Description

This is the first Collings "Traditional" guitar built with Sinker Mahogany back and sides. Is there a difference, when compared with an identical guitar built using the standard Honduran Mahogany? Yes, there is. Much like other custom guitars we've spec'd with Sinker Mahogany, this OM1A-T features a thunderous low end -- there's a lot more power there than you'd expect from a Mahogany guitar. The expected woody voice and midrange power are there, of course; but if you've been looking for an OM built in the pre-war style that has the projection and boom of rosewood combined with the clarity and singing high end of mahogany ... here it is on a silver platter. And speaking from a purely superficial point of view, the ribbony figure in the back and sides of this guitar is very pretty to behold. A dynamite guitar, with a crystal clear voice and tone to rival anything coming out of the boutique market. Priced with TKL hard case.

Specs

  • Select Red spruce top
  • Sinker Mahogany back & sides
  • Animal protein glue
  • Custom maple and rosewood strip rosette
  • Tortoise-style top/back body binding
  • Maple and rosewood purlfing with 1-style walnut backstrip
  • Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped bracing
  • No tongue brace
  • Tortoise-style celluloid pickguard
  • Extra thin high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
  • Mahogany neck
  • Square headstock with no volute
  • 15 degree headstock angle
  • Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid gold pearl Collings logo
  • Ebony fingerboard with ebony belly-style bridge
  • Mortise and tenon hybrid neck joint
  • 20 Frets, neck joins the body at the 14th fret
  • Traditional neck profile with 2 5/16" string spacing
  • 14"-26" Compound fingerboard radius
  • 1 3/4" bone nut and cutthrough saddle
  • 25 1/2" Scale length
  • Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
  • Mother of pearl dot fingerboard inlays
  • Fully adjustable truss rod
  • Tortoise bridge pins and end pin
  • Nickel Waverly tuners with 16:1 ratio
  • Recommended string gauge - D'Addario EJ-16 (.012"-.053")
  • TKL hardshell case
  • Serial No. 31044

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