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 2-style (OM2H) features Wenge back and sides with ivoroid body binding and butt wedge, herringbone top purfling, a “zipper” backstrip, diamonds and squares fingerboard inlays, and a more intricate 2-style rosette. 

Top
Sitka spruce
Back & Sides
Wenge
Neck
Honduran mahogany
Body Binding
Ivoroid with herringbone purfling
Fingerboard Binding
None
Peghead Binding
None
Bridge
Ebony belly-style with 2 3/16" spacing
Fingerboard
Ebony with abalone short diamond & squares
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 with volute
Neck Joint
Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod
Fully adjustable
Frets
Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer
Stained Exotic Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners
Nickel Waverly
Backstrip
2-style (Zipper)
Rosette
iv/tort/iv & b/w purflings
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
Strings
D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"- .053")
Case
Deluxe hardshell case

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