Sound Pure's Take
Returning to your roots often yields the sweetest fruit--it just doesn't get sweeter than this new model from Collings! This guitar hasn't just been inspired by vintage design; Bill Collings and his team have committed to making a genuine, thoroughly researched, classic OM. The spec sheet alone had us excited (not to mention the handmade case that comes standard)! You just don't see this level of care and consideration in many guitars and the result here is an instrument that truly sounds old, wizened, and complex. The baked Adirondack breathes all the more freely thanks to the hide glue, unusually-thin nitro lacquer, and scalloped bracing specific to the Traditional series. The dynamic range is both sophisticated and balanced. Very full, almost slope-shoulder-like bass, warm but never woolly mids, and clear, sparkling highs free from any trace of the strident voice a new Adirondack top starts with. This OM1 AT sounds like its been singing for years--the music has only just begun!
From Collings Guitars
The Traditional or "T" Series guitars reflect Bill Collings' return to his guitar making roots and offer a new tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound. Each T Series guitar is built using animal protein glue and a very thin all nitrocellulose lacquer finish on the body, making them exceptionally dynamic and responsive. Bracing and tone woods are adjusted for weight and thickness to create a voicing characterized by warm, rounded highs and a present low midrange, while retaining a quick attack and strong projection. Each Traditional series guitar will come with a handmade lightweight Collings case designed and built in the Collings shop. The pairing of these new Traditional guitars and cases makes for a combination of old world quality and aesthetic that is unprecedented among instruments available today.
2016
- Serial Number
- 25849
- Baked Adirondack Spruce Top
- Mahogany back & sides
Animal protein glue
Custom maple and rosewood strip rosette
Tortoise-style top/back body binding
Maple and rosewood purlfing with 1-style walnut backstrip
Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped bracing
No tongue brace
Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
Extra thin high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
Mahogany neck
Square headstock with no volute
15 degree headstock angle
Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid gold pearl Collings logo
Ebony fingerboard with ebony belly-style bridge
Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint
20 Frets, neck joins the body at the 14th fret
Traditional neck profile with 2 5/16" string spacing
14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
1 3/4" bone nut and cutthrough saddle
25 1/2" Scale length
Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
Mother of pearl dot fingerboard inlays
Fully adjustable truss rod
Tortoise bridge pins and end pin
- Nickel Waverly tuners with 16
- 1 ratio
Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"-.053")
Collings handmade Traditional hardshell case
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