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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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