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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:11 pm
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: Lacquer Adhesion issues?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6055
Re: Lacquer Adhesion issues?
In the life of the guitar, it's a bump in the road. You know Collings will take care of it & you''ll play happily ever after....
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Collings Waterloo Guitars
- Topic: Hoping for Waterloo alternatives
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3030
Re: Hoping for Waterloo alternatives
godfreyd, Collings is still producing Waterloos and mandolins albeit at a slower pace than before. It's unlikely that we'll ever see $1850 Waterloos or Collings MTs again. I'd say it's also unlikely you'll see Collings employees setting up to make their own Waterloos. It's just too hard to get start...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:31 am
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: Bridges
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6261
Re: Bridges
I've had both..... but more belly bridges. 0,00,000.... all 14 frets. My best example with a pyramid bridge was a 0001G long scale...... incredibly powerful guitar.... I've played more 12 frets with pyramids. Then again 30s 40s Gibsons.J35 J45 J50s had pyramid bridges. I did try 13-56 on the 0001G b...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:07 am
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: When Did Collings Stop Shipping With Custom Cases?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4230
Re: When Did Collings Stop Shipping With Custom Cases?
If i remember correctly the cases were $725 USD when they were in production....circa 2016.
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:26 pm
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: When Did Collings Stop Shipping With Custom Cases?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4230
Re: When Did Collings Stop Shipping With Custom Cases?
I don't have a TKL, but here are some photos of one of Bill's cases.....including a photo side by side with a '30s case.
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:55 pm
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: When Did Collings Stop Shipping With Custom Cases?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4230
Re: When Did Collings Stop Shipping With Custom Cases?
Collings made the announcement about ceasing case production early in 2019.
https://www.banjostudio.com/en-ca/blogs ... ings-cases
so it's entirely feasible that guitars from later in the year were shipped in TKL cases.....
https://www.banjostudio.com/en-ca/blogs ... ings-cases
so it's entirely feasible that guitars from later in the year were shipped in TKL cases.....
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: Collings Necks: T vs Mod-V vs Waterloo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3244
Re: Collings Necks: T vs Mod-V vs Waterloo
IMO the standard Collngs 'modified V' would fit perfectly in between the T and the WL. Being modelled on the Kalamazoo and Gibson L-00 guitars of the 30s, the WL are rather crude or inelegant in design. These are very specific and bear no resemblance to the typical Martin necks of the 30s.....or the...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:36 pm
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: Collings Nomenclature and Specs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10455
Re: Collings Nomenclature and Specs
Hello Andy. I hope you're well. I see that the T instruments (12 fret versions) have 1 3/4" width at the nut. I have no idea why.....perhaps to encourage more 14 fret owners to try them....? I'm not in the market for new guitars in any case but it is an interesting question....
- Sat May 27, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
- Topic: Collings Nomenclature and Specs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10455
Re: Collings Nomenclature and Specs
"3" instruments have different appointments rather than better wood: abalone rosette & bound fingerboard & headstock & gold waverly tuners. The 12 fret instruments are 1 13/16" at the nut... & 2 3/8 or 2 5/16" at the bridge depending on the model The T instruments...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:24 pm
- Forum: Collings Mandolins and Ukes
- Topic: James tailpiece
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18286
Re: James tailpiece
IMO and experience, the James tailpiece is much more easy to string. It doesn't have the sharp edge of the Collings tailpiece where some of our hands come to rest. As good as the Collings tailpiece looks engraved. The James has more real estate for engraving and Weldon Lister has done a bunch of ver...