This Collings I-30 LC in Dark Cherry Sunburst is a breathtaking example of craftsmanship meeting character, offering a rare combination of featherweight comfort and bold, expressive tone. Its fully hollow maple laminate body, paired with parallel trestle bracing, produces a lively resonance that feels both open and controlled, while the Honduran mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard invite effortless play. At the heart of its voice are a set of Lollar Dog Ear P90s with custom phenolic covers, delivering a rich palette of tones that range from smoky jazz warmth to raw rock ’n’ roll grit. Elegant touches like ivoroid binding, nickel Gotoh tuners, and a Collings trapeze tailpiece reflect the meticulous attention to detail Collings is known for, while the high-gloss nitrocellulose finish in Dark Cherry Sunburst makes it as stunning to look at as it is inspiring to play.

Our goal for the I-30 LC was to take the concept of a double cutaway, fully-hollow, P90-equipped guitar and refine it to the extent that it offers something truly new for today’s players. The result is one of the most acoustically responsive and versatile electric guitars we have ever offered.

The lightweight “trestle-braced” body of the I-30 LC has been developed through extensive R&D and is the distillation of knowledge gleaned from our popular I-35 LC and Statesman LC. The trestle brace design directly couples the neck and tail block, creating exceptional strength and acoustical energy transference, while also allowing for a lightness and responsiveness that is both a tactile and musical joy to experience.

Playing the I-30 LC, you can easily feel the acoustic energy travel through the symmetric arches and re-curves of the top and back. These plates have been custom laminated and voiced for a tonality that is acoustic guitar-like in its resonance and dynamic response, but focused and feedback resistant enough to be utilized in jazz, blues, rock n’ roll, and other styles. Our new custom-designed trapeze tailpiece provides just the right amount of “give” for a relaxed string feel and effortless playability.

Lollar Dogear P90s are perfectly matched to the instrument’s acoustic response and offer a wide palette of tones from rich jazzy warmth to 1960’s British Invasion-style chime. Drawing its inspiration from both classic electric designs and our own previous models, the I-30 LC is an exciting step forward and an intriguing Collings sound.

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