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Condition: Used, Excellent

SP Luthier Notes: Our luthier completed an inspection of this instrument once it landed with us, and the guitar was deemed to all ready be in otherwise ideal playing and cosmetic condition, and no work was required.

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 OM1A

Serial Number
36585
Top
Adirondack Spruce, Western Shade
Back & Sides
Honduran mahogany
Construction
Traditional Series Build and Voicing
Neck
Honduran mahogany
Body Binding
Tortoise with custom wood purflings
Fingerboard Binding
None
Peghead Binding
None
Bridge
Ebony belly-style with 2 5/16" spacing
Fingerboard
Ebony with gold MOP short dots
Fingerboard Radius
14" - 26" compound
Bridge Pins/End Pin
Tortoise-style
Nut
Bone, 1 3/4"
Saddle
Bone, cutthrough
Neck Profile
Traditional
Peghead Profile
Square
Neck Joint
Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod
Fully adjustable
Frets
Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead
VeneerEbony with gold MOP Collings Logo
Tuners
Nickel Waverly, Relic Nickel Waverly for Vintage Satin models
Backstrip
1-style (Walnut)
Rosette
Custom wood rosette
Scale Length
25 1/2"
Brace Material
Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern
Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped X-brace (no tongue brace)
Body Finish
High gloss ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish
High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard
Tortoise
Strings
D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"- .053")
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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