whats highest grade at collings?

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guitarfan56
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whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5510Post guitarfan56
Mon May 02, 2022 10:44 am

Ive seen AA and A and AAA
but never AAAA or AAAAA like other manufactors
whats actually the highest grade youve seen? Braz/mad not sure if they rate ier

dbintegrity
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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5511Post dbintegrity
Mon May 02, 2022 1:38 pm

Collings used to grade Brazilian as " b a aa aaa" those were the four tier levels... This grading system was based on the rosewood they had in stock at the time of the build...With that said, it would not be uncommon to find b grade from one year that was nicer than aa from another year.....

Greg Y
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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5512Post Greg Y
Mon May 02, 2022 3:08 pm

Collings no longer builds Brazilian guitars. In the 90s they were graded a,aa,aaa, b etc.... by early 2000 they stopped using the grading system. And it is true...a "b" guitar from '90 may have nicer looking wood than a "aa" from 2000.
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guitarfan56
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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5514Post guitarfan56
Tue May 03, 2022 1:35 am

i found some aaaa but I assume a Baaaa is just braz with triple A (best) with adirondack right?
so basicly the best quality guitar would be a BAAAA (braz triple a with adirondack) correct?

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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5515Post remco
Tue May 03, 2022 8:50 pm

BAaaa correct

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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5516Post Tempotantrum
Wed May 04, 2022 1:35 am

Image An example of some BaaaA from my 2004 OM42 with reflections of my garden in it.

pto
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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5517Post pto
Wed May 04, 2022 1:52 am

he didn't grade this one:)
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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5519Post uponamouse
Thu May 05, 2022 3:53 pm

Yowza!
Cheers, Tom

guitarfan56
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Re: whats highest grade at collings?

Post: # 5531Post guitarfan56
Sat May 07, 2022 2:50 pm

Tempotantrum wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 1:35 am Image An example of some BaaaA from my 2004 OM42 with reflections of my garden in it.
thats pretty looking to get one myself to have all 3 rosewood collings

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