The Collings Forum

Thanks guys. I am actually in sacramento now, currently pretty well quarantined because im high risk and in charge of about 40-60k people, so if i get sick.. i can start a new pandemic lol. Otherwise i might be up for a sit down. Ive seen cracks all over guitars, ive had martins with more then 20 si...

Thank you guys, much appreciated. Thats kind of what i guessed but i wanted some confirmation. From my experience as well with brazilian (ive built about 20-30 of them and worked on probably 100 more) The wilder the grain, although it looks amazing and may sound unbelievable. The grain tends to crac...

After 17 years as a certified luthier, im finally able to afford owning a high end acoustic. Ha! I worked as a martin warranty tech, as well as, a number of other companies while living in santa cruz. i rarely came across a collings though, sadly. I was recently offered a Collings OM2HBaA After sear...