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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: Select frets were leveled and polished to match the surrounding frets. No further work required.
The Collings OM1 is a beautifully balanced orchestra model acoustic that blends vintage warmth with modern precision. Its Sitka spruce top and Honduran mahogany back and sides deliver a punchy, woody voice with crisp articulation and that dry, classic OM sparkle players chase for years. The ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, and Nickel Waverly tuners give it a refined, rock-solid feel, while the modified V neck offers a comfortable, confident grip. Finished in stunning high gloss nitro, this OM1 is the kind of inspiring, lifelong instrument that only gets better with age—an investment-grade Collings through and through.
- Top
- Sitka spruce
- 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 11/16"
- Saddle
- Bone, drop-in
- Neck Profile
- Modified V
- Peghead Profile
- 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
- Rosette
- b/w Purfling
- Scale Length
- 25 1/2"
- 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
- Weight
- 3lbs 9oz
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