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Condition: Used, Very Good
Just as concentrated and balanced as the rest of the Collings OM series, the mahogany and aged Sitka combo does wonders in terms of warming and opening the tone, getting you to that "old guitar" sound. There's just the right amount of bright in the mix with all that dry, articulate tonality, too. The baking process on the Sitka top also serves to allow it to vibrate more freely, making for a wonderfully resonant sound with gorgeous trails of natural reverb and decay. It responds well to different right hand approaches, too: fingerstyle, flatpick; delicate or driving. The modified V neck and 1 3/4" nut go hand-in-hand with the stunning, golden baked-to-perfection top and subtle tortoise-style binding.
SP Luthier Notes: Setup confirmed
From Collings Guitars
'OM' stands for "Orchestra Model," but 80 years after this body shape was first designed it has become the most popular 14-fret model with fingerstyle guitar soloists who choose to play on steel strings. Yet flatpickers also find it appealing, and when the graceful cutaway is added these OMs are often used by lead players who routinely explore all 20 frets much as they would on an electric guitar. The compact shape makes the Collings OM equally easy to handle onstage or when sitting on the couch, and the relatively shallow body (barely over 4 inches deep) results in balanced tone and an immediate response.
- Model
- OM1 Cutaway
- Serial
- 30564
- Year
- 2019
- Top
- Sitka (Baked)
- Back & Sides
- Honduran Mahogany
- Neck
- Honduran Mahogany
- Body Binding
- Tortoise with B/W/B/W Top Purfling
- Fingerboard Binding
- None
- Peghead Binding
- None
- Bridge
- Ebony Belly-Style with 2 3/16" Spacing
- Fingerboard
- Ebony with MOP Short Dots
- Fingerboard Radius
- 14" - 26" Compound
- Bridge Pins/End Pin
- Ebony with MOP Dot
- Nut
- Bone, 1 3/4"
- Saddle
- Bone, Drop-In
- Neck Profile
- Modified V
- Peghead Profile
- Tapered Square
- Neck Joint
- Mortise & Tenon Hybrid
- Truss Rod
- Fully Adjustable
- Frets
- Medium 18% Nickel-Silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony with MOP Collings Logo
- Tuners
- Nickel Waverly (16:1 Ratio)
- Backstrip
- 1-Style (Walnut)
- Rosette
- B/W Purfling
- Scale Length
- 25 1/2"
- Brace Material
- Sitka Spruce
- Brace Pattern
- Pre-War Scalloped X-Brace
- Body Finish
- High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Finish
- High Gloss Polyester Resin
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Case
- Deluxe Hardshell Case by TKL
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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