The Collings Forum

The fact you have two rattling guitars is weird.
I have had only one instance of a buzz or rattle on a Collings and I traced it down pretty quickly. It started after a string change and as I suspected, one of the ball ends was not snug against the end pin, leaving a small length of wire to vibrate ...

Santa Cruz low tension parabolic strings. Far and away the best strings I have ever used. Have them on all my guitars now.


Getting ready to take my OM in for a few adjustments and bought a set of these to try out. Looking forward to finding out how they sound and feel. I also want to try ...

I have an OM2H T with baked Adi top that is my favorite guitar of all time, hands down. Tons of dynamic and tonal range and I can brighten the sound with a different pick if I need. That said, I do love the standard builds of OMs that I have played. Is just a different voice. Not drastic but each ...

Depending partly on the guitar itself, pick selection for me can also vary for different strings and even per song. I have a ton of great picks here — celluloid, tortex, tusq, casein, bone, buffalo horn ... and my favorite al time pick is a fat teardrop celluloid Gibson Heavy from the 1980s. I only ...

The specs of that model are intriguing. Would love to get my hands on one. Just FYI, there seems to be one for sale at Acoustic Music Works in Pittsburgh.

Road trip?