The Collings Forum

I was looking for a 12-fret 00 guitar and assumed I would get a Martin, but a like-new Collings 003 became available and I bought it. I'm still getting to know it -- has a different tone and needs a different touch -- but I like it a lot. I'm not referring to the 12-fret tone difference, but the Col...

I wonder whether any of y'all have played one of those 0000-sized Martin 12-fretters. Gruhn's has a bunch of them made out of sinker mahogany that are pleasing to the eye, complete with a lovely slot-head. (I know it's not a Collings, but I love a Martin too.) Here's one: https://guitars.com/invent...

I might be on my way to becoming a 12-fret freak. I have one -- a 0000-18 Martin sinker mahogany custom from Gruhn's -- and one on the way -- a Collings 003. I also have two 14-fret Martins, a 1992 D-18 Vintage and a Perry Bechtel Special 000-28 made in 2007. The quad-0 sinker sounds amazing. If I h...