The Collings Forum

I'm sorry, but I've never found a d'Addario string I like. I think the Monel strings, either by Martin or John Pearse were made for my WL12Mh. They are admittedly a little quiet but are completely without the overtones of PB strings, a much later innovation in string development. The historic tone o...

Thanks for the tip, however the pandemic left me unable to get one right now without selling off several guitars. I suspect time is against me in acquiring a Jumbo no matter how much I would like to. Maybe something will open up in the future.

I foolishly sold my WL-JK; I had just bought a Gibson J-35 and thought another jumbo was unnecessary. I was mistaken, the -JK was the better guitar. I have been looking for a -JK for a couple of years with no success. I have both an early WL-14 and a WL-12Mh but would love another -JK. How many WL-J...