investment in your musical journey. The gorgeous antiqued nitrocellulose lacquer finish and elegant ebony fingerboard with pearl dots make it as stunning to behold as it is to play!
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
- Nut width
- 1.69
- String Space
- 1.49-1.72
- Neck Depth
- .92-1.01
- Weight
- 6lbs 3oz
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