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Condition: Used, Excellent

SP Luthier Notes: Our luthier performed a fret dress and a setup on this instrument, in addition to a dropfill of the neck and a buff guard/back. 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.

Model
OM3
Serial
20010
Year
2012
Top
German Spruce
Back & Sides
Mahogany
Neck
Honduran Mahogany
Body Binding
Ivoroid with B/W/B/W/B Purfling
Fingerboard Binding
Tortoise
Peghead Binding
Tortoise
Bridge
Ebony Belly-Style 2 1/4" Spacing
Fingerboard
Ebony with No Inlay
Bridge Pins/End Pin
Ebony with Abalone Dot
Nut
Bone, 1 3/4"
Saddle
Bone, Drop-In
Neck Profile
Modified V
Peghead Profile
Tapered 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 w/Ebony Buttons (16:1 Ratio)
Backstrip
1-Style (Walnut)
Rosette
Abalone
Scale Length
25 1/2"
Brace Material
Adirondack Spruce
Brace Pattern
Pre-war Scalloped X-Brace
Fingerboard Radius
14" - 26" Compound
Body Finish
High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Finish
High Gloss Polyester Resin
Pickguard
Tortoise
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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