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Congrats! Great looking guitar. Enjoy it!

We all have our own likes so this comment is not to be for or against anybody else's choices.

I was initially drawn to Collings for the energy in the strings of the guitar and the way they couple to the rest of the instrument. There is good power and springiness to each pluck of the string. While ...

Fancier wood always has at least a psychological positive factor on tone. In reality, the figure of the wood may or may not be correlated to tone. In general, darker versions of some of the common woods MAY be a little more lush but not guaranteed.

You only go around once. Enjoy it! Please share picts (and video) when you get it. We like eye candy here.

Frank

Sitka is a great wood. The key with all woods is the tonal quality. There is a ton of sitka out there and most of it is good. There is some out there though that is superior.

Not to bring up another guitar brand but Martin uses different grades of sitka on their guitars from their entry level all ...

Congrats on your Collings acoustic guitar. It is a fine one!

Materials, design, build, and tuning are all factors that will affect the voice and playability of an acoustic guitar. Collings of course is one of the premier builders so their combos are near the top of the food chain.

Assuming great ...

Two hundred and fifty people have viewed your post and not a single comment. That just is astonishing to me.

The JL model is something special in the Collings OM line. It is articulate and pure. It is easy to play even for those of us that prefer a nut width a pinch wider.

Congratulations on a ...

Happy New Year!

Get any good presents over the holiday? Have any new ones eyed or ordered for the new year?

The video uses too much processing. A clean recording would show the somewhat subtle differences though. The laminate damps just a little of certain frequencies (mostly highs). This give a smoother, darker sound than the solid version.

Laminate gives a slightly more rounder sound and a little less ...

Dilution of content into too many places.

When people come to the site, they may only want to talk about Collings guitars or buy and sell. Having so many categories means many posts are never seen so they are not responded to. You can see by the number of views in each sub forum how many people ...