The Collings Forum

My Collings stock TKL cases retain moisture/humidity really well during our winters. It surprised me.

Hi all - wondering if anyone’s had experience with both baked and unbaked Collings tops? I’m a long-time Collings owner, and I owned a standard D1A several years back. So I know what that’s like. Never played one of their baked tops though. I’d love to hear your experiences with them, and specifical...

Hi - wondering if we know yet what the longer-term durability might be for the Vintage Satin finish that Collings now offers for their Traditional models? There is something about it that just "looks" fragile, but I have no idea, and thought I'd ask. I'm pretty easy on my guitars anyway, a...

That was excellent - thanks for posting it. I guess I was running around Austin right about the same time Steve was. Good times.

Perfect - thanks!

Hi everyone - longtime Colling owner here. I'm close to pulling the trigger on a Traditional (likely a D2HT, possibly a baked top), and I'm curious about something. The standard Traditional nut width is listed at 1-3/4", which is what I've always wanted for my Collings. I think it generally com...

godfreydaniel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:07 pm I know of one Collings guitar still being offered online as NOS with a good discount minus the warranty.

Possibly because the dealer isn’t carrying Collings anymore, so they’re not bound by these new pricing rules. I got my CJ like that.

Are they allowed to discount older guitars, after a year or so, or at some point? I can't imagine that a 3-year-old D2H still on the shelves *must* be sold for the same price as a fresher specimen. Nope - that’s their new (dumb) rule. I talked to a dealer who had an 8 year-old NOS D model for sale,...

I'm going over there now.

I want to get involved in this, but I won't.