Sound Pure's Take
The Collings I-30 LC is a beautifully crafted fully hollow electric that delivers rich, woody resonance with exceptional clarity and character. Its maple laminate construction and parallel trestle bracing create an open, airy voice with impressive balance and depth, while the Lollar dog ear P90s provide warm, articulate tones with just the right touch of grit and sparkle. The Honduran mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard offer a smooth, inviting feel that encourages expressive playing. Finished in high-gloss nitro with refined ivoroid binding, it exudes understated elegance. Responsive, dynamic, and meticulously built, this I-30 LC is a standout performer and a smart long-term investment!
From Collings Guitars
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.
- Construction
- Fully hollow w/ parallel trestle braces
- Body
- Maple laminate
- Top
- Maple laminate
- Neck
- Honduran mahogany
- Body Binding
- Non-grained ivoroid
- Fingerboard Binding
- Non-grained ivoroid
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Bridge
- Kluson ABR-1(nickel-plated zinc w/ retaining wire)
- Tailpiece
- Collings original trapeze tailpiece
- Fingerboard
- Rosewood w/ MOP long dots (5mm non-tapered)
- Fingerboard Radius
- 12"
- Soundhole
- F-holes (unbound)
- Pickups
- Lollar Dog Ear P90s w/ custom phenolic covers
- Pots/Caps
- CTS 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
- Knobs
- Amber
- Nut
- 1 11/16"
- Scale Length
- 24 7/8"
- Neck Joint
- Extra long mortise & tenon
- Frets
- Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer Ebony w/ MOP Collings logo
- Peghead Profile
- Haircut
- Tuners
- Nickel Gotoh w/ Collings logo
- Wiring
- 50s style
- Guitar Finish
- Dary cherry sunburst high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
- Pickguard
- Black/Cream/Black
- Truss Rod Cover
- Black/Cream/Black
- Strings
- D'Addario NYXL1149 (.011" - .049")
- Case
- Deluxe hardshell case
- Weight
- 5lbs 10oz
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