The Collings Forum

on the retirement, i was just alluding to the post in "announcements" on this forum. in keeping with currently accepted journalistic practice, i did not verify before publishing.

with the announced retirement of Bruce Van Wart, i have been reflecting on Collings guitars and their incredible staff. i first became aware of Collings while frequenting one of my old haunts in Palo Alto. and i always looked forward to receiving in the mail the next copy of Gryphon's newsletter, an...

i had a rattle only once - on a scgc. reached in with the proper tool and found the truss rod was fully loose. tightened it to snug and rattle gone.

Here's FF with a great series on a collings reset. http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/Technique/Guitar/NeckReset/CollingsReset/collingsreset.html 3mm at the low 12th is only 7.5/64.. what we would probably all call "stout" these days, but certainly not indicating need for a reset (not...

great way of looking at it!

There’s not as much new stock on the market.

or on order... (at the stores that publish orders)

this year, i too lucked out with an '06 -0 case that came with it's (previously owned) '06 collings. brass latches. terrific case. fussy is definitely a good description of the silver-latch cases. although i either keep instruments in calgary-era caltons or bill-collings cases, i have found the rece...

By come apart, I am talking only about the leather wrap that comes under and tucks back over the handle's loop. It's glued and stapled but in these two examples they were both attempts at gluing and stapling. SAME thing exactly with a brand-new TKL supplied to Bourgeois. they seem to have fixed the...

As long as they are Collings, they are winners!

as Pat Paulsen once said on the Smother Brothers Show - you hit the nail on the nostril.

I think that the Traditionals have generated a lot of buzz over the last several years, and therefore its makes sense that more have sold and more are being traded out.

for me, that's the answer to the original question:) then there are the cases. oh, the cases. so sweet.