The Collings Forum

Haasome wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:59 pm

elambo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:55 pm What's the new cost of a run-of-the-mill standard D2H?

I see them for $4,455.

That's much more than I paid for mine in 2001.

What's the new cost of a run-of-the-mill standard D2H?

I have a '95 D2HBAAAA ....... Brazilian, red spruce that is very special to me. It was originally my best friend's and I acquired it upon his passing. Bill Collings acknowledged that he had carved the braces on it. But ...... I have a new D-1AT baked that will set you free. :D Wow! That's a special...

Thanks for sharing! Interesting story. Now you have me thinking about all my guitar's necks as compared to their tone.

Good question. I can only offer my experience. After many years of paying close attention to the correlation between top wood grains and sound I've decided that I can't find a repeatable correlation. For a while I thought that wide-grain tops had a warmer tone, then found plenty of exceptions to tha...

Congrats on the purchase! I never played the Collings and Gibson equivalent in the same room on the same day, but I went into the purchase of my CJ35 expecting to buy a Gibson. It only took a minute or two to come to the realization that I'd found the voice I wanted from a Gibby, and a little extra....

My tone preferences have ebbed and flowed over the years but never traveled too far away from the pre-war D-18 or D-28 sound, which is where my ears are these days. I do love that Collings acoustic tone, which isn't exactly vintage Martin, but a broken-in Collings is a thing of beauty. I tend to jud...

Welcome, David, and congrats on the guitar!

I have a simple MT2 - no frills - that I love and it does the trick every time a mando is called for. I don't think it's even worn in yet but the tone is surprising for such a small and basic instrument.

What about you?

I often see people with big watches and large buttons on their jacket or metal zippers on their coat. It must make store owners cringe. Some have no watch/jacket policies but most stores I've been to don't mention it or aren't able to enforce it. I try to be very careful when playing new guitars bec...