Sound Pure's Take
Powerful deal here, folks! This baked top OM1, built to Collings' now-legendary Traditional Series spec, offers all of the warmth, woodiness, and soul of a vintage guitar with all of the liveliness, aggression, and solidity of a present day Collings. Our luthier performed a light dress and setup, finding the rest of the instrument to be in perfect health. There's a bit of light scratching and hazing that thin, thin nitro lacquer finish but, for the broken in sound you get in return, it's more than a good tradeoff for the player. These things don't show up used often--don't miss it!
Condition: Used, Very Good
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.
- Model
- OM1T
- Serial
- 25800
- Year
- 2016
- Top
- Torrified Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides
- Honduran Mahogany
- 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 Mother of Pearl Short Dots
- Bridge Pins/End Pin
- Tortoise-Style
- Nut
- Bone, 1 3/4"
- Saddle
- Bone, Cutthrough
- Neck Profile
- Traditional Now Neck
- Peghead Profile
- Tapered Square
- Neck Joint
- Mortise & Tenon Hybrid
- Truss Rod
- Fully Adjustable
- Frets
- Medium 18% Nickel-Silver
- Peghead Veneer
- Ebony with Gold Mother of Pearl Collings Logo
- Tuners
- Nickel Waverly (4060)
- 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)
- Fingerboard Radius
- 14" - 26" Compound
- Body Finish
- All Lacquer Thin Skin - No Tone
- Neck Finish
- All Lacquer Thin Skin - No Tone
- Pickguard
- Tortoise
- Case
- Traditional
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