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by pto
Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: Instruments for sale
Topic: Mint Standard Collings CJ Sunburst 2017 - SOLD
Replies: 3
Views: 4273

Re: Mint Standard Collings CJ Sunburst 2017

pretty indian, like in the old days.:)
by pto
Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Instruments for sale
Topic: Mint Standard Collings CJ Sunburst 2017 - SOLD
Replies: 3
Views: 4273

Mint Standard Collings CJ Sunburst 2017 - SOLD

New Condition, Immaculate. Serial number 27735 (12/18/17). $3650 shipped. ($6750 new Collings 2023 price list.) Standard Indian and Sitka CJ Specs (1-11/16 nut) with Sunburst. No fret wear. Fresh J17s. Factory spec neck angle, action and relief. Wonderful instrument. Pretty Indian Rosewood. Excellen...
by pto
Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:27 am
Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
Topic: new Collings build
Replies: 7
Views: 5271

Re: new Collings build

my first baseball game was 1958 at fenway. Ted Williams against Mickey Mantle. it's been downhill since then. :) so, yeah, i'd need a couch companion for baseball these days. maybe the clock will help:) and 00 is the way to go, imo...
by pto
Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:40 pm
Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
Topic: You can only have two.
Replies: 21
Views: 11486

Re: You can only have two.

collings d-45; and traugott R from 2006.
by pto
Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
Topic: Are all changes bad?
Replies: 19
Views: 10071

Re: Are all changes bad?

obviously a GREAT topic! participation, baby!:)
by pto
Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:21 pm
Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
Topic: Are all changes bad?
Replies: 19
Views: 10071

Re: Are all changes bad?

for me, i wouldn't want any modifications to have been done if buying on the used market. as for protecting the bridge plate, i think i help a little, at least, by bending the ball itself so that it is under the "ledge" of the plate instead of being held in the hole by being "squeezed...
by pto
Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:16 am
Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
Topic: Options and differences.
Replies: 6
Views: 6632

Re: Options and differences.

strong preferences: standard over T - all my t's are gone varnish finish, especially as it ages vintage now neck non-baked, at least if german or adirondack brazilian not an option anymore. but if it were, True vertical, quartersawn, non-stump:) GREAT question Frank. be interesting to see all the re...
by pto
Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:08 am
Forum: Collings Acoustic Guitars
Topic: Collings Nomenclature and Specs
Replies: 10
Views: 8825

Re: Collings Nomenclature and Specs

i agree. the t's are great, but i prefer the original collings target sound.
by pto
Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:31 am
Forum: Collings Electric Guitars
Topic: Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish on Collings i35lc Vintage
Replies: 9
Views: 7697

Re: Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish on Collings i35lc Vintage

you folks probably know this, but Collings "aged finish" is actually a very clever formulation that shrinks/cracks on it's own, or something like that. i think it's an incredibly beautiful look (i'm normally not into the aged look on anything unless it's real, long-term aging and wear). th...
by pto
Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:59 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: In Case You Missed It
Replies: 12
Views: 15410

Re: In Case You Missed It

Science... what it is and what it isn't. my favorite topic. and yes it (the word, not the pure practice) is indeed used as a sledgehammer. rather than go on and on... i will just leave one of my favorite Feynman quotes: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the eas...