The Collings Forum

For soundhole pickups, I've used two (well, three if you include the old Dean Markley, which wasn't tonally good). I used the LR Baggs M1 (passive version) in my D2H from 2005 onward (running into a Baggs Para Acoustic D.I. box). It's a humbucking design, so it's quiet, but that same design emphasiz...

I recently found a dealer listing for a used 2022 City Limits with Ron Ellis LRP (Leroy Parnell) humbucker pickups. Ron is making some of the finest humbuckers (and others) on the market today. I bought an I-35 LC solely on the strength of those pickups, and I've never regretted it. I was sorely tem...

First: +1 on the B&H (Blazer and Henkes). Desert island guitars, to be sure. Second: responding to Frank Sanns' post from last year (!) about the D size: Last summer, my nephew, who is a fine guitarist versed in fingerpicking, jazz, and more, visited me for the first time. I brought out the high...

As noted, many variables and unknowns (e.g., how old is the guitar, how was it cared for). I'd expect Indian rosewood back and sides to provide a fair amount of reverb. The string type and freshness would be the first place to look. If they're older, ask the shop to put a fresh set of good strings o...

Congratulations! We'd love to hear more about it...

I know it's been almost one year, but if you're still looking for one, Acoustic Music Works in Pittsburgh has a used 2018 WL-12. (I have no affiliation with them.)
Link: https://acousticmusicworks.com/collecti ... sides-used

In early April, The Music Emporium posted a video and listings for the "Collings Guitars NAMM 2023" that they were selling. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkqx2icCPMA Links to each guitar were provided in the video description: Collings OM3 Reclaimed Alaskan Spruce &...

Congratulations, Dale! I'm looking forward to a video demo and/or report on its tones, etc. I had read good things about this model (and David Grissom) in the ToneQuest Report not long ago. (BTW, you were mentioned by name in an article in a recent issue of TQR!)

Today's NPR Tiny Desk Concert features Charley Crockett, strumming a fine looking Waterloo Jumbo King!
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/11585104 ... sk-concert

Welcome (back) to the forum! Thanks for your post, and congrats on what looks and sounds to be a great guitar. It's funny how our ears sometimes have a lesson to teach our minds... As for varnish being discontinued, my guess is that it was a time/cost decision. The varnish finish was highly labor in...