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whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 10:44 am
by guitarfan56
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
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 1:38 pm
by dbintegrity
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.....
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 3:08 pm
by Greg Y
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.
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 1:35 am
by guitarfan56
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?
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 8:50 pm
by remco
BAaaa correct
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:35 am
by Tempotantrum
An example of some BaaaA from my 2004 OM42 with reflections of my garden in it.
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:52 am
by pto
he didn't grade this one:)
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 3:53 pm
by uponamouse
Yowza!
Re: whats highest grade at collings?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 2:50 pm
by guitarfan56
Tempotantrum wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 1:35 am
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