Sound Pure's Take
Condition: Used, Very Good
My jaw basically hit the floor when I saw this instrument. Not only is the combination of "baked" Adirondack and Maple staggeringly beautiful. But it makes for just about the clearest, warmest sound I have EVER heard. It's an incredibly articulate and understanding OM. Every style we play on it sounds terrific. It's got a sophisticated musical mind of its own. It graduated the conservatory with flying colors (specifically, its southwestern-themed back strip). The Maple reminds me of cliffs in the desert and it rebounds all the notes with a similar majesty.
SP Luthier Notes: Partial refret (5) and setup
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 balanced tone and an immediate response.
- "Baked" Adirondack spruce top
- "Baked" Maple back and sides
- Cutaway
- Select abalone rosette
- Rosewood top/back/neck/peghead binding
- Black/white wood purfling with 3-style mosaic backstrip
- Pre-war scalloped bracing
- Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Maple neck
- Double bound square headstock with volute
- 15 degree headstock angle
- Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid Collings logo
- Ebony fingerboard with ebony belly-style bridge
- Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint
- 20 Frets, neck joins the body at the 14th fret
- Modified V neck profile with 2 3/16" string spacing
- 14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
- 25 1/2" Scale length
- Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- 42-style Snowflake style fingerboard inlays
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Ebony bridge pins and end pin
- Gold Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
- Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"-.053")
- Collings deluxe hardshell case by TKL
- Body Length: 19 1/4"
- Body Depth at Side: 4 1/8"
- Lower Bout Width: 15"
- Total Length: 39 1/2"
- Scale Length: 25 1/2"
- 1 3/4" Bone nut and drop-in saddle
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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