Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: A majority of frets showed evidence of play wear. As such, the frets were leveled, recrowned, and polished back to a near mint state. The guitar required a full adjustment to the truss rod, nut, and bridge to be brought to a perfect level of playability. The guitar was also lightly buffed by our luthier for a smooth cosmetic appearance. No further 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 a balanced tone and immediate response.
- Top
- German spruce
- Back & Sides
- E. Indian rosewood
- Neck
- Honduran Mahogany
- Body Binding
- Ivoroid
- 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 ¾”
- 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
- 24 7/8” (short scale)
- Brace Material
- Adirondack spruce
- Brace Pattern
- Pre-war scalloped X-brace
- Body Finish
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
- Neck Finish
- High gloss polyester resin
- Pickguard
- Tortoise (not installed)
- Strings
- D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"- .053")
- Case
- Deluxe hardshell case
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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