The Collings Forum

just reread my post. did a disservice to the T. i should have said "prefer" not "much prefer." and if i could keep myraid guitars, i
would have kept them, they are indeed wonderful and worthy of Collings. sorry folks at the forum and Collings! i will bench myself.

i've had a parlor2h, D2h, om2h and D1 traditional; the 2h's all adirondack-madagascar. all traditionals gone, and they didn't last long, really. when it comes to collings, i much prefer the "standard" Collings line. the T's all wonderful examples, just ended up gone.

although the 41 is pretty, if one has to have an abalam-bordered top, then i think the 42 ties together better. here is 12-string 41 i used to have (not for long:)).

In my opinion the magic of the 000 is partly in the long scale and shallower body

bingo, for me. thank goodness, as you say:) bet it's fabblus, tho. those guys know what they're doing!

i am a longtime D person, but over the years i've started to enjoy a small body. and the 0- is not too small. i love the short scale of the 12-fret and 14-fret versions. couple that with the 1-11/16 neck on the 14-fret, i can play some pieces that my small hands could not handle on a longer scale or...

if the serial number format on the nameplate doesn't bother you, the 12-fret case is identical, even though the collings site implies the 14- and 12-fret traditional cases are different. i think that was probably their original intention. i have one of each for the appropriate instruments and find t...

even if i could tell a difference, i wouldn't know to what the difference between two guitars was due...

yeah, they weren't available until LOOOONG after namm intro.

the T has a lacquer neck, i think. if so, i wouldn't expect that kind of de-lamination, at least collings-made!:)

i've only seen it reported/photographed once - it was a dealer that didn't know that collings did poly finish on standard-model necks, not nitro. it was a spot on the neck that had lifted. probably was dinged. this was at the interface of the fingerboard and the mahogany.... so could have been initi...