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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: At least half of the frets were polished, recrowned and leveled. A Minor dent present on the side of the guitar required our luthier to fill, color match, and refinish the area. No further work was needed.
Step into the sonic sunshine with this Collings OM 1A SB T! Crafted from resonant Adirondack spruce and rich Honduran mahogany, this masterful Orchestra Model is a stellar investment. The supremely playable instrument features a comfortable Modified V neck profile and a meticulously adjusted setup, ensuring rock-solid performance. Its pre-war scalloped X-brace and gorgeous sunburst finish deliver phenomenal clarity and tone for discerning players. Discover this timeless tone machine!
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 a balanced tone and immediate response.
Our Traditional series instruments (T) offer a slightly looser, more “broken in” feel and tone, featuring a rounder high end and fuller low midrange, along with our Traditional aesthetic appointments, such as gold MOP inlays and custom wood purflings and rosette. Traditional models also feature an ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer body finish, abbreviated soundboard graft (tongue brace), and a unique neck construction designed to complement the looser feel and voicing, along with our Traditional neck carve. Due to the vintage-inspired vision for these guitars, Traditional instruments are offered with limited custom options.
- Top
- Adirondack 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
- 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
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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